Al Qaeda in Iraq claims ‘storming’ operation in Baghdad
The Iraqi terror group said the attack was part of its “Destroying the Walls” campaign, which was announced by the group’s emir, Abu Du’a, last year.
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Iraq
An al Qaeda in Iraq suicide assault team killed seven policemen and 15 civilians in an attack on the Justice and Interior Ministries in Baghdad. Forty-one Iraqi tribes denounced al Qaeda’s attempts to hijack peaceful demonstrations.
IMU commander captured in Kunduz
ISAF has targeted the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan eight times so far this year. The captured IMU commander is from Uzbekistan.
Al Qaeda in Iraq claims ambush that killed Syrian, Iraqi troops
The Iraqi terror group said it killed the Syrian and Iraqi soldiers just one day after its affiliate, the Al Nusrah Front, seized a border crossing in Syria.
Al Nusrah Front seizes control of Syrian city of Raqqah
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria teamed up with the jihadist Ahrar al Sham Brigade to take control of the provincial capital. The jihadist alliance effectively controls most the Euphrates River Valley in Syria all the way to the Iraqi border. The Al Nusrah Front also carried out two suicide attacks in Homs.
US drones kill Saudi AQAP commander, fighter
Abu al Zubeir al Qassimi served as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s emir for Marib province, while Abdullah al Ali al Suweed worked for AQAP’s “media and administration” arms.
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed six policemen in an assault on a district center in Paktika. The Taliban killed 16 soldiers in Badakhshan. Taliban prisoners seized control of a British-funded prison in Helmand.
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed seven people in an attack on a police station in Bannu. Upwards of six members of a Taliban suicide assault team were killed in a separate attack on a police station in Bannu. The Taliban killed nine people in two bombings in Arakzai. Two Taliban commanders were gunned down in Khyber.
Al Nusrah Front, foreign jihadists overrun another Syrian military base
The al Qaeda affiliate, the Muhajireen Group, and the Free Syrian Army took control of the headquarters of the Syrian Army’s 80th Regiment near the main airport in Aleppo.
‘Islamist factions’ seize Syrian airbase
A fighter from the Ahrar al Sham, a jihadist group in Syria, is heard saying on a video that the aircraft at the overrun al-Jarrah airbase “are now in the hands” of the group. The Al Nusrah Front also participated in the assault.
2 IMU leaders captured in northern Afghanistan
Additionally, ISAF captured a senior Taliban commander who worked with the Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin and who facilitated suicide attacks.
Al Nusrah Front imposes sharia in eastern Syrian town
Eastern Syria has long been a haven for al Qaeda in Iraq, but now the terror group’s affiliate is openly ruling a town near the Iraqi border.
Algeria
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the emir of the Those who sign with Blood Brigade, claimed credit for the suicide assault on the In Amenas gas facility under al Qaeda’s banner. At least 48 hostages have been killed, and the death toll is expected to rise. Six jihadists have been captured. The overall death toll from the siege […]
Belmokhtar claims Algerian raid, slaying of hostages for al Qaeda
“We in al Qaeda announce that we carried out the blessed commando operation,” Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the emir of the Those who sign with Blood Brigade, said in a video.
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team attacked the NDS headquarters in Kabul; six Taliban fighters and a security guard died during the attack. The Taliban killed three NDS officers in an IED attack in Uruzgan, and killed an ISAF soldier in the west. A British soldier died of wounds sustained during combat on Jan. 14.
ISAF kills and captures IMU operatives in Afghan north
Mazlum, an Afghan national, facilitated suicide and IED attacks in Baghlan and Takhar provinces. He is the first al Qaeda-linked operative known to have been killed or captured in Afghanistan so far this year.
Taliban execute 21 Pakistani policemen in Peshawar
Since June 2011, the Taliban have conducted three mass executions of Pakistani security personnel.
Pakistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed four civilians in an attack on the military side of the airport in Peshawar. Five Taliban fighters were killed in the attack; three died in a premature detonation.
US adds Al Nusrah Front, 2 leaders to terrorism list
The US government called the Al Nusrah Front “a new alias” for al Qaeda in Iraq, and said Al Nusrah is under the direct control of the emir of the Iraqi terror group.
Pakistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed three policemen, two civilians, and a soldier in an attack on a police station in Bannu. The Taliban said the attack was launched to avenge the death of Baitullah Mehsud’s nephew.
Pakistani officials promoting false split in Taliban leadership cadres, again
Pakistani officials persist in claiming that Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman Mehsud are “at each other’s throats,” and tell an obvious lie in the process.
ISAF kills IMU/Taliban district commander in Afghan north
Shukrullah “was the senior IMU/Taliban leader in the Almar district of Faryab province” and the “other two individuals killed with him were known Taliban insurgents.”
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed three Afghan guards and four civilians in an attack on FOB Fenty in Nangarhar; nine Taliban fighters were also killed. The Taliban killed killed three civilians in a suicide attack in Uruzgan yesterday and an ISAF soldier in the south. Police claimed to have killed 27 Taliban fighters.
Another IMU ‘weapons facilitator’ captured in northern Afghanistan
Reports of raids against al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan have decreased over the past two months, but “that does not indicate there were no missions executed, just that there was not a release issued,” ISAF told LWJ.
ISAF captures IMU weapons trafficker in northern Afghanistan
The raid by ISAF and Afghan forces is the first reported against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in nearly a month.
Senior Haqqani Network leader again calls on Turks, Kurds to wage jihad in Afghanistan
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, the Taliban’s shadow governor for Paktika, asks that Allah “accepts the martyrdom of the Turkish, Kurdish and other brothers who die for this cause” in Afghanistan.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula launched a complex suicide assault on an Army brigade headquarters in Shaqra. Fourteen soldiers, including three colonels, and 12 AQAP fighters were killed during the attack.
2 Zarqawi cousins detained in Jordan after fighting in Syria
Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s family members and aides continue to fight in the theaters of jihad six years after his death.
Al Nusrah Front seizes Syrian base in joint operation with Free Syrian Army
The al Qaeda-linked group teamed up with the supposedly secular Free Syrian Army to capture an airbase outside Aleppo that houses Scud tactical ballistic missiles and anti-aircraft missiles.
Al Qaeda in Iraq claims credit for Tikrit jailbreak
The group claimed it smuggled weapons and suicide vests into the Tasfirat prison in Tikrit and destroyed the records inside the prison.