The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Another Afghan district falls to the Taliban
• Qods Force commander photographed with Iraqi militia in Aleppo
• US military confirms it killed senior al Qaeda strategist Sanafi al Nasr in airstrike in Syria

Another Afghan district falls to the Taliban Posted: 18 Oct 2015 08:58 AM PDT The jihadist group continues to fight for control of districts in the northwestern Afghan province of Faryab, where two other districts fell to the Taliban over the past 10 days.

Qods Force commander photographed with Iraqi militia in Aleppo Posted: 18 Oct 2015 08:53 AM PDT The photo comes just days after Soleimani was spotted in Latakia addressing Iranian and Syrian troops. The Syrian regime also relies on Shiite militias from Iraq and elsewhere, which are often trained and advised by the Iranian Qods Force.

US military confirms it killed senior al Qaeda strategist Sanafi al Nasr in airstrike in Syria Posted: 18 Oct 2015 08:19 AM PDT The Department of Defense confirmed that the senior al Qaeda strategist, who was dispatched years ago by al Qaeda from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region to Syria, was killed in an airstrike on Oct. 15. Nasr's death is a blow to al Qaeda.