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2 days ago · Israel faces continued threats in Lebanon despite the recent ceasefire, which approaches the important milestone of its first 60 days. On January 13, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out strikes on several Hezbollah targets, “including a rocket launcher site, a military site, and routes along the Syria-Lebanon border used to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah.”
Turkistan Islamic Party uses video from Syria to encourage jihad in ...
Dec 14, 2024 · A still from the propaganda video recently published by the Turkistan Islamic Party. The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an Al Qaeda branch that fights under the banner of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), used a propaganda video from Syria to …
IDF casualties Archives - FDD's Long War Journal
Jan 2, 2025 · The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published data on the number of soldiers killed and wounded in 2024 and since the war began on October 7, 2023. A total of 363 IDF soldiers were killed in 2024, most of them during combat operations and in terrorist attacks. Overall, 891 servicemembers have died, most ...
Analysis: Iran never gave up on Assad; it simply failed to protect him
Dec 13, 2024 · The sudden collapse of the Islamic Republic's closest state-actor ally stunned the world as Syrian rebels captured Damascus in just 11 days after launching a new wave of insurgency. To deflect this humiliating defeat, Iranian officials have claimed that the Tehran-Damascus alliance had been weakening and that Iran no longer aimed to …
New Orleans Archives - FDD's Long War Journal
Jan 2, 2025 · Two US citizens conducted separate attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured after a terrorist who declared membership in the Islamic State (IS) rammed a vehicle into a crowd on Bourbon Street. In a second incident being investigated as a possible terrorist ...
Hayat Tahrir al Sham’s terror network in Syria
On December 8, 2024, rebel forces deposed the regime of Syria’s longtime dictator, Bashar al Assad, after the insurgents stormed through much of the country, retaking various regional capitals and culminating in the capture of Damascus itself.
Jolani Archives - FDD's Long War Journal
Dec 17, 2024 · On December 21, Abu Mohammad Jolani, also known as Ahmad al Sharaa, convened a meeting with numerous leaders of Syrian armed factions and local figures to discuss plans for unifying these militias into a new Syrian army. FDD’s Long War Journal has identified and profiled many of those who ...
National Liberation Front Archives - FDD's Long War Journal
Jan 6, 2025 · Profiles of the new Syrian military leadership, part 2 Ahmad Sharawi | January 6, 2025. Beginning on Friday, January 3, the newly appointed minister of defense of the Syrian Interim Government, Murhef Abu Qasra, initiated a series of meetings with leaders of armed factions to discuss integrating these forces into a unified Syrian army.
US Strikes in Pakistan, HVTs - FDD's Long War Journal
Senior al Qaeda, Taliban, and allied jihadist leaders killed in US airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2017 Created by Bill Roggio Since 2004, the US has been
Mariam Wahba & Ahmad Sharawi, Author at FDD's Long War …
Jan 8, 2025 · Syria’s new Minister of Justice: A profile of Shadi Mohammed al Waisi Mariam Wahba & Ahmad Sharawi | January 8, 2025. Shadi Mohammed al Waisi, Syria’s newly appointed Minister of Justice in the transitional government, has come under scrutiny after videos from 2015 surfaced showing him ordering executions while serving as a Jabhat al Nusrah judge.