TTP emir Noor Wali Mehsud said that his group "is a branch of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" while traveling throughout Pakistan's northern areas. Read more →
Liwa al-Tawhid publishes Bitcoin address for supporters to fund jihad against Israel. Read more →
As violence continues to spread across the Sahel, particularly in Burkina Faso, the violence is now seeping into the states of Ivory Coast, Togo, and Benin. Read more →
The Taliban has the advantage in all of the key areas, save one. The Taliban has state sponsors, terrorist allies, regional support, a marked superiority in weapons and numbers, and controls all of Afghanistan. ISKP can only match the Taliban in one area, and this the will to fight and persevere. Read more →
The Islamic State has claimed a series of bombings, including suicide bombings, inside Uganda over the past month. This represents a significant shift in the overall threat from the Islamic State's wing based in the DRC. Read more →
Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades' spokesperson talks about the support the group receives from Iran, Hezbollah and the IRGC. Read more →
Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades' spokesperson, Abu Jamal, describes the group's relationship with Iran and the IRGC. Read more →
Haji Mali Khan was a top Haqqani Network and Taliban leader when he was detained by the U.S. in 2011. He was freed in 2019 in exchange for a U.S. and an Australian professor who were kidnapped in Kabul in 2016. Read more →
Qari Baryal led an element of the Kabul Attack Network, which attacked Coalition and Afghan forces, as well as civilians, in an around Kabul. He is closely allied with Al Qaeda and has received financial support from Iran. Read more →
Hamas acknowledges three militants killed during the Gaza conflict in May were members of a specialized naval unit. Read more →
Local Malian sources report that the emir of Katibat Gourma, a sub-unit of Al Qaeda's Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), was killed in a French operation in northern Mali yesterday. France has confirmed it targeted Katibat Gourma, but the death of its emir is not yet confirmed. Read more →
Coming roughly a month after France reported it had killed Abu Walid al Sahrawi, the Islamic State's leader in the Sahel, the Islamic State itself has finally subtly confirmed the reports. The jihadist group has not publicly named a successor. Read more →
