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Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released the first-ever study of what radical Saudi Wahhabists are preaching to their followers about the United States and non-Muslims on social media sites.
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Pakistani Taliban Threaten Former President Musharraf with ‘Death Squad’
A Pakistani jihadist who escaped from prison during a Taliban jailbreak last spring appeared in a video in which he threatened to assassinate Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan who has recently... more...
Suicide Bomber Kills 17 Pakistani Troops in North Waziristan
A suicide bomber killed 22 people, including 17 Pakistan paramilitary soldiers, in an attack yesterday in the main town of Miramshah in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. more...
Al Nusrah Front, Allies Seize Border Area Across the Golan Heights
The Al Nusrah Front, which is al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, and allied rebel groups overran a military base and several checkpoints in southern Syria. The victories put the Al Nusrah Front in control of an area... more...
France Confirms Death of Senior AQIM Commander Abou Zeid
French President François Hollande issued a statement confirming the death of Abdel Mejid Abou Zeid, a top al Qaeda commander who served as the deputy to Yahya Abu Hammam, the head of al Qaeda in... more...
US Posts $5 Million Reward for American Suspected of Being Zawahiri’s Emissary to Shabaab
The US State Department's Rewards for Justice program posted $5 million rewards for information leading to the arrest or conviction of two Americans who have served in leadership positions in Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia. more...
Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Responsibility for Rocket Attacks on Israel
The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC), an al Qaeda-linked group, has claimed credit for a rocket attack on Israel early this morning. Two rockets landed in Sderot, Israel, while two or perhaps... more...
US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in Pakistan
The US killed four "militants" in a drone strike in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The strike today is the first reported by the US in Pakistan in 11 days. more...
US, UN Add Ansar Dine to List of Terror Groups
The US State Department and the United Nations added Ansar Dine, a Mali terrorist group with close ties to al Qaeda, to their lists of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Today's designations follow the addition of the group's emir... more...
Pakistani Taliban Overrun Rival Faction’s Headquarters, Dozens Killed
Two nights ago, hundreds of Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (Tehrik-e-Taliban-e Pakistan or TTP) militants overran the headquarters of a rival faction, Ansar-ul-Islam, deep inside the Tirah Valley, Khyber Agency... more...
Swedish Jihadist Killed in Syria While Fighting for the Muhajireen Brigade
A Swedish Muslim who entered Syria to wage jihad against President Bashir al Assad's regime was killed while fighting alongside the Muhajireen Brigade (Emigrants Brigade), a group of foreign fighters... more...
Syrian Government Accuses Rebels of Launching Chemical Attack
At least 26 people have been killed and more than 80 wounded in what may have been the first chemical attack in Syria's two-year-old civil war. The Syrian government has accused rebel fighters of launching... more...
ISAF Targets IMU Suicide Bombing Network Following Deadly Attack
Following a deadly suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan that killed 10 people on March 13, Afghan and Coalition forces launched separate raids on March 14 and March 15 targeting three senior members of the al Qaeda-linked... more...
Al Qaeda in Iraq Claims ‘Storming’ Operation in Baghdad
Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) claimed credit for last week's deadly suicide assault on the Justice Ministry in Baghdad that killed 22 Iraqis. Seven Iraqi policemen and 15 civilians were killed in the March 14 attack. more...
Afghan Forces Thwart Unprecedented Terror Plot in Kabul
Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) forces scored a major coup on March 12, breaking up a suspected Haqqani Network terror cell that was hours away from detonating a 7,800-kilogram... more...
Palestinian Jihadist Trainer Killed Fighting for Al Nusrah Front
A Palestinian jihadist military trainer and commander who was a member of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem and who previously served with Hamas was killed in Syria while fighting for the Al Nusrah... more...
IMU Commander Captured in Kunduz
The International Security Assistance Force has captured a commander in the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan during an operation in northern Afghanistan. Afghan and Coalition forces captured... more...
Benghazi Suspect Fled to Pakistan, Recently Detained in Libya
A suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi has been detained in Libya, according to multiple press outlets. CNN reports that, according to one source, Faraj... more...
Tunisian ‘Martyrs’ Celebrated by Ansar al Sharia
In early February, a video of an interview with Ansar al Sharia Tunisia's leader Seifallah ben Hassine (a.k.a. Abu Iyad al Tunisi) was released online after it had been banned by government officials. Hassine... more...
Al Nusrah Front Poised to Take Over Last Major City on Euphrates River
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda in Iraq's affiliate in Syria, may be close to taking control of Deir al Zour, the last major city on the Euphrates River in the west. The al Qaeda group's gains in the city take place just... more...
Special Report
FDD's Thomas Joscelyn comments that al Qaeda remains a threat and is not diminished following the death of Osama bin Laden as many have stated. more...