Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt)

August 29, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Zawahiri’s Revenge

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham — which has now rebranded itself "the Islamic State" (IS) — is trying to position itself as the new leader of the global...

November 17, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief

UAE’s Zealous New Terror List

The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday its list of terrorist organizations under a new counterterrorism l...

August 1, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Thomas Joscelyn

Zawahiri’s Revenge

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham -- which has now rebranded itself "the Islamic State" (IS) -- is trying to position itself as the new leader of the global jihadist movement. After being...

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...

November 21, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Political, Economic, and Security Situation in Africa

Watch the hearing here. Chairman Kaine, Ranking Member Risch...

July 18, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and Future Challenges

Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda. We have been asked to “examine the nature of...

February 19, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

US Officials Denied Access to ‘Nasr City Cell’ Suspects

The US has not been granted access to the senior members of the so-called "Nasr City Cell" who were arrested late last year, according to several American officials familiar with the case. The Na...

February 1, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ansar al Sharia Egypt Calls on Muslims to Resist France in Mali

Ansar al Sharia Egypt, an extremist group headed by an al Qaeda-allied jihadist, has called on Muslims to pray...

January 14, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring

Sitting in his Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound just days before his demise in May 2011, Osama bin Laden surveyed the political turmoil in the Middle East. In a memo dated April 26, 2011, the terro...

November 28, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ansar al Sharia Egypt Founder ‘Honored to be an Extension of al Qaeda’

In an interview with the Cairo-based publication Al Shuruq al Jadid in late October, Ahmed Ashush, the fo...

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 26, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

AQAP Denies Emir Nasir al Wuhayshi Killed in US Airstrike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has officially denied rumors that their emir, Nasir al Wuhayshi, was killed during fighting in southern Yemen last summer. The denial was published in "...