Egyptian Islamic Jihad

September 2, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

Rare photo surfaces of top Al Qaeda leaders inside Iran

A recently surfaced photograph of three of Al Qaeda’s top leaders, including Saif al Adel – the man many believe to be the successor to emir Ayman al Zawahiri – shows that they were present in the...

September 16, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

U.S. Treasury sanctions al Qaeda facilitators in Turkey

The U.S. Treasury Department announced today that five al Qaeda financial operatives based in Turkey have been designated as terrorists. Treasury describes them as al Qaeda “supporters,” but doesn’t...

June 5, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

What the New York Times Never Told Readers About Sirajuddin Haqqani

Revisiting the op-ed the paper published by the deputy emir of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

August 8, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Al Qaeda-Iran Connection

Twenty years ago today, al Qaeda carried out its most devastating terrorist attack prior to the September 11 hijackings. On the morning of August 7, 1998, two al Qaeda operatives drove explosive-laden...

April 14, 2014 | Bill Roggio

Assessing Terrorism in the Caucasus and the Threat to the Homeland

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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 15, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Iran Honors Al-Qaeda Mentor

During his visit to Lebanon on January 13, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari placed a wreath at the tomb of Imad Mugniyah and then bowed his head in reverence. Zar...

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...

December 29, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

The New York Times Whitewashes Benghazi

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

November 21, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Political, Economic, and Security Situation in Africa

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

October 15, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Anas Al-Liby’s Pakistan Qaeda Connection

The recent counterterrorism raids in Libya and Somalia highlight a fundamental flaw in the U.S. Government’s analysis of al Qaeda. A common misconception is that there is a distinct, fixed...

July 29, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Rumor Busting: Benghazi, the Brotherhood, and Interpretation of Data

A couple of weeks ago, I testified at a House hearing on the terr...

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...

May 17, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

CIA Warned of ‘Jihadist’ Threat to Cairo Embassy

The Obama administration’s editing of the Benghazi talking points not only obscured what really happened in Libya on September 11, 2012, it also confused the events of earlier that day in C...

May 8, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Disconnecting the Dots in Benghazi

Nearly eight months after terrorists killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration still has not explained who, exactly, was responsible....

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 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...

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 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...

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...