The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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Islamic State kills 2 senior Iraqi generals in suicide assault near Ramadi Posted: 27 Aug 2015 09:45 AM PDT The Islamic State claimed credit for killing Major General Abdel Rahman Abu Raghif, the deputy commander for the Anbar Operations command, and Brigadier Safin Abdel Majid, the commander of the 10th Iraqi Army Division, in a six-man suicide assault on a military headquarters near Ramadi.

Taliban mass in northern Afghanistan to swear allegiance to new emir Posted: 26 Aug 2015 06:53 PM PDT Hundreds of Taliban fighters gathered in the open in Kunduz to witness Mullah Abdul Salam, the Taliban's shadow governor, and other senior commanders swear allegiance to Mullah Mansour.