al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

May 20, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda In Afghanistan And Pakistan: An Enduring Threat

Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the enduring threat posed by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is wide...

May 16, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Our Libya Intervention — Failure Disguised as Success

There was some rare good news coming out of Libya this month. Oil exports were set to resume from...

May 14, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

A Failure of Policy

Forty-one recently declassified State Department documents obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, have reignited the controversy over the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack...

May 12, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Successes and Failures of the U.S. and NATO Intervention in Libya

Download the full written testimony here (PDF). Ch...

April 23, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

In Africa, a Real “War on Women”

Last week, more than a hundred Nigerian students, girls between 15 and 18 years of age, were kidnapped by the al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists of Boko Haram. Most of the girls are still being held....

February 12, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief

Mali’s MUJWA Ascendant

Four Red Cross workers and one other aid worker disappeared on Saturday while driving between Gao and Kidal in Mali. On Tuesday,...

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...

February 10, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence

Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you to discuss the state of al-Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups. My test...

February 4, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Pro-al Qaeda Saudi Cleric Calls on ISIS Members to Defect

Not long after al Qaeda's general command yesterday disowned the Islamic State of Iraq and the...

February 3, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence

Download the full testimony (PDF). Chairman McKeon...

January 22, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

Obama’s Kobe Bryant-Al Qaeda Flap

A long New Yorker profile of President Obama provides a g...

January 16, 2014 | Clifford D. May

Spinning Al-Qaeda

Since June 2012, Peter Bergen, the swashbuckling reporter who serves as CNN’s national-security analyst and a director of the liberal New America Foundation, has been among those in the for...

January 15, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

New Senate Report: Al Qaeda Network Attacked in Benghazi

The Senate Intelligence Committee has now released its declassified review of the intelligence surrounding the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. The bottom line is this: Mul...

January 14, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Know Your Enemy

In the summer of 2008, Barack Obama, senator and presidential candidate, toured the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama had endeared himself to the antiwar left by denouncing President Bush’s d...

January 8, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Obama Administration’s Benghazi Bombshell

The Washington Post ...

January 3, 2014 | Sheryl Saperia FDD Policy Brief

Canada Bans Boko Haram

As 2013 drew to a close, the Government of Canada announced on December 30 its designation of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram as a...

January 2, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Not a ‘Bogus’ Benghazi Connection

During an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick was asked about the connections between Muhammad Jamal’s network and the B...

January 2, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Politico Jumps in the Benghazi Debate

Blake Hounshell of Politico takes a look at the...

December 29, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

The New York Times Whitewashes Benghazi

David D. Kirkpatrick of the New York Times has ...

December 19, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Popular Saudi Cleric Endorses Islamic Front, Calls for Cooperation with al Qaeda

Dr. Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini, a popular Saudi cleric who has relocated to Syria, has used his highly trafficked social media presence to endorse the ...