The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• AQIM battalion claims ‘fewer than 10′ members defected to Islamic State
• Taliban continues to advertise alliance with al Qaeda, Haqqanis
• Saudi al Qaeda cleric showcases training camp for children in Syria

AQIM battalion claims ‘fewer than 10′ members defected to Islamic State Posted: 05 Sep 2015 11:12 AM PDT Yesterday, the Islamic State claimed that AQIM's entire Al Ansar Battalion in Algeria had defected. In a statement released online today, AQIM responds by saying that fewer than 10 fighters from the battalion have joined Abu Bakr al Baghdadi's cause.

Taliban continues to advertise alliance with al Qaeda, Haqqanis Posted: 05 Sep 2015 06:56 AM PDT The fifth installment of the Taliban's "Army of Badr" video series highlights the oaths of loyalty sworn by Ayman al Zawahiri and Siraj Haqqani to the Taliban's new emir, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. The video is the latest piece of evidence that the jihadist "syndicate" continues to threaten Afghanistan 14 years after the US-led invasion of the country.

Saudi al Qaeda cleric showcases training camp for children in Syria Posted: 04 Sep 2015 02:17 PM PDT While the Islamic State gets most of the attention for the training camps it runs for children, it is not the only jihadist group in Syria that does so.