Islamic Front

July 1, 2015 | David Weinberg

Qatar’s Rulers Are Still Surrounding Themselves With Some of the Most Hateful Clerics

The ruler of Qatar, Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ...

March 10, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer, Merve Tahiroglu

Jihadi General Hospital

Controversy erupted in Turkey la...

January 20, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Senior Qods Force General Killed in Suspected Israeli Airstrike

A senior general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - Qods Force was among six Iranians and six Hezbollah operatives who were killed in yesterday's airstrike in southern Syria...

January 19, 2015 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal |

Hezbollah commanders killed in suspected Israeli airstrike

Hezbollah announced the death of six of its commanders and fighters, including the son of its slain former military chief Imad Mughniyah, in what is believed to be an Israeli airstrike in souther...

December 31, 2014 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Jihadists Continue to Advertise Training Camps in Iraq and Syria

Several jihadist groups operating in Iraq and Syria continue to showcase facilities used to train their fighters. Since Dec. 1, seven new camps have been identified by The Long W...

September 10, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Don’t Forget About Al Qaeda

President Obama is set to discuss his plan for confronting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a primetime speech this evening. According to ...

August 4, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief

US-Qatar Alliance: Under Strain?

Qatar, a tiny Persian Gulf petropower, is known to exert outsized influence in the Middle East. But between the war in Syria and the most recent conflict in Gaza, it may have pushed Washington to...

April 14, 2014 | Bill Roggio

Assessing Terrorism in the Caucasus and the Threat to the Homeland

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April 10, 2014 | |

Kuwait’s Embattled Justice Minister Part of Deeper Terror Finance Problem

A contentious battle over Kuwait’s reported role in terrorism finance is currently playing out in public. Earlier this year, the Kuwaiti Amir appointed a highly questionable figure to run h...

March 30, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief |

Controversial Kuwaiti Minister Offers to Step Down

Nayef al-Ajmi, Kuwait’s controversial government minister,...

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...

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 ...

December 18, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief |

Saudi Arabia in Syria: Naughty, Not Nice

Saudi Arabia, over the last year, has gone from being a relatively constructive actor in Syria to fueling a jihadist nightmare in the Levant. Information is just now starting to emerge, but repor...

December 5, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief |

Saudi Clerics Endorse Jihadists in Syria

A group of 72 preachers and religious scholars from Saudi Arabia published a petition yesterday endorsing the Islamic Front in Syria.  The Islam...

October 26, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda-Linked Jihadists Helped Incite 9/11 Cairo Protest

Several al Qaeda-linked jihadists helped incite the protest outside the US embassy in Cairo on Sept. 11. The jihadists include senior members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), a group that merged...

October 2, 2012 | |

Rebels With a Cause, But Not Much Consensus

Syrian opposition fighters are committed to Bashar al-Assad's ouster, but disagree on just about everything else.

June 16, 2010 | Max M. Kampelman The Long War Journal

Hizbul Islam faction in southern Somalia defects to Shabaab

An important Hizbul Islam faction in southern Somalia has broken away from t...

May 1, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Top Shabaab commander targeted in Mogadishu mosque bombings

Forty Shabaab fighters and supporters were killed in a pair of bombings today that targeted a top Shabaab military commander at a mosque in the Bakara market in Mogadishu. The first bomb...