The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Al Qaeda chief calls for jihadist unity to ‘liberate Jerusalem’
• Al Qaeda commander reported killed in northeastern Afghanistan
• Shabaab targets Mogadishu hotel in suicide assault
• Malian al Qaeda leader threatens France in audio statement

Al Qaeda chief calls for jihadist unity to ‘liberate Jerusalem’ Posted: 02 Nov 2015 04:51 AM PST In a newly released audio message, Ayman al Zawahiri calls for unity to "liberate" Jerusalem. Zawahiri argues that the jihadists must strike the West and build Islamic states in the Levant and Egypt in order to achieve this goal.

Al Qaeda commander reported killed in northeastern Afghanistan Posted: 02 Nov 2015 04:39 AM PST The US is thought to have killed Bilal al Tayibin, an Arab al Qaeda "key leader," in an airstrike on the evening of Oct. 29 in Darin in Kunar's Ghaziabad district. Two of Tayibin's Afghan bodyguards are also said to have been killed in the attack.

Shabaab targets Mogadishu hotel in suicide assault Posted: 01 Nov 2015 03:32 PM PST Shabaab continues to demonstrate that it can penetrate high-security areas in Mogadishu, even after losing many of its major urban strongholds in southern and central Somalia.

Malian al Qaeda leader threatens France in audio statement Posted: 01 Nov 2015 03:24 PM PST The reclusive leader of Ansar Dine, an al Qaeda group that operates in Mali, has resurfaced again to threaten the French and dismiss the latest peace deal with the Tuaregs in Mali.