What Ex-Baathists Within IS Do and Don’t Signify
The interwebs are abuzz with discussion over the significance of Der Spiegel's scoop regarding the role of Former Iraqi military...
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Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Jalalabad Bank Bombing
Terrorists launched a suicide bomb attack on the Jalalabad branch of Kabul Bank Saturday April 18th, killing 35 and wounding...
Somali-American Indicted On Terror Charges
Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, a 23 year old man from Columbus, Ohio, was indicted by a federal jury on three counts...
Iraqi Forces Struggle to Counter ISIS in Anbar Province
According to local leaders on the ground, Islamic State (ISIS) may be hours away from overtaking the Iraqi city of...
ISIS Credited for Embassy Attacks as U.S. Continues to Seek Islamist Political Participation
Islamic State jihadists claimed responsibility for two separate attacks in Libya between Sunday and early Monday morning. On Sunday,...
Iraqi Prime Minister al-Abadi Asks For Weapons
In his first visit to Washington, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi plans to seek further American aid in his country's...
Oil Refineries Cut Off but Islamic State Maintains Diversified Finances
Back in June of last year Islamic State managed to capture Iraq's biggest oil refinery in the town of Baiji....
Rape. Ransom. Release.
After being held since July 2014, Islamic state released 216 Yazidi captives back to their families on April 8, 2015....
Don’t Hold Out Hope For Libyan Negotiations
Negotiations on forming a national unity government in Libya have not gone well, which should be of surprise to no...
Mass Graves Found In Tikrit
Mass graves have been discovered in the recently liberated Iraqi city of Tikrit, mostly filled with the bodies of Iraqi...
Mullar Omar Bio Draws Subtle Distinctions with “Caliph” AbuBakr
The Taliban has published a new biography of Mullah Omar (link is to Taliban-controlled shahamat-english.com) which paints a hagiographic picture of the...
Palestinian Jihadi Group Clashes with Islamic State over Refugee Camp
On April 2, 2015, Palestinian fighters and Syrian rebels moved to retake a refugee camp in Syria’s capital of Damascus...
Who is ICNA- the Group tied to Islamic State-inspired Bomb Plotter?
News is breaking today that Noelle Velentzas, one of the two women indicted in New York City court for an alleged...
In Al Shabaab Old Relationships May Prevent New Allegiance, For A Time
On April 1, 2015, Zakariya Hersi, a former al-Shabaab intelligence official claimed that al-Shabaab’s relationship with al-Qaeda is disintegrating. In...
Islamic State Strikes Again, Killing 17 in Sinai
Today, several heavily armed gunmen launched an attack on several military checkpoints in Sinai, killing 15 soldiers and two civilians....
Al-Shabaab’s Video Projects Power, Continuity
On March 30th 2015, al-Shabaab’s main media branch, al-Kataib released a video titled “Remembrance 2” showing several al-Shabaab fighters executing...