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Abdullah Azzam Brigades
Worrying reports emerge of ISIS plans to wreak havoc in Lebanon
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Senior Islamic State military commander, ’emir of suicide bombers’ among Treasury’s terrorism designations
Islamic State military leader Omar al Shishani and ’emir of suicide bombers’ Tariq Bin Al Tahar Bin Al Falih Al ‘Awni Al Harzi were among five members of the group added to the terrorism list today.
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Abu Sayyaf Group threatens to kill German hostages
The Filipino jihadist group is throwing itself in the global jihad by threatening to kill German hostages if airstrikes in Syria and Iraq continue.
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Senior al Qaeda strategist part of so-called ‘Khorasan group’
An al Qaeda leader known as Sanafi al Nasr is a part of the so-called “Khorasan group,” which was dispatched to Syria by Ayman al Zawahiri. Like another member of the group, Nasr was once the head of al Qaeda’s Iran-based network.
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Islamic State, Shabaab leaders added to US terrorism list
State added three Islamic State commanders and a Shabaab leader to its terrorism list.
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State Department designations target al Qaeda’s international network
Four of the al Qaeda operatives designated by the State Department have supported the jihad in Syria. One of them may be tied to a key leader in the so-called “Khorasan Group,” which was planning attacks in the West. A fifth al Qaeda veteran designated today was sent to Libya by Ayman al Zawahiri in 2011.
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State Department adds Chechen, Moroccan-led jihadist groups to terrorist list
The US added the Chechen-led Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar and the Moroccan-led Harakat Sham al Islam, as well as Murad Margoshvilli, the leader of the Junud al Sham, to the list of Specially Designated Global terrorists. The Margoshvilli and the two terror groups are closely tied to al Qaeda in Syria.
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Al Qaeda
Obama asks UN to help ‘dismantle this network of death’ in Iraq and Syria
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Abu Sayyaf
Islamists in Philippines threaten to kill German hostages
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Al Qaeda
France blames Turkey for ‘jihadi’ arrest fiasco
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US targets Islamic State in 21 strikes in Syria, Iraq
The most recent attacks did not hit the Khorasan group, al Qaeda’s leadership cadre inside Syria that is plotting to attack the West.
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Europe
‘3,000 European jihadis’ now in Syria, Iraq
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Al Nusrah Front posts photos showing aftermath of US bombings
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has posted a series of photos purportedly showing sites struck by the US.
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Bahrain
Obama, After Airstrikes in Syria, Says US Will ‘Take the Fight’ to ISIS
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Iran
US told Iran of intent to strike Islamic State in Syria
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CENTCOM videos show airstrikes on Islamic State facilities in Syria
The strikes against the Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria were “organized in three waves.”
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Syria
The US launched 14 air and cruise missile strikes against the Islamic State in Raqqah, Hasakah, and Dier al Zour, and eight more strikes against the Al Nusrah Front and the Khorasan Group near Aleppo. An Al Nusrah commander known as Abu Yusuf al Turki is reported to have been killed. More than 70 Islamic State and 50 Al Nusrah fighters and commanders, and eight civilians are reported to have been killed.
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US airstrikes target Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State in Syria
Jihadists on Twitter have posted pictures of Al Nusrah Front locations struck in the US bombing campaign in Syria. The strikes are aimed at the so-called Khorasan group, which has been planning attacks against the US and its interests, as well as a number of other targets. Jihadists claim that al Qaeda veterans have been killed in the bombings.
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Islamic State
US airstrikes begin in Syria, Pentagon says
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Iraq
Fears in Lebanon rise over Western plans to defeat IS
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US air war against jihadists in Syria begins
Airstrikes targeted Islamic State command and control centers in Raqqah, the jihadist group’s de facto capital in eastern Syria, as well as arms caches, supply depots, and ground units near the Iraqi border. Also, the US hit al Qaeda’s Khorasan Group near Aleppo.
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France
US, France propose UN sanctions on 15 foreign Islamist fighters
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Islamic State
Turkey clamps down on Syria border after Kurdish unrest
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France
Islamic State urges attacks on US, French citizens, taunts Obama
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Libya
Report: Qatar arming Islamist extremists
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Iraq
US military struggles to preserve options in Islamic State fight
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Islamic State
Islamic State closes in on Syrian town, refugees flood into Turkey
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Al Nusrah Front threatens to execute 2nd Lebanese hostage
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has threatened to kill a second Lebanese hostage. The group has already executed a Lebanese soldier who had been held in its custody since August.
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Iraq
US political promises against ground troops clash with military realities
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Iraq
Islamic State ihadists, looters threaten ancient sites in Iraq, Syria
