The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Shabaab promotes ‘newly established’ Islamic police
• Helmand capital ‘practically besieged’ by the Taliban
• Afghan military again claims it killed emir of Islamic State’s Khorasan province
• Iranian media report deployment of elite Iraqi, Lebanese combatants to Aleppo
• Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Islamic State claim suicide attack at Pakistani hospital

Shabaab promotes ‘newly established’ Islamic police Posted: 09 Aug 2016 11:30 AM PDT The al Qaeda branch highlights one method of governance in the southern Somali region of Middle Jubba.

Helmand capital ‘practically besieged’ by the Taliban Posted: 09 Aug 2016 09:21 AM PDT A light US footprint in Afghanistan has led to Taliban gains throughout the country. The Taliban has surrounded Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand.

Afghan military again claims it killed emir of Islamic State’s Khorasan province Posted: 09 Aug 2016 08:48 AM PDT A senior Afghan military officer claimed that his forces killed Hafiz Saeed Khan, the emir for the Islamic State's Khorasan province, during an ongoing military operation in the eastern province of Nangarhar. However Khan's death cannot be independently confirmed.

Iranian media report deployment of elite Iraqi, Lebanese combatants to Aleppo Posted: 08 Aug 2016 07:42 PM PDT After the jihadist-led Jaish al Fatah and Syrian rebel groups succeeded in breaking the siege of Aleppo, an Iranian media outlet has reported the deployment of elite Lebanese Hezbollah and Iraqi Harakat al Nujaba to cut the opposition's artery to the rebel-held eastern side of the city.

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Islamic State claim suicide attack at Pakistani hospital Posted: 08 Aug 2016 03:22 PM PDT While the competing claims cannot be verified, both groups are capable of executing the mass-casualty suicide attack in Quetta.