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Houthi kidnappings of civilians increase amidst US airstrikes
The Houthis detained at least 75 civilians over concerns that they are providing support to the ongoing US airstrike campaign in Yemen. The Houthis regularly conduct arbitrary detentions, but the total marks a rapid increase since the onset of US strikes.
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Generation Jihad Ep. 96 — New UN report on al Qaeda and the Islamic State
Bill is again joined by Generation Jihad regular Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown to discuss the latest report from the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team (which Edmund previously led). Released on July 25, 2023, the Team’s thirty-second report provides an update on al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Bill and Edmund unpack findings, discuss a few highlights, and also explain some points of disagreement.
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Ep. 51 — How the U.N. assesses al Qaeda and ISIS
Edmund Fitton-Brown joins hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio to discuss his team’s most recent report on Afghanistan. Fitton-Brown is a former British diplomat. He is currently coordinator of the U.N. Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban. Powered by RedCircle Take a look around the globe today and you’ll see jihadists fighting everywhere from West Africa to Southeast Asia. They aren’t the dominant force in all of those areas, or even most of them. But jihadism has mushroomed into a worldwide movement, with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS and other groups waging guerrilla…
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As US relocates embassy to Jerusalem, al Qaeda leader condemns international system
Al Qaeda has released a message from its leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, that is timed to coincide with the Trump administration’s relocation of the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Zawahiri notes that the decision caused a “big uproar,” but he reminds listeners that Tel Aviv is also supposedly Muslim land. He calls for jihad to uproot the entire international system led by the US and the UN.
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Islamic State suicide bomber strikes near shrine in Afghan capital
The Islamic State’s Khorasan branch quickly claimed responsibility for an attack near a shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan earlier today. The Sunni jihadists regularly target Shiite civilians in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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UN official reportedly meets with Iraqi on al Qaeda sanctions list
UN representative Jan Kubis reportedly met with Muthanna Harith al Dari yesterday. The UN National Security Council’s Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee has accused Dari of funding al Qaeda in Iraq.
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Ban Ki-Moon shakes hands with alleged al Qaeda emir
The United Nations Secretary General greeted ‘Abd al Wahhab al Humayqani at Geneva for peace talks in his capacity as a member of the Yemeni government in exile’s delegation. The US listed Humayqani as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and described him as al Qaeda’s emir for Al Baydah province in Yemen as well as a financier, recruiter, attack planner, and ideologue.
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Algeria
Libya conflict threatens entire Maghreb
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Islamic State
UN: ISIS depriving 670,000 Syrian children of education
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Iraq
World losing capacity to prevent conflict: UN refugee chief
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Mali
Mayor of Mali town killed as clashes and abuses spike in north
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Israel
Palestinians Submit Papers to UN to Join International Criminal Court
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Syria
Monitor: over 76,000 killed in Syria in 2014
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Afghanistan
Afghans take over full security charge, mortars kill 20 civilians
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Houthis
Houthi violations annull UN-sponsored deal: Yemeni official
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China
China to Send Its First Infantry Troops to UN Mission in South Sudan
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Africa
African leaders demand action in Libya
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Al Qaeda
UN removes former Somali warlord from sanctions list
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Houthis
Yemen’s Houthis consolidate control over state institutions
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Iraq
UN Security Council renews cross-border Syria aid authorization
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian army recaptures territory north of Aleppo in fierce fighting
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Kenya
Shabaab in Kenya’s slums
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Al Nusrah Front claims use of UN vehicle in suicide bombing
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, released photos purporting to show its use of a United Nations vehicle in a suicide bombing against regime positions in southern Syria.
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Iraq
Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq
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Ahrar al Sham
Opposition fighters to form joint military command in Aleppo: rebel commander
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Iraq
No letup in flight of Iraqi Christians into Lebanon
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Islamic State
UN: Islamic State group got up to $45M in ransoms
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Islamic State
Islamic State has enough weapons to carry on fighting for 2 years, UN warns
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United Nations
Key UN peacekeeping review will be done from afar
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UN recognizes ties between Ansar al Sharia in Libya, al Qaeda
The United Nations has added the Ansar al Sharia chapters in Benghazi and Derna to its al Qaeda sanctions list, explicitly recognizing their ties to each other, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and other al Qaeda-linked groups.
