The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• IRGC-led Afghan, Pakistani militias criticize US terror designation, stop short of direct threats
• US airstrike kills 24 Shabaab fighters at an ‘encampment’
• JNIM claims suicide assault on Malian military

IRGC-led Afghan, Pakistani militias criticize US terror designation, stop short of direct threats Posted: 01 Feb 2019 02:09 PM PST US Treasury on January 24 designated the Afghan Fatemiyoun Division and the Pakistani Zeynabiyoun Brigade, which are led by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), pursuant to counter-terrorism and human-rights-abuses designations. Criticizing the US, the Shiite-Islamist militias emphasized that they are part of the IRGC-led transnational militant network, pledged to keep fighting, but stopped short of directly threatening the US.

US airstrike kills 24 Shabaab fighters at an ‘encampment’ Posted: 31 Jan 2019 04:29 PM PST The pace of strikes against Shabaab's network in Somalia has intensified despite reports that the US military is seeking to disengage from the war-torn country.

JNIM claims suicide assault on Malian military Posted: 31 Jan 2019 03:17 PM PST In a statement released earlier today, Al Qaeda’s Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), which operates in West Africa and the wider Sahel, claimed Tuesday’s suicide assault on a Malian military base in the northern town of Tarkint. A photo of the purported suicide bomber was also released. “Continuing in its campaign against […]