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May 22, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Assessing the Threat to the Homeland from al Qaeda Operations in Iran and Syria

Chairman King, Ranking Member Higgins and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda’s operations inside Iran and Syria. These ar...

October 22, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The Joint Iran and al-Qaida Operation Declares War

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s comparison between al-Qaida and Iran during his September 27 address to the UN has garnered greater urgency since the US Treasury department on Thursday...

October 18, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Treasury ‘Further Exposes’ Iran-al Qaeda Relationship

The US Treasury Department announced today that it has designated Adel Radi Saqr al Wahabi al Harbi, who is "a...

October 4, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills 4 al Qaeda ‘Militants’ in Southern Yemen

US drones conducted their first strike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in southern Yemen in nearly a month, killing four "militants." The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired se...

May 8, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

USS Cole Bomber Killed in US Drone Strike in Yemen

A senior al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader who is wanted for his involvement in the USS Cole attack in 2000 and a failed airplane bombing over Detroit in 2009, and who currently leads a te...

February 17, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

DNI Clapper: ‘Shotgun Marriage’ Between Iran and Al Qaeda

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper called the relationship between Iran and al Qaeda a “shotgun marriage” during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursd...

February 17, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Treasury: Iranian Intelligence Supporting al Qaeda

The US Treasury Department today designated the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) "for its s...

February 17, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

British Intel Concerned About Iran-Al Qaeda

Members of British intelligence are concerned about the possibility of Iran and al Qaeda teaming up in a plot against the West, perhaps in a joint attack against the 2012 Olympic Games in London....

February 16, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Report: New Leader of al Qaeda Network in Iran Named

A notorious Kuwaiti terrorist named Muhsin al Fadhli has reportedly taken over leadership of al Qaeda's network inside Iran. Sky News...

October 12, 2010 |

On the Tenth Anniversary of the Cole Attack

Today is the tenth anniversary of al Qaeda’s October 12, 2000 attack on the USS Cole. Three thoughts come immediately to mind. First, the attack on the Cole demonstrates just how p...