by Kévin Jackson | Dec 31, 2014 | Monitor
By proclaiming the re-establishment of the caliphate last June, the Islamic State has significantly stirred up the transnational jihadi landscape. Many characterized this bold claim to be a significant shift from the traditional jihadi organzations. Indeed, although...
by The Long War Journal | Dec 31, 2014 | Monitor
Earlier this month, Rustam Asilderov, a senior jihadist in Dagestan, released a video in which he pledged allegiance (bayat) to the head of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Asilderov had been the leader of Vilayat Dagestan, which is the Dagestani province of...
by SWJ Editors | Dec 31, 2014 | Monitor
By: SWJ Editors "I found three types of conflicts that were not on many lists but should be. Each, for different reasons, represents a trend worth paying attention to."
by The Long War Journal | Dec 31, 2014 | Monitor
Sanafi al Nasr is sitting on the far left in the picture above. The al Qaeda leader known as Sanafi al Nasr, who is based in Syria, returned to Twitter yesterday after a month and half absence. He praised al Qaeda’s “martyrs,” including Adnan al...
by The Long War Journal | Dec 30, 2014 | Monitor
Somalia’s National Security Agency said that the US killed the leader of the Amniyat, Shabaab’s intelligence service, in yesterday’s airstrike in southern Somalia. US officials have not confirmed the claim. “In a joint operation last night by...
