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23 Nov 2015, 1:14 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
Meanwhile, the Massina Liberation Front also claimed responsibility for the attack, making it the third group to have done so, behind al Mourabitoun and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. [read post]
30 Oct 2016, 7:08 am by Clint Watts
Egyptian abuse and imprisonment of jihadis incubated the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which later merged with al-Qaeda. [read post]
4 Jun 2011, 4:48 pm by Jeralyn
Also on the list: Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al Zawahiri, the operating chief of Haqqani network Sirajuddin Haqqani and the Libyan operations chief of Al Qaeda Atiya Abdel Rahman. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 7:38 am by Bruce Riedel
He was proven right in his dispute with Abu Bakr al Baghdadi about the viability of the Islamic caliphate, and he outlasted Baghdadi. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 7:36 am by Judicial Watch Blog
Hasan has ties to a radical mosque leader (Anwar al Awlaki) who promotes jihad against the U.S., attempted to contact al Qaeda associates prior to the attack and defended Islamic suicide bombers in comments he posted on the internet. [read post]
24 Oct 2021, 7:01 am by Elizabeth Grimm
The United Nations estimates that thousands of foreign fighters are present in Afghanistan as members of 20 groups, including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 1:28 pm by Tara Hofbauer
Al-Wuhayshi led al Qaeda’s dangerous Yemen branch, known as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). [read post]
19 Jan 2014, 7:00 am by Daniel Byman
Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) – As the official Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria (ISIS’ predecessor, the Iraq-based Islamic State in Iraq (ISI) has ceased to be recognized as an Al-Qaeda affiliate since 2007, according to some reports), JN has shrewdly portrayed itself as a mediator during the recent fighting. [read post]
25 May 2014, 7:00 am by Jennifer Williams
The Salafi-jihadists and takfiris include groups such as Jund Ansar Allah (Soldiers of God’s Compassion), Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam), Jaysh Tawheed wa Jihad (Army of Unity and Jihad), and Jund Allah (God’s Soldiers). [read post]
24 May 2015, 7:00 am by Frederic Wehrey, Ariel I.
Many Iraqis wondered why the United States would seek to create new militias, especially ones recently tied to al-Qaeda and other terrorists. [read post]
5 May 2023, 5:16 am by Jacob Zenn, Colin P. Clarke
The U.S. estimates that al-Qaeda’s local affiliate, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), controls 40 percent of Burkina Faso’s territory. [read post]
3 May 2016, 2:03 pm by Benjamin Wittes
The Evolution of Terrorism from al Qaeda to ISIS The last panel of the day, "The Evolution of Terrorism from al Qaeda to ISIS," addressed the following questions: "In what ways does the threat of ISIS in the U.S. differ from the threat posed by al Qaeda? [read post]
2 Apr 2015, 10:55 am by Tara Hofbauer
Al-Qaeda militants seized al Mukallah prison in southeastern Yemen this morning, and in doing so, freed a number of inmates. [read post]
11 Jan 2015, 5:59 pm
Like the Hydra beast of ancient Greece this malignancy has many heads: al Qaeda, the Islamic State, Sunni Salafists and Shiite fanatics, armies and parties of God and militias of the Mahdi. [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 2:02 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
Abu Dujana al Basha was known as the “hidden commander” of al Qaeda and is al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri's son-in-law. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 4:51 am by J. Dana Stuster
” As Brookings’s Will McCants writes in his book, The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State, the village is the subject of a prophecy that probably originated in the 8th century and was popularized by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who led al-Qaeda in Iraq until his death in 2006. [read post]
19 May 2016, 12:11 pm by Alex R. McQuade
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Treasury put “sanctions on six people who allegedly have provided financing or other support to an array of terrorist groups, including al Qaeda's Yemen branch, Islamic State, and al Nusra Front. [read post]
2 Jun 2016, 12:32 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Al Shabaab, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia, has stepped up its attacks in recent months and has killed hundreds of people. [read post]
9 Sep 2021, 9:44 am by Daniel Byman, Benjamin Wittes
  It was a campaign chiefly run from Afghanistan, and it was possible because the Taliban allowed Al Qaeda a haven from which it could build a mini-army and launch attack after attack on its enemies. [read post]