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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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MUJAO Suicide Bombers Hit Uranium Mine, Barracks in Niger
A pair of suicide bombers from the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Oneness or Unity] and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) killed 19 people, including 18 soldiers... more...
US Drones Strike Again in Yemen, Kill 2 AQAP Fighters
The US launched its second drone strike in Yemen in four days, killing two members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in an area in the central part of the country. more...
Taliban Suicide Bomber Assassinates Senior Politician in Afghan North
The Taliban have claimed credit for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that killed the head of the provincial council in Baghlan province. The suicide bomber, who was dressed in a police uniform... more...
US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in First Strike in Yemen in a Month
US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in a month, killing four "militants" in an attack on a vehicle carrying explosives in a southern town plagued by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. more...
ISAF Targets al Qaeda Facilitator in Eastern Afghanistan
During a raid in Nuristan province on May 15, Afghan and Coalition special operations forces targeted a senior Taliban leader who is known to assist members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan... more...
Al Nusrah Front’s Emir to be Added to US Terrorism List
The US State Department will add Sheikh Abu Muhammad al Julani, the emir of al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists in a decision to be announced... more...
Tensions Continue to Escalate in Tunisia
Almost two months after Tunisia's prime minister and the head of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, an al Qaeda-linked organization, traded barbs in the press and online, tensions have escalated once again... more...
IMU Suicide Bomber Targeted Top Police Commander in Quetta
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claimed credit for yesterday's suicide attack in Quetta that targeted the chief of police in the southern Pakistani city. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan took credit... more...
Egyptian Interior Minister: Al Qaeda Cell Plotted Suicide Attack Against Western Embassy
Egypt's interior minister announced today the arrest of three members of an al Qaeda cell who were plotting to attack a Western embassy. "The interior ministry was able to direct a qualitative... more...
Follower of Mohammed al Zawahiri Dies in Attack in Mali
Members of al Qaeda's Shumukh al Islam forum announced on May 4 that four Egyptian jihadists died in a "martyrdom-seeking" operation in Mali, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. more...
‘Iranian Citizens’ Reported Killed in ISAF Airstrike
Last week, Afghan news outlets reported that ISAF aircraft killed a Taliban commander, two "Iranian citizens," and several fighters in an airstrike in the Pusht Rod district... more...
Tunisian Indicted in New York Linked to Canada Terror Plot
Today authorities in New York, including the NYPD, FBI, and US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest of Tunisian national Ahmed Abassi for links... more...
ISAF Launches Multiple Raids Against IMU as Fighting Season Heats Up
Since the beginning of May, Afghan and Coalition forces have launched five operations targeting the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the northern province of Baghlan. more...
Danish Jihadist Killed While Fighting for Muhajireen Brigade in Syria
The Muhajireen Brigade, a unit made up of foreign jihadists who fight in Syria, announced that a fighter from Denmark was killed while battling the Syrian government in early March. more...
Taliban Claim Bombing at Political Rally, Name New Emir of Kurram
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for a bombing today at a political rally in the tribal agency of Kurram that killed at least 18 people. Additionally... more...
ISAF Kills 2 ‘Arab’-Linked Commanders in Nuristan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed two "Arab"-linked insurgent commanders, a wanted Saudi and an Afghan, during two separate raids in the Waygal district of Nuristan province... more...
Afghan Soldier Kills 2 ISAF Troops in Latest Green-on-Blue Attack
An Afghan soldier killed two NATO troops in an attack in western Afghanistan today. The attack is the sixth green-on-blue, or insider attack, in which Afghan security... more...
Israel Reportedly Strikes Multiple Targets in Syria in Recent Days
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck at least one target inside Syria between Thursday evening and Friday morning. US officials told NBC News on Friday that the target... more...
Pakistani Taliban Praise bin Laden by ‘Waging Jihad for the Caliphate’
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has released a video praising slain al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden on the second anniversary of his death and vowing to continue... more...
ISAF Targets ‘Insurgent Leader’ Linked to Haqqanis, Pakistani Taliban, and ‘Arabs’
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted a "senior insurgent leader" with links to the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, the Haqqani Network, and "Arabs" operating... more...