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Saudi Arabia says Islamic State ordered attack on Shiites in al-Ahsa

Iraq

Turkey, US ease strains on Islamic State but differences remain

Austria

Nations Ponder How to Handle European Fighters Returning From Jihad

Iraq

Islamic State toughens tactics in Iraq’s Anbar, targeting potential enemies

CENTCOM said the US and partner nations have carried out nine airstrikes in Syria and 15 in Iraq against the Islamic State since Nov. 21. Defense Secretary Hagel tendered his resignation, reportedly after pressure by the Obama administration. Officials questioned and released a suspect, said to be a Saudi college student, who triggered a four-hour […]

Another wave of Boko Haram attacks

Over the past few days. Boko Haram has continued its frenetic pace, launching several attacks in Borno state.

France

French jihadist Mickael Dos Santos and his mother denied that he was featured in a recent Islamic State video as an executioner. The mayor of the small town of Labastide-Rouairoux in southern France identified French jihadist Abou Ossama Al-Faranci as appearing in the video, and noted that he had left Toulouse for Syria about a […]

United Kingdom

Home Secretary May warned that the UK is facing its biggest ever threat of terrorism, and said authorities have foiled some 40 major terrorist plots since the July 2005 subway bombings. She is proposing new antiterrorism legislation, including measures to require schools, colleges, and probation providers help prevent radicalization. A senior antiterrorism official said that […]

Iran

Iran Nuclear Talks Extended Until July

Afghanistan

Afghan Women Are Excluded From Peace Overtures to Taliban, Report Says

AQAP continues targeting Houthis in central Yemen

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed credit for yet another series of attacks targeting the Shiite Houthi rebels, including the assassination of two Houthi activists, between Nov. 20 and Nov. 23.

Haqqani Network launched suicide attack at soccer game, Afghan intel claims

The accusation is made as the US has extended the combat mission in Afghanistan for one year.

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Mission FDD’s Long War Journal provides accurate reporting and analysis of ongoing efforts to address jihadism, conflicts between state and non-state actors, and warfare between states. This is accomplished through original reporting, including by embedded reporters, news aggregation, maps, podcasts, and other formats. FDD’s Long War Journal is a project of the Foundation for Defense […]

AQAP military commander rallies Sunnis against alleged US-Houthi alliance

Qassem al Raymi, the military commander of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, makes claims of a US-Houthi alliance and calls on Sunni tribesmen to take up arms against the Shiite rebels in a newly released audio message.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Quietly Lifts Ban on Night Raids

Kenya

Kenya bus attack: Military ‘kills 100 Shabab militants’

Poland

US troops to remain in Baltics, Poland next year

Egypt

Three unexploded bombs were discovered on railway tracks from Cairo to Aswan after a fourth bomb exploded near a southern train station, leaving behind a charred body presumed to be the bomber. The Egyptian Army killed seven and arrested 67 suspected militants during anti-terrorism operations in the Sinai. Hamas has denounced an Egyptian lawsuit to […]

Tunisia

Voting has begun in Tunisia’s historic presidential election. Tunisian security forces are mobilizing “90,000 personnel to secure polling stations and vital government buildings.” Voting was delayed two hours in “the volatile areas near the border with Algeria” due to terrorism concerns.

Mali

Suspected al Qaeda fighters kidnapped 10 children and killed two others who tried to escape near the towns of Aguelhoc and Kidal in northern Mali. The government has indicated that it is stepping up security after a suicide attack on Nov. 21.

Nigeria

Boko Haram is suspected in an attack that killed 50 fishermen and farmers in the northeastern village of Doron Baga in Borno state. The Akwa-Ibam state police commissioner has warned of violence during the upcoming general election “if politicians do not obey the rules governing electoral process.”

United Kingdom

Metropolitan police commissioner Hogan-Howe said the police have stopped “four or five” terror attacks already this year, in comparison to one per year in recent years. He estimated that 500 people have left the UK to fight for extremist groups in Iraq and Syria. Khalid Mahmood, a Muslim MP from Birmingham, said 2,000 is a […]

More jihadist training camps identified in Iraq and Syria

Four new training camps in Iraq and Syria, three of them operated by the Islamic State, have been identified, including one used by a so-called jihadist “special forces” unit. The Long War Journal has identified 46 jihadist training camps in Iraq and Syria.

Iraq

Turkey training Kurdish peshmerga forces in fight against ISIS

Iraq

Combatting ISIS requires ground forces: Saudi Prince Miteb

United States

In recent weeks, President Obama quietly broadened the US mission in Afghanistan in 2015, authorizing US forces to conduct missions against the Taliban and other groups that threaten Afghanistan, the US, or Coalition forces and to support Afghan troops in combat missions. US troop levels in Afghanistan, to be reduced to about 4,900 by the […]