Seifallah Ben Hassine

October 23, 2015 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Tunisian Jihadism After the Sousse Massacre

Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

May 14, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

A Failure of Policy

Forty-one recently declassified State Department documents obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, have reignited the controversy over the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack...

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...

January 8, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Obama Administration’s Benghazi Bombshell

The Washington Post ...

July 18, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and Future Challenges

Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda. We have been asked to “examine the nature of...

March 27, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

War of Words Escalates in Tunisia

In an interview published by Le Monde on March 26, Tuni...

March 14, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Tunisian ‘Martyrs’ Celebrated by Ansar al Sharia

In early February, a video of an interview with Ansar al Sharia Tunisia's leader Seifallah ben Hassine (a.k.a. Abu Iyad al Tunisi) was released online after it had been banned by government...

February 11, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ansar al Sharia Tunisia Calls for Islamist Solution to Political Crisis

The assassination of a prominent opposition leader has sparked a political crisis in Tunisia. Chokri Belaid, a politician who had spoken out against the ruling Islamist Ennahda party and Salafist...

January 22, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Debacle in Ben­ghazi

It’s worse than an injustice; it’s a humiliation.

December 17, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda Lives

The real story behind Benghazi and the other attacks of 9/11/12

October 3, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda Responsible for 4 Attacks on US Embassies in September

On and around September 11, 2012, al Qaeda attacked multiple American assets around the world. The attack that has received the most attention is the deadly attack on the American consulate in Be...