AFRICOM has stepped up its targeting of the Islamic State, and continues to pursue its efforts to "degrade" al Qaeda's branch in Somalia. Unfortunately, the defeat of the two terror groups is not in the cards. Read more →
Although John Walker Lindh is commonly known as the "American Taliban," he was actually trained by al Qaeda and belonged to Osama bin Laden's pro-Taliban fighting force. Read more →
Al Qaeda is operating "across the country" and not confined to one region, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan said. Read more →
Should Iran have taken the decision to attack civilian vessels that carry oil, it could represent one way to do damage to global oil shipments without inviting massive retaliation. Such a move would be consistent with Iran’s highly graduated approach to escalation and desire to respond to the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign. Read more →
A jury in a Manhattan federal court convicted Ali Kourani of various terrorism and other charges last week. Kourani surveilled prospective targets in New York City on behalf of Hizballah's Islamic Jihad Organization, which has plotted terrorist attacks since the 1980s. Read more →
The Turkistan Islamic Party, "Incite the Believers" operations room and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham are all battling Bashar al-Assad's loyalists in Latakia, Syria. Read more →
The confirmed use of armed drones to target major oil pipelines deep within Saudi Arabia represents a major increase in the Houthis capabilities. Read more →
The jihadist group also claimed an assault on a high-security prison near the capital of Niamey. Read more →
An 18-year-old man from North Texas has pleaded guilty to charges that he conspired to actively recruit for the Pakistani-backed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), according to a release from the Department of Justice last week. Read more →
On May 14, the UN Security Council added the Islamic State's so-called Khorasan province to its list of sanctioned terrorist entities. The group has recently rebranded operations in Kashmir and Pakistan as the work of supposedly new "provinces." Read more →
Ayman al-Zawahiri has released a eulogy for Jalaluddin Haqqani, a key figure in the Taliban-al Qaeda axis. The Taliban announced Haqqani's death last year. Zawahiri offers his condolences to the Taliban and its overall leader, the "Emir of the Faithful," Hibatallah Akhundzada. Read more →
In a new audio address, Shabaab's Abu ‘Abdurahman Mahad Warsame warns jihadists that they should avoid spilling the blood of innocent Muslims. However, he justifies the assassination of a Muslim cleric and the murder of civilians. Read more →
