Bill Roggio

June 15, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Iran-backed Shiite militias attack US forces based in Iraq

Iran-backed Shiite militias launched three drones at a US base in western Iraq. The attack is the first of its kind reported since Israel launched a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear program, key leaders,...

June 13, 2025 | Bill Roggio, Bridget Toomey

US adds Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Imam Ali to list of terror organizations

The US Treasury Department added Kataib Imam Ali (the “Imam Ali Brigades”) to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on June 12, 2025. Kataib Imam Ali is one of the many Iraqi...

June 12, 2025 | Bill Roggio, Ahmad Sharawi

US strike in northwestern Syria kills Islamic State’s external attack planner

The US military killed an Islamic State (IS) commander in an airstrike in northwestern Syria on June 10. The commander, who was identified as Rakhim Boev, was involved in planning attacks against the US...

June 10, 2025 | Bill Roggio

Taliban eulogize Mullah Mansour despite his role in hiding the death of Mullah Omar

On the ninth anniversary of his death, the Taliban eulogized Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, its previous emir, as a martyr of “courage and vision.” The group published this tribute despite Mansour...

June 7, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban emir decries ‘Zionist assaults and acts of oppression’ in Gaza

The emir of the Taliban denounced Israel’s military operations against Hamas and other terror groups as “Zionist assaults and acts of oppression” and said that his Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan...

May 22, 2025 | Bill Roggio, Ahmad Sharawi

Syrian military integrates Al Qaeda-linked terror group into its ranks

The new Syrian government is integrating a Central Asian terrorist group that is part of Al Qaeda’s network into its military, despite the objections of US President Donald Trump. The head of this terror...

May 14, 2025 | Bill Roggio, Ahmad Sharawi

President Trump meets with a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, lifts sanctions on Syria

President Donald Trump met with Syrian interim president Ahmad al Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al Jolani, a US and UN-designated terrorist and the former leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham,...

May 8, 2025 | |

India Claims Elimination of Terrorist Involved in Abduction and Murder of American Journalist Daniel Pearl

Wanted Islamist Terrorist Killed: India announced on May 8 that its armed forces had eliminated Islamist terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar, a co-conspirator in the 2002 abduction and murder...

May 8, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

India claims Jaish-e-Mohammad leader killed during airstrikes in Pakistan

The Indian government claimed that Abdul Rauf Azhar, a senior leader of the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad and a brother of the group’s founder, Masood Azhar, was killed during India’s retaliatory airstrikes on Pakistan on May 7.

May 7, 2025 | Bill Roggio

India and Pakistan exchange fire after Jammu and Kashmir terror attack

The Indian military launched a series of air and missile strikes overnight against what it described as nine terrorist training camps inside Pakistan. The operations were in response to the April 22 terrorist...

April 24, 2025 | Bill Roggio

Lashkar-e Taiba front group claims responsibility for deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India

The Resistance Front, a cover organization of the Pakistan-supported Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, claimed credit for the April 22 attack in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir that killed...

April 13, 2025 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

US targets Houthi military and political leaders in latest campaign

The Trump administration has targeted Houthi military and political leaders since it initiated its campaign against the Iranian-backed militia in Yemen in mid-March. This effort is a departure from the...

April 2, 2025 | Will Selber, Bill Roggio

US removal of Sirajuddin Haqqani’s $10 million bounty signals engagement with the Taliban

The Trump administration appears to be continuing its previous policy of engagement with the Taliban, which led to the 2020 Doha Agreement that paved the way for the Biden administration’s 2021 withdrawal...

March 17, 2025 | |

U.S. Continues Strike Campaign Against Houthis as Trump Warns Iran Will Be Held Responsible

Central Command Continues to Strike Houthi Targets: The U.S. military continued conducting strikes against targets controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on March 17 as...

March 16, 2025 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

US military launches large-scale operation against Houthis in Yemen

The United States military carried out overnight strikes against Houthi military infrastructure in Yemen, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on March 15.

March 15, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman, Bill Roggio

US strike in Iraq eliminates top Islamic State leader

A March 13 airstrike in Iraq’s Anbar province by US Central Command (CENTCOM) eliminated Abdallah Makki Muslih al Rifai, a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) who may have served as the...

March 5, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Bridging the Gap

Turkey Between East and West

March 2, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

US kills Al Qaeda’s military commander for Syria

Video of CENTCOM's strike in northwestern Syria that killed Hurras al Din's overall military commander Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay. Hurras al Din is Al Qaeda's branch in Syria which claims to...

February 23, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

US military kills Al Qaeda facilitator in Syria

The US military killed a senior member of Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria in an airstrike in the northwestern part of the country on February 21.

February 14, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Turkistan Islamic Party leader directs Syrian fighters from Afghanistan

Abdul Haq al Turkistani, the emir of the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) who serves on Al Qaeda’s executive leadership council and resides in Afghanistan, is currently directing the group’s fighters...