Dec 3, 2024 · The cover of the latest edition of AQAP’s Sada al-Malahem magazine.. In the latest issue of its Sada al-Malahem magazine, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) heaped significant praise on recent operations conducted by Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa.. Penned by an ostensible foreign fighter in AQAP by the name of Abdullah Muhammad al-Muhajir, the article begins by extolling ...

Jan 2, 2025 · The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published data on the number of soldiers killed and wounded in 2024 and since the war began on October 7, 2023. A total of 363 IDF soldiers were killed in 2024, most of them during combat operations and in terrorist attacks. Overall, 891 servicemembers have died, most of them in combat, and 5,569 have been wounded since the conflict started last year.

Jan 6, 2025 · Beginning on Friday, January 3, the newly appointed minister of defense of the Syrian Interim Government, Murhef Abu Qasra, initiated a series of meetings with leaders of armed factions to discuss integrating these forces into a unified Syrian army. FDD’s Long War Journal has identified and profiled the majority of those in attendance.

Dec 9, 2024 · The logo of the Southern Operations Room (SOR). (Credit: Jalapeño/CC BY-SA 4.0 license) The Southern Operations Room (SOR), a coalition of opposition groups, was announced on December 6, 2024. In its inaugural statement, the SOR called on the international community to support the Syrian people’s aspirations for freedom and nation-building. Its stated mission is to achieve a unified and ...

Dec 14, 2024 · A still from the propaganda video recently published by the Turkistan Islamic Party. The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an Al Qaeda branch that fights under the banner of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), used a propaganda video from Syria to …

Weekly time lapse video of the Taliban’s Advance | Apr 13 to Sept 6, 2021 Semi-Yearly time lapse of Afghanistan’s districts | Nov 2017 to Sept 6, 2021 Description: For nearly two decades, the government of Afghanistan – with the help of U.S. and coalition forces – battled for control of the country against the ever-present Afghan Taliban.FDD’s Long War Journal has tracked the Taliban ...

Dec 31, 2024 · Islamic State Somalia fighters are shown training in a photo previously released by the Islamic State’s central media apparatus. Earlier today, the Puntland Security Forces (PSF), the armed forces of Somalia’s northern Puntland region, announced thwarting a major assault on a …

Dec 31, 2024 · A meeting between Abu Mohammad Al Jolani and leaders of Syrian armed factions on December 21. (Via HTS’s official statement released on Telegram). On December 21, Abu Mohammad Jolani, also known as Ahmad al Sharaa, convened a meeting with numerous leaders of Syrian armed factions and local figures to discuss plans for unifying these militias into a new Syrian army.

Jan 8, 2025 · A Ukrainian column attacks in Kursk Oblast on January 5, 2025. Russia and Ukraine both launched sizable attacks in different parts of Kursk Oblast in recent days, battling over territory that Kyiv hopes to use as leverage in potential peace talks.

Jan 1, 2025 · The Islamic State released images of 12 men who took part in its recent suicide assault in northern Somalia. All of them were foreign fighters, showing the growing internationalization of this Islamic State wing.