Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna

March 21, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Responsibility for Rocket Attacks on Israel

The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC), an al Qaeda-linked group, has claimed credit for a rocket attack on Israel early this morning. Two rockets landed in Sderot, Israe...

March 18, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Palestinian Jihadist Trainer Killed Fighting for Al Nusrah Front

Co-authored by David Barnett A Palestinian jihadist military trainer and commander who was a member of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem and who previously served with Ham...

November 26, 2012 | The Long War Journal |

Tawhid and Jihad Official Praises Fellow Gazan Jihadists and Calls for Unity

By David Barnett On Nov. 21, an audio speech from Abdullah Jihad al Ashqar (Abu al Muhtasib al Maqdisi), a media official for Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem, was released t...

October 15, 2012 | The Long War Journal

Mujahideen Shura Council is Consolidation of Salafi-Jihadist Groups in Gaza: Sources

By David Barnett On Saturday, the Israeli Air Force killed Abu al Walid al Maqdisi (a.k.a....

August 3, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

It’s Far From Safe to Say That al-Qaeda is Dead

Agrowing chorus of Western analysts is arguing that al-Qaeda is dead, and that it is time to end the “global war on terror.” As the ubiquitous CNN terrorism analyst and bestselling au...

January 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ansar al Islam Names New Leader

The al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Islam released a statement announcing the name of its new leader. The Iraqi terror group also announced that it would fly a new flag. In a statement released...

September 23, 2011 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

US Designates Hamas Operative Linked to Iran, al Qaeda

Today the US State Department added Muhammad Hisham Muhammad Isma'il Abu Ghazala, a Hamas operative who is linked to Iran and al Qaeda and fought with Ansar al Islam in Iraq, to the list of...

January 20, 2011 | The National Interest

The Ossification of Egypt

After decades of looking to Egypt to provide stability in the Middle East, Washington finds Cairo contending with an increasingly dangerous combination of ossified leadership, Islamist violence,...

October 9, 2010 | The Long War Journal |

Al Qaeda Leader Linked to Iran May Have Been Killed in Recent Predator Strike

A senior al Qaeda leader who serves as al Qaeda's ambassador to Iran, and is wanted by the US, is reported to have been killed in a Predator airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled t...

May 4, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Iraqi forces arrest leader of Ansar al Islam

Iraqi security forces backed by US advisers have captured the head of the al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Islam. Abu Abdullah al Shafi, the leader of Ansar al Islam, or Partisans of Islam, was...

September 12, 2008 | Bill Roggio, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Tony Badran The Long War Journal

Intercepted Letters from al-Qaeda Leaders Shed Light on State of Network in Iraq

Yesterday, Center for Terrorism Research (CTR) adjunct fellow Bill Roggio posted an...

July 29, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Operation Omens of Prosperity begins in Diyala

Map of Diyala province [PDF]. Click to view. The long awaited offensive to secure Diyala province has begun. Iraqi Army and police forces, backed by the US Army, officially started...

July 18, 2007 |

Conozca a sus Enemigos

Sería agradable – o por lo menos más conveniente – que Estados Unidos pudiera luchar sólo contra un enemigo a la vez. Pero raramente funciona así....

July 18, 2007 | Clifford D. May |

Know Thine Enemies

It would be nice — or at least more convenient — if America could fight just one enemy at a time. But that’s seldom how it works. World War II was called a world war fo...

June 22, 2007 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Bill Roggio, Walid Phares, Steven Emerson FrontPage Magazine

Symposium: Strategies of Death

FP: Daveed Gartenstein Ross, Walid Phares, Steven Emerson and Bill Roggio, welcome to Frontpage Symposium.   Daveed Gartenstein Ross, let’s begin with you....

May 10, 2007 |

Know Thy Enemies

SOMETIMES WHAT WE DON'T KNOW can indeed hurt us. This was the case in 2006, when reporters noticed significant fighting between Iraqi insurgent factions. This confused journalists and govern...

December 29, 2004 | Clifford D. May

Superpower No More? Iraq is a Critical Test

Is the United States a superpower? For years, we've assumed this was true. It was an easy assumption to make based on the amount of money we spend on our military and the high-tech...

December 22, 2004 | Clifford D. May

A Battle Between Democracy and Terror

We Have Met the Enemy and He Isn't Us