Eid al-Adha

June 18, 2024 | |

Hezbollah Threatens Haifa During U.S. Envoy’s Diplomatic Mission

Hezbollah aired a video secretly taken by one of its drones over Israel’s strategic port of Haifa on June 18 as a U.S. envoy pressed Beirut to rein in the Lebanese terrorist group. The...

June 18, 2024 | |

IDF Kills Senior Hezbollah Rocket Force Commander in Airstrike

Israeli troops carried out an airstrike that killed Hezbollah commander Muhammad Ayoub, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on June 17. “Ayoub served in the rocket unit of Hezbollah’s...

June 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas sees daily small attacks as success in Gaza

Even if Hamas saw most of its 24 battalions shattered and saw losses mount to include between half and two-thirds of its October 7 manpower, the group has clearly not been shocked into defeat.

August 2, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban, Afghan forces battle for control of Helmand’s capital

After days of heavy fighting with Afghan security forces, the Taliban has entered Laskhar Gah, the capital of Helmand province. The city is in danger of falling to the Taliban. The Taliban is now battling...

August 8, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban leader quashes Eid cease fire, urges followers to continue jihad

In his yearly Eid-al-Adha message to his followers, Taliban emir Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada dashed all hopes for a holiday ceasefire and urged his jihadists to continue the fight. Unlike last year, when...

March 11, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

2 US Soldiers Killed by Afghan Policeman in Attack at Special Forces Base

An Afghan policeman killed two US soldiers in an attack at a US Special Forces base in Wardak province today. The attack is the second green-on-blue, or insider attack, that has been reported in...

December 25, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Afghan Policewoman Kills US Military Adviser Inside Interior Ministry

An Afghan policewoman gunned down a US military adviser inside the Interior Ministry today. The insider, or green-on-blue, attack is the first in nearly six weeks, and the first recorded by a fem...

October 30, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Afghan Policeman Kills 2 British Soldiers in Helmand

An Afghan policeman opened fire on Coalition soldiers operating in Helmand province earlier today, killing two British soldiers. Today's killing of Coalition forces marks the 40th green-on-b...

October 29, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Shabaab’s Godane Releases Eid Message

Shabaab leader Ahmad Abdi Godane (a.k.a. Mokhtar Abu Zubayr) released an audio statement on Saturday commemorating Eid al-Adha that was posted on the pro-Shabaab Calamada website. Here I excerpt...

November 9, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Hakeemullah Mehsud Threatens More Attacks in Pakistan

The leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan vowed to carry out more attacks on the Pakistani state and reiterated his pledge of fealty to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Hak...

August 21, 2008 | National Review Online

You Say It’s Your Birthday? Not in Saudi Arabia

More from our favorite moderate  friends, the Saudis.  From Reuters: Celebrating  anniversaries, birthdays or mother's day is against Muslim 'righ...