The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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AQIM targets beach resort in Ivory Coast Posted: 13 Mar 2016 01:58 PM PDT Al Qaeda continues to prioritize targeting hotels, which are considered soft targets, across the African continent. AQIM has launched assaults on several hotels in West Africa in recent months, while Shabaab regularly targets hotels in Somalia.

Al Nusrah Front raids rebel group’s headquarters in Idlib province, seizes weapons Posted: 13 Mar 2016 09:23 AM PDT Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, raided the 13th Division's headquarters and seized its weapons. The 13th Division, which has received US-made TOW missiles, has long coexisted with the jihadists in northwestern Syria. But that all changed in the past 48 hours as al Qaeda's men stormed its locations.