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IDF Strike Kills Hamas Commander in Lebanon

Latest Developments The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Hamas commander Muhammed Jabara in an airstrike in Lebanon on July 18. Hamas has increased its threats from Lebanon in recent years and has...

February 11, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda’s Expansion in Egypt Implications for U.S. Homeland Security

Chairman King, Ranking Member Higgins, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss al Qaeda’s presence in Egypt. The uprisings throughou...

January 9, 2014 | David Barnett |

Blowback in Cairo

On Sept. 5, a car bomb ripped through the Cairo neighborhood of Nasr City, narrowly missing its target: Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based jihadist g...

July 11, 2013 | Clifford D. May

Murder on the Democracy Express

Who killed Egyptian democracy? Elite foreign-policy analysts have been providing strikingly divergent answers. Egypt’s military is, of course, the prime s...

January 21, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Report: Al Qaeda Group Demands Release of 2 Well-Known Jihadists

The al Qaeda group responsible for a raid on a natural gas field in eastern Algeria earlier this week has reportedly demanded the release of two well-known, al Qaeda-linked jihadists in exchange...

December 17, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda Lives

The real story behind Benghazi and the other attacks of 9/11/12

November 19, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard

The ‘Hybrid View’ of Benghazi

The Washington Post...

October 26, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda-Linked Jihadists Incited Cairo Protest

Rifai Ahmed Taha Musa, one of Egypt’s most notorious al Qaeda-linked terrorists, attended the U.S. embassy protest in Cairo on September 11. Musa was just one of several al Qaeda-affiliated...

October 26, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda-Linked Jihadists Helped Incite 9/11 Cairo Protest

Several al Qaeda-linked jihadists helped incite the protest outside the US embassy in Cairo on Sept. 11. The jihadists include senior members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), a group that merged...

October 23, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Shabaab Threatens Britain Over Extradition of Abu Hamza al Masri

Co-authored by Lisa Lundquist Yesterday the Somali terror group Shabaab threatened to attack Britain for extraditing radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al Masri, who arrived in the...

October 3, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda Responsible for 4 Attacks on US Embassies in September

On and around September 11, 2012, al Qaeda attacked multiple American assets around the world. The attack that has received the most attention is the deadly attack on the American consulate in Be...

September 13, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

In Service of the Blind Sheikh?

The investigation into the exact circumstances that brought us the twin attacks on U.S. diplomats in Egypt and Libya remains ongoing. Much remains uncertain. But a few new press accounts provide...

August 3, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Egypt Requests Release of al Qaeda Explosives Expert

The Egyptian government has requested the release of a top al Qaeda explosives expert from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, according to...

July 30, 2012 |

Some Questionable State Department Actions

Prepared by staff at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies 1) Global Counterterrorism Conference Without Israel The Global Counterterrorism Forum w...

July 2, 2012 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online

On Egyptian President-elect’s Vow to Work for Blind Sheikh’s Release

The New York Times has a report this morning about the pledge by Egypt’s newly elected president, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, to work for the release from U.S. p...

June 29, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard

Egyptian President Wants Arch-Terrorist Freed

In a rousing speech in Tahrir Square on Friday, Egypt’s new president, Mohamed Morsi, t...

June 22, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard

Member of Al Qaeda-Allied Organization Visits Washington

Writing at the Daily Beast, Eli Lake has the scoop o...

May 15, 2012 |

Egypt’s Presidential Debate was a Historic Triumph for Democracy. So Why Did We Ignore It?

On Thursday night, something historic took place in Egypt: The first televised presidential debate ever held in the Arab world. This was four-and-a-half hours of real cut-and-thrust on sensitive...

March 1, 2012 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online

Releasing the Blind Sheikh?

It is too early to tell, but not too early to be very worried.

February 27, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer The Long War Journal

Egyptian Islamic Group Plans to Sue Interior Ministry Over Torture

The Egyptian Gama'a al-Islamiyya plans to sue the Egyptian Interior Ministry because members of the organization were "tortured by t...