The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• US-led coalition targets Islamic State’s ‘external attack planners’ in airstrikes
• Uzbek group in Syria trains children for jihad
• Islamic State West Africa launches coordinated assaults in northeast Nigeria
• More Islamic State members reject governor of Yemen Province

US-led coalition targets Islamic State’s ‘external attack planners’ in airstrikes Posted: 29 Dec 2015 11:41 AM PST A US military spokesman said earlier today that several members of the Islamic State's external operations arm were killed in recent airstrikes. Some of the jihadists are believed to have ties to the terrorist cell that struck Paris on Nov. 13.

Uzbek group in Syria trains children for jihad Posted: 29 Dec 2015 09:42 AM PST A video released by the Imam Bukhari Jamaat shows children training with various weapons, reading the Koran, practicing mathematics, and learning Sharia and Arabic.

Islamic State West Africa launches coordinated assaults in northeast Nigeria Posted: 28 Dec 2015 06:55 PM PST The coordinated assaults are likely intended to show that the jihadist group is still able to mount such attacks, despite some claims to the contrary.

More Islamic State members reject governor of Yemen Province Posted: 28 Dec 2015 01:30 PM PST Problems within the Islamic State's Yemen Province continue to mount as three senior leaders, including two members of the province's Security Committee and a member of the Preaching Committee, and 28 more fighters reject the group's governor.