by The Long War Journal | Jan 31, 2015 | Monitor
The US killed four suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a drone strike today in southern Yemen. The strike is the second reported in Yemen this week. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired missiles at a vehicle as it...
by The Long War Journal | Jan 31, 2015 | Monitor
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has fought against Harakat Hazm (the Hazm Movement) outside of Aleppo in recent days. Hazm is one of the few rebel groups to receive limited American aid in the Syrian war. Leaders of the Hazm Movement...
by The Long War Journal | Jan 30, 2015 | Monitor
Wilayat Sinai, or the Sinai Province of the Islamic State, claimed responsibility for a series of attacks throughout the Sinai yesterday via posts on Twitter. In a statement released earlier today, the organization said the operations were revenge against the Egyptian...
by The Long War Journal | Jan 30, 2015 | Monitor
Ibrahim al Rubaish (left) and Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari (right) are both AQAP ideologues. Along with eight other jihadists, including two from the Al Nusrah Front, they issued a statement addressing the Caucasus jihadists who have defected to the Islamic State. This...
by The Long War Journal | Jan 30, 2015 | Monitor
The Taliban claimed last evening’s attack at Kabul International Airport that killed three American contractors. The insider or green-on-blue attack, where a member of the Afghan security forces kills Coalition personnel, is the first of its kind recorded this...