Abu Ayyub al-Masri

October 27, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself during raid, U.S. says

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, is dead, according to the White House. President Donald Trump announced Baghdadi’s death earlier today, saying “U.S. Special Operations forces...

March 23, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

U.S.-backed forces declare end to Islamic State’s physical caliphate

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July 13, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Top Intel Official: Al Qaeda Worked on WMD in Iran

Al Qaeda operatives based in Iran worked on chemical and biological weapons, according to a letter written to Osama bin Laden that is described in a new book by a top former U.S. intelligence off...

March 17, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Osama bin Laden’s ‘Bookshelf’ Reveals al Qaeda’s Long Game

When 113 new documents recovered in 2011 during the fatal raid on...

November 20, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Long War Continues

In many ways, the reaction to the horrific attacks in Paris has been familiar. There were the expressions of solidarity: flowers at French embassies; social media avatars changed from silly selfi...

December 31, 2014 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Jihadists Continue to Advertise Training Camps in Iraq and Syria

Several jihadist groups operating in Iraq and Syria continue to showcase facilities used to train their fighters. Since Dec. 1, seven new camps have been identified by The Long W...

September 18, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning Home and the Threat to Europe

Chairman Rohrabacher, Ranking Member Keating and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by Islamist foreign fighters returning home to Europe....

September 18, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning Home and the Threat to Europe

Chairman Rohrabacher, Ranking Member Keating and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by Islamist foreign fighters returning home to Europe....

March 18, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Palestinian Jihadist Trainer Killed Fighting for Al Nusrah Front

Co-authored by David Barnett A Palestinian jihadist military trainer and commander who was a member of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem and who previously served with Ham...

December 10, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Islamic State of Iraq Denies Its Emir Captured

The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda's political front in Iraq, denied that its emir, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi al Husseini al Qurshi, or Abu Du'a, was captured by Iraqi security forces earli...

November 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Boko Haram Suicide Bombs Kill 11 at Nigerian Military Church

Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist terror group that has been linked to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Shabaab, killed 11 people in an attack today on a church at a military base in Kaduna. T...

October 15, 2012 | The Long War Journal

Mujahideen Shura Council is Consolidation of Salafi-Jihadist Groups in Gaza: Sources

By David Barnett On Saturday, the Israeli Air Force killed Abu al Walid al Maqdisi (a.k.a....

July 25, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Slain Syrian Official Supported al Qaeda in Iraq

On July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad's crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syrian military i...

July 24, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Blowback in Syria

On Wednesday, July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad’s crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syria...

January 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ansar al Islam Names New Leader

The al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Islam released a statement announcing the name of its new leader. The Iraqi terror group also announced that it would fly a new flag. In a statement released...

July 11, 2011 |

Still Clueless About Al Qaeda in Iraq

Speaking in Iraq, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reportedly told U.S. troops: “The reason you guys are here is because on 9/11 the United States got attacked. And 3,000 Americans — 3,...

December 29, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Suicide Assault Team Kills Mosul Emergency Police Chief

A team of al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombers stormed a police headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul today and killed a senior police officer who has targeted al Qaeda's top leaders....

December 2, 2010 | The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda in Iraq’s Security Minister Captured in Anbar

Iraqi security forces captured al Qaeda in Iraq's security minister and the terror group's military commander for the capital during separate raids in Ramadi and Baghdad over the past t...

September 20, 2010 |

Al Qaeda in Iraq

In a campaign speech on July 14, 2007, Senator Barack Obama railed against the Iraq war and President Bush’s obstinate refusal to end it. “We cannot win a war against the terrorists i...

June 5, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda in Iraq is ‘broken,’ cut off from leaders in Paksitan, says top US general

Iraqi and US forces have hit al Qaeda in Iraq hard over the last several months, crippling the terror group's senior leadership and disrupting its communications with al Qaeda's top lea...