Somali officials have reportedly captured Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, who has been identified by the State Department as Shabaab’s “chief of intelligence.” The UN has said that another Shabaab official held that role.
Pakistan judge issues arrest warrant for Abdul Aziz
Asmatullah Muawiya is said to have been targeted in one of the two strikes that took place today in Shawal area of North Waziristan in Pakistan.
US prepares to ramp up transfers from Guantanamo
On Dec. 20, the Defense Department announced the transfer of four Afghans to their home country. Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) deemed all four to be “high” risks to the US, its interests and allies. All four are veteran insurgents, according to JTF-GTMO.
UN removes former Somali warlord from sanctions list
The spokesman for al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has released a statement condemning the Pakistani Taliban’s attack on a Peshawar school earlier this week, calling it “un-Islamic.”
The Pakistani military claimed it “cleared” the Datta Khel area in September 2014 as part of operation Zarb-e-Azb. The US has launched seven drone strikes in Datta Khel since then.
Ajnad Misr says in a statement that the US is the real “terrorist” organization, and claims to be fighting a “global system” that seeks to thwart the revolution in Egypt. The group’s rhetoric is similar to al Qaeda’s.
US backed talks between jihadi clerics and ISIS in effort to save hostage’s life
The State Department today added Ajnad Misr, an Egyptian jihadist group, and Ibrahim Rubaish, a senior al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) official, to the US government’s list of specially designated global terrorists.
Pakistan’s refusal to sever ties with the so-called “good Taliban” has allowed groups like the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan to fester.
US Seeks to Use Letters Found in Bin Laden Raid in Terrorism Trial
Pakistan arrests suspected South Asian al Qaeda commander
From Florida to al Qaeda: terror group’s external operations chief spent last years at Iran-Pakistan-Afghan border
Finances of jihad: How extremist groups raise money
Ex-CIA Directors: Interrogations Saved Lives
Senate Panel Faults CIA Over Brutality and Deceit in Interrogations
Guantanamo 6 ‘will enjoy complete freedom’ in Uruguay
Intelligence cited in leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) threat assessments link the six recently transferred Guantanamo detainees to Abu Zubaydah and al Qaeda.
Muhammad Khurasani said that “the impure apostate Pakistani military martyred Sheikh Adnan Shukrijumah” on Dec. 6.
US General Has Misgivings as Afghanistan Mission Ends
A Sikh Principal, Too English for a Largely Muslim School in Birmingham
The ongoing targeting of al Qaeda commanders in Pakistan’s tribal areas refutes past claims by US officials that al Qaeda is “decimated” and that only two relevant leaders remain.
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, released photos purporting to show its use of a United Nations vehicle in a suicide bombing against regime positions in southern Syria.
Abd al Baset Azzouz, an al Qaeda operative who served as Ayman al Zawahiri’s representative in Libya, was captured in Turkey in mid-November. Azzouz is reportedly being investigated for his possible ties to the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi.
Pakistan claimed it killed Adnan Shukrijumah in a raid in South Waziristan. Shukrijumah, who was wanted by the US, was al Qaeda’s operations chief for North America.
US moves ahead with plan for extra troops in Afghanistan until allies finalize plans
Dozens of fighters fanned out across the Chechen capital and attacked police and other government targets. The Press House was set ablaze.
IS leader’s ‘captured wife’ may not be who she says she is