The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Australia disrupts ‘sophisticated’ plot directed by the Islamic State
• Hezbollah touts prisoners freed from HTS in Syria
• JNIM claims series of attacks on French forces in Mali

Australia disrupts ‘sophisticated’ plot directed by the Islamic State Posted: 04 Aug 2017 08:40 AM PDT Australian authorities say they broke up an especially "sophisticated" Islamic State plot in late July. The so-called caliphate wanted to bring down an airliner using an improvised explosive device (IED). The Islamic State even shipped the IED components to the suspects in Australia. The accused men were also allegedly experimenting with a bomb intended to disperse hydrogen sulfide.

Hezbollah touts prisoners freed from HTS in Syria Posted: 03 Aug 2017 01:28 PM PDT The Shiite jihadists were freed as part of a ceasefire deal with Sunni jihadists in the Lebanon-Syria border region.

JNIM claims series of attacks on French forces in Mali Posted: 02 Aug 2017 08:33 PM PDT The al Qaeda group continues to target French forces in northern Mali, as well as conduct attacks on Malian and UN troops elsewhere in the country.