The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• ‘Hasm’ claims responsibility for attack targeting Myanmar embassy in Cairo
• Analysis: Jihadist attacks on the rise in northern Burkina Faso
• Lessons learned from 15 years in Afghanistan: SIGAR
• Islamic State claims its ‘soldier’ stabbed two women at Marseille train station

‘Hasm’ claims responsibility for attack targeting Myanmar embassy in Cairo Posted: 02 Oct 2017 01:48 PM PDT The Egyptian militant group, Hasm, claimed responsibility yesterday for its attack against Myanmar’s embassy in Cairo a day earlier, noting that it was a response to Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims. “This bombing served as a warning to the embassy of murderers, killers of women and children in the Muslim Rakhine State [in Myanmar], and […]

Analysis: Jihadist attacks on the rise in northern Burkina Faso Posted: 02 Oct 2017 12:48 PM PDT The attacks represent a significant increase in jihadist attacks in northern Burkina Faso. In addition, the use of improvised explosive devices, previously unknown to the country, is on the rise.

Lessons learned from 15 years in Afghanistan: SIGAR Posted: 02 Oct 2017 08:53 AM PDT The Congressionally mandated Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) issued a detailed report evaluating the current challenges facing the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and the lessons learned from America’s nearly 15-year campaign in the country. The report argues that security priorities guiding US decisions early in the war effort negatively impacted […]

Islamic State claims its ‘soldier’ stabbed two women at Marseille train station Posted: 01 Oct 2017 12:16 PM PDT The Islamic State's Amaq News Agency claimed that two stabbings at the Saint-Charles train station in Marseille, France were the work of its "soldier." Separately, an attack in Edmonton, Canada is being investigated as a terrorist act.