Boko Haram
Thousands flee Niger town after Boko Haram attacks
Author Archives: Bill Roggio
Iraq
Obama sends resolution for use of force against Islamic State to Congress
US military confirms it killed Islamic State, Shabaab leaders in airstrikes
Mullah Khadim was the Islamic State’s deputy emir for Khorasan province while Yusu Dheeq was the head of Shabaab’s Amniyat. The US continues to rely on airstrikes as the core of its effort to defeat jihadist groups worldwide.
Pentagon spokesman portrays Guantanamo recidivism as a good thing
The death of Mullah Khadim, who was released from Guantanamo eight years ago, is “another great example” of jihadists who “return to the battlefield and to the fight at their own peril,” according to Admiral Kirby.
US kills Islamic State’s deputy emir for ‘Khorasan province’ in airstrike: report
Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim was a senior Taliban leader before joining the Islamic State and being appointed the deputy emir of Khorasan province.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Houthi rebels in Yemen say they intend to form a new government
Iraq
UAE to resume airstrikes against the Islamic State, U.S. officials say
Al Qaeda
Djamel Beghal, the charming and chilling mentor of Paris jihadist attackers
Islamic State
The immolation of Mu’adh al-Kasasibah
US Military
Pentagon loses track of weaponry sent to Yemen in recent years
China
Islamic State executes three of its Chinese militants: China paper
Afghanistan
Afghan troops fight insurgents near Pakistan border, 18 killed
Iraq
Jordanian jets return after striking at Islamic State targets in Syria: sources
Iraq
Jordan considers expanding role in Coalition to hit Islamic State in Iraq
Syria
Rebel shelling rocks Syrian capital
Iran
Iran’s militias are taking over Iraq’s army
Afghanistan
Insider attack targets Afghan police officers
Iraq
United Arab Emirates, key US ally in Islamic State effort, disengaged in December
Pakistan
Obama’s Pentagon nominee interested in counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan
Iraq
Jordan hangs two Iraqi militants in response to pilot’s death
Islamic State
Islamic State kills 50 captives in Syria this year
Ajnad Misr
How Cairo is taking the fight to Sinai militants
Iraq
Jordan to execute jailed would-be bomber, jihadists
Iraq
Iraq reconciliation would help counter Islamic State – US military
US drone strike targets Shabaab’s external operations chief
Yusuf Dheeq, the head of Shabaab’s Amniyat, which directs the group’s intelligence and external operations activities, was the target of the strike. His fate is unknown.
Canada
Canadian police arrest man, charge him with aiding Islamic State
Argentina
Argentina prosecutor Nisman ‘planned warrant’ for President Fernandez
France
Three French soldiers attacked outside Jewish centre
Islamic State burns captured Jordanian pilot alive
First Lieutenant Mu’adh Yusuf al Kasasibah was burned alive in a cage by Islamic State fighters.
Pakistani Taliban emir for Bajaur joins Islamic State
Maulana Abu Bakr, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s emir for Bajaur, swore allegiance to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the “caliph” of the Islamic State.