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.
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AQAP releases 10th copy of Inspire; features Adam Gadahn
The American traitor calls for the continuation of attacks against the West, while a cleric known as Ibrahim Yayha says the death of Osama bin Laden has invigorated al Qaeda.
Malian jihadists aware of al Qaeda’s advice on avoiding drone attacks
A document found in Mali that was written by an al Qaeda commander in Yemen gives advice on how to avoid US drone attacks.
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Qaddafi had ‘massive’ plan to destabilize Saudi Arabia: report
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Push to Expand US ‘Kill List’
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Is This the Secret U.S. Drone Base in Saudi Arabia?
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
CIA ‘operating drone base in Saudi Arabia’
Al Nusrah Front
Al-Qaeda’s world: A fascinating map of the group’s shifting global network
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Jyllands-Posten journalists honoured for reporting on former PET agent
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia honors senior al Qaeda ‘martyrs’
On its Facebook page this week, Ansar al Sharia Tunisia honored two senior al Qaeda leaders who have been reportedly killed. The page contains numerous posts dedicated to global jihadist causes in addition to the group’s provision of social services.
Yemeni military launches operation to free Western hostages held by AQAP
Three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leaders who run operations in Baydah province and who were brothers-in-law of Anwar al Awlaki are said to be holding an Austrian and two Finnish hostages.
US drones strike again in Yemen, killing 6 AQAP fighters near capital
The latest strike took place outside of Sana’a. Over the past year, the US has expanded the drone campaign throughout all of Yemen.
4 AQAP fighters killed in drone strike in northern Yemen
The strike took place in Al Jawf province, where Anwar al Awlaki was killed two years ago. The US has launched three drone attacks in Yemen in four days.
AQAP deputy emir Said al Shihri likely killed in US drone strike
A jihadist who has handled al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula propaganda in the past, as well as family members, claimed that al Shihri has died. The AQAP deputy emir has been reported killed or captured on several previous occasions.
AQAP eulogizes jihadist who fought in Iraq and was killed in US drone strike in Yemen
Abdullah Bawazir fought against US forces in Iraq and escaped from a Yemeni prison in June 2011, according to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He was killed in a drone strike in Hadramout on Dec. 24, 2012.
US kills 3 more AQAP fighters in drone strike in Marib
Three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters who were captured by security forces but freed in April 2012 were killed in the attack.
US drone strike kills 2 Saudi AQAP fighters in central Yemen
One of the Saudi AQAP fighters was identified as Ismail bin Jamil. The US has launched two strikes so far this year.
Denmark
Denmark – New controls over PET announced in wake of media Storm
Osama bin Laden’s documents cited by Canadian intelligence
A recently declassified threat assessment authored by Canadian intelligence in April 2012 concludes that the al Qaeda network still leads the global jihad movement and remains the “primary threat.”
West African jihadist group forms 4 ‘battalions,’ names 3 after al Qaeda leaders
The al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Unity] and Jihad in West Africa created the Abdullah Azzam, Al Zarqawi, and the Abu al Laith al Libi battalions, as well as the Martyrdom-Seekers Battalion. These join the previously established Osama bin Laden Battalion.
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Radical al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki ‘purchased plane tickets for 9/11 hijackers’
US drone strike kills local AQAP commander, 2 fighters in central Yemen
A local al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader and two fighters were killed in the third strike in Rada’a in Al Baydah province since Dec. 24, 2012.
US drones kill 3 AQAP fighters in central Yemen
The US has launched four drone strikes in Yemen since Dec. 24. The uptick in attacks takes place after a nearly seven-week-long pause.
US drones kill 2 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen
The US has stepped up drone strikes in the eastern province of Hadramout this year.
Al Qaeda
US drone strategy in Yemen is fraught with peril
US drone strikes kill Jordanian, Yemeni AQAP operatives
A Yemeni al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighter who escaped from prison two years ago was killed in the airstrike. The attack is the first reported US drone strike in Yemen in seven weeks.
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Al-Qaeda seeks foothold in Libya
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Yemen security chief tells Iran to stop backing rebels
Afghanistan
Afghan spy chief ‘wounded by underpants bomber’
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In Jordanian terror plot, officials see hand of resurgent al-Qaeda in Iraq