The primary Twitter account used to provide updates on the releases of messages and other propaganda produced for al-Qa’ida senior leaders by al-Qa’ida’s official media organization, as-Sahab, has been suspended. - Read more...
Al-Qa’ida’s present day involvement in Syria spans back to around the time of the second US invasion of Iraq in 2003, when old hands in the bin Laden network in Sudan were tasked by the al-Qa’ida leader to establish a pipeline through Syria to fuel a new jihad theater in Iraq. Since then, a number of important “Core al-Qa’ida” facilitators and ideologues have been present in Syria. - Read more...
The official media outlet of al-Qa’ida’s senior leadership, as-Sahab, is promoting an English-language video message with Arabic subtitles from the American-born jihadi Adam Gadahn, titled “The Pakistani Regime: The Agent of the Devil.” - Read more...
The Belgian-Moroccan Salafist preacher Tarik Chadlioui, better known as Tarik Ibn Ali, is an important player in the closed Berber (Tamazight) community in Western Europe. He is a major fundraiser for the Salafist cause, including building projects for mosques and support activities for Syria. - Read more...