Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

February 6, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Prominent al Qaeda Leader Killed in Drone Strike in 2012

Al Qaeda announced the death of Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed, a longtime senior jihadist leader and military commander who was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan sometime in the spring...

January 31, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ansar al Sharia Tunisia Honors Senior al Qaeda ‘Martyrs’

Ansar al Sharia Tunisia has honored two deceased senior al Qaeda leaders on its Facebook page this week. The first is Said al Shihri, an ex-Guantanamo detainee who cofounded al Qaeda in the Arabi...

January 15, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ansar al Sharia Tunisia Releases Video of Freed Benghazi Suspect

Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, an extremist group headed by a UN-designated terrorist with longstanding ties to al Qaeda, has released a video of one of the key suspects in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist...

January 8, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Tunisia Frees Benghazi Suspect

A Tunisian court has freed Ali Harzi, a key suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. US authorities initially sought Harzi's detention...

December 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strikes Kill Jordanian, Yemeni AQAP Operatives

The US targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in the first reported drone strikes in Yemen in seven weeks. In the first stirke, a Yemeni and a Jordanian AQAP operative are s...

December 26, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ansar al Sharia Tunisia Releases Pictures of FBI Agents

A media outlet for Ansar al Sharia Tunisia has released pictures purportedly showing three FBI agents who interviewed Ali al Harzi, a suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, L...

December 19, 2012 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front Denies Reports of Death of Its Emir

The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda's branch in Syria, has denied media reports that its emir and two commanders have been killed. The "Media Department" of t...

December 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Zarqawi’s Brother-in-Law Reported Killed While Leading Al Nusrah Front Unit

A brother-in-law of al Qaeda in Iraq's former leader, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, has died while fighting for the Al Nusrah Front in Syria, Al Jazeera reported. And the jihadist replacing...

November 20, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ansar al Sharia Egypt Releases Founding Statement

Ansar al Sharia Egypt has published its founding statement online. The group says that "preaching and jihad are two wings that are indispensable to the spread of Islam," according to a translatio...

October 22, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Omar Hammami Says ‘Friction’ Exists Between Shabaab, Foreign Fighters

A videotape of Omar Hammami in which he urges "commanders of jihad and the honorable scholars" to intervene to resolve "friction" between foreign fighters and Somali members of Shabaab...

October 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

2 Zarqawi Cousins Detained in Jordan After Fighting in Syria

Two cousins of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the slain leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, were arrested by Jordanian security forces as they returned from waging jihad in Syria. The two cousins, Zayed...

October 18, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Treasury ‘Further Exposes’ Iran-al Qaeda Relationship

The US Treasury Department announced today that it has designated Adel Radi Saqr al Wahabi al Harbi, who is "a...

October 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Jund al Khilafah Emir Killed in ‘Treacherous Raid’

Co-authored by Lisa Lundquist A Swiss jihadist who is known to have recruited and trained al Qaeda fighters and has been linked to top al Qaeda leaders has been killed in a "tre...

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....

September 10, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

LIFG and Al Qaeda: A Response to Zelin

On Friday, I had a post at G&L questioning the field’s conve...

September 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Fatah al Islam Emir Killed While Waging Jihad in Syria

Fatah al Islam, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that operates throughout the Middle East, announced the death of the leader of its Al Khilafah Brigades during an ambush in Syria. Abu H...

August 22, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Al Qaeda Releases Biography of Slain Senior Leader

The 21st, and latest, online edition of al Qaeda's "Vanguards of Khorasan" magazine contains a biography of slain al Qaeda leader Atiyah Abd al Rahman. According to a translation provided by...

August 3, 2012 | Michael Ledeen Claremont Review of Books |

The New War Against America

Last January, President Obama went over to the Pentagon to announce deep cuts in defense. He took the occasion to proclaim: “Even as our troops continue to fight in Afghanistan, the tide of...

July 30, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Army of Islam Fighter From Gaza Killed in Syria

A Palestinian from the Gaza Strip who was a member of the al Qaeda-linked Army of Islam (Jaish al Islam) was killed during recent fighting in Syria, according to a martyrdom statement released by...

July 27, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Targets al Qaeda-Linked Leader in Southeastern Afghanistan

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda-linked commander who operates throughout the southeastern province of Ghazni. The combined special operations team "co...