Pakistan continues to play its double game by supporting terror groups. Thousands of Pakistanis, including fighters from the Pakistan state-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, as well as the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, continue to support the Taliban's jihad against the Afghan government. Read more →
The Taliban's two deputy emirs and the head of its political office lauded suicide bombers and other "martyrdom seekers" who are working to achieve the goal of the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Read more →
Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn on the latest diatribe released by Abu Hamza al-Qurashi, the Islamic State’s spokesman, who portrays the coronavirus as an act of divine retribution against the West and accuses the Taliban of working with the “Crusaders.” Read more →
The month of May saw a relative spike in Islamic State claims inside Somalia compared to earlier months. However, this comes in the backdrop of several Puntland security operations against it. Read more →
According to a new report by a UN monitoring team, the Taliban "regularly consulted with Al Qaeda during negotiations with the United States and offered guarantees that it would honor their historical ties." The analysis contains numerous allegations of ongoing collusion between the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Read more →
Iranian-affiliated organizations and an Iraqi Shia paramilitary group using charitable contributions to garner influence in the Gaza Strip. Read more →
The U.S. continues to target high level Islamic State leaders in Syria despite President Trump's claim that the group has been "defeated." Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service said that the U.S. military killed Hajji Taysir, who oversees the “Research Department for ISIS’s chemical and biological weapons efforts in Syria.” His death has not been confirmed. Read more →
Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn discuss the FBI's breakthrough in the investigation into the Dec. 6, 2019 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Read more →
Several groups have recently emerged inside Iraq that have claimed strikes against US troops. However, they all appear to be part of a calculated propaganda campaign propagated by Iran and its allies against the United States inside Iraq. Read more →
The Axis of Resistance uses the Iran-created "International Quds Day" to attempt to show a unified front against Israel and the U.S. Read more →
According to a new report by the Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, U.S. officials have assessed that the Taliban is "reluctant to publicly break with al Qaeda," while Pakistan continues to harbor senior Taliban leaders, including the Haqqanis. The report confirms that the Taliban went on the offensive following the Feb. 29 withdrawal agreement with the U.S. Read more →
Mullah Haibatullah, the leader of the Afghan Taliban and its Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, again called for the establishment of an "Islamic government" and the imposition of the group's harsh versions of sharia. Read more →
