The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• 2 Taliban commanders reportedly killed in US strike in Pakistan
• Al Qaeda affiliated Uzbek leader assassinated in Syria
• Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces launch operation southwest of Mosul

2 Taliban commanders reportedly killed in US strike in Pakistan Posted: 30 Apr 2017 11:31 AM PDT Yesterday's strike is just the second reported in Pakistan this year, and the second since the US killed Afghan Taliban emir Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour in an attack in Baluchistan province in May 2016.

Al Qaeda affiliated Uzbek leader assassinated in Syria Posted: 29 Apr 2017 05:39 PM PDT Salahadin al Uzbeki, a veteran of the jihad in Afghanistan and leader of the Taliban-loyal Katibat Imam al Bukhari, has reportedly been assassinated by an "Islamic State infiltrator" in Idlib.

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces launch operation southwest of Mosul Posted: 29 Apr 2017 04:48 PM PDT Backed by the Iraqi air force, The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the umbrella organization of diverse militias, launched an offensive this week in Nineveh Province, southwest of Mosul, to capture territory from the Islamic State. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has embedded operatives in the PMF.