Islamic State Assaults Iraqi Army Base in Anbar
Co-authored by Caleb Weiss The Islamic State claimed to have breached the perimeter of Camp Habbaniyah in Anbar province, via photographs released o...
Ramadi
The Islamic State’s Stalled Offensive in Anbar Province
In September, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched a devastatingly effective offensive in Iraq’s Anbar province that for a time masked the losses the group was experienc...
Op-eds
The Fight Goes on in Anbar: ISIL vs the World
Over the past week, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been able to build on its previous...
Op-eds
The Islamic State’s Anbar Offensive and Abu Umar al-Shishani
The recent gains in Iraq’s Anbar province by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have, justifiably, garnered a great deal of media attention. McClatchy ...
Op-eds
Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East
Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,it is a...
Congressional Testimonies
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you to discuss the state of al-Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups. My test...
Congressional Testimonies
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Download the full testimony (PDF). Chairman McKeon...
Congressional Testimonies
Know Your Enemy
In the summer of 2008, Barack Obama, senator and presidential candidate, toured the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama had endeared himself to the antiwar left by denouncing President Bush’s d...
Op-eds
The Meaning of Fallujah
Al-Qaeda is back in Fallujah and Ramadi, where we defeated them in the recent past. Everyone in the Middle East knew it, and they all knew al-Qaeda was on the ropes. Recruitment was more di...
Op-eds
Syrian Government Accuses Rebels of Launching Chemical Attack
At least 26 people have been killed and more than 80 wounded in what may have been the first chemical attack in Syria's two-year-old civil war. The Syrian government has accused rebel fighte...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda in Iraq Suicide Bomber Attacks Awakening in Taji
Al Qaeda in Iraq executed its second major suicide attack against Iraqi security personnel in two days. Today, a suicide bomber attacked members of the Awakening in Taji, a city just north of Bag...
Op-eds
Operation Phantom Strike
How the U.S. military is demolishing al Qaeda in Iraq.
Op-eds
The Watchmen
In Anbar, the Marines do what they've always done.
Op-eds
Al-Qaeda’s Hope
As the sixth anniversary of September 11th, 2001 approaches, we should be grateful: al-Qaeda has not successfully attacked Americans a second time on American soil. We also should be distre...
Op-eds
About-Face
Critics warm to the surge.
Op-eds
The Sunni Side of the Street
As U.S. forces have pushed out from their bases and into neighborhoods across Iraq, and the surge has dramatically increased their capacity for offensive operations, a sense of security has swept...
Op-eds
Symposium: Shattered Dreams of Al Qaeda
FP: Bill Roggio, Andy McCarthy and Steve Schippert, welcome to this special edition of Frontpage Symposium. Bill Roggio, give us the background to how these documents we...
Op-eds
Suicide Assault Team Kills Mosul Emergency Police Chief
A team of al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombers stormed a police headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul today and killed a senior police officer who has targeted al Qaeda's top leaders....
Op-eds
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s Security Minister Captured in Anbar
Iraqi security forces captured al Qaeda in Iraq's security minister and the terror group's military commander for the capital during separate raids in Ramadi and Baghdad over the past t...
Op-eds
67 killed in bombings in Baghdad and Anbar
A series of bombings in the capital of Baghdad and in Anbar killed 67 Iraqis as officials said another top al Qaeda leader was captured in Anbar province. The strikes take place just days after a...