The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Islamic State facilitator moved recruits through Turkey, US says
• Afghan soldier opens fire on US troops, wounds 7
• State Department designates ‘coordinator’ of Islamic State attacks in Europe, 2 others
• US: ‘Major’ Islamic State media ‘hub’ destroyed in Nangarhar, Afghanistan
• Islamic State, Hamas both claim stabbing of Israeli policewoman in Jerusalem
• Shabaab details last week’s deadly assault in northern Somalia
• Qassem Soleimani spotted in Karbala, Iraq
• US-designated terrorist claims he survived suicide attack in Syria

Islamic State facilitator moved recruits through Turkey, US says Posted: 17 Jun 2017 06:20 AM PDT The US Treasury Department and United Nations designated Islamic State operative Fared Saal as a terrorist yesterday. Saal, a German-Algerian, first joined the jihad in Syria several years ago. Along with his comrade Denis Cuspert, he appeared in a July 2014 video showing dozens of corpses at the Shaer Gas field in Homs, Syria.

Afghan soldier opens fire on US troops, wounds 7 Posted: 17 Jun 2017 05:49 AM PDT Today's insider attack, also known as green-on-blue attack, is the second of its kind in the past week, and the third reported so far this year. The attack took place on a base that was overrun by Taliban fighters two months ago.

State Department designates ‘coordinator’ of Islamic State attacks in Europe, 2 others Posted: 17 Jun 2017 03:27 AM PDT On June 15, the State Department designated three Islamic State operatives as terrorists. The designations underscore the global nature of the self-declared caliphate's threat, as two of the men have been responsible for a number of plots in Europe and India. The third has repeatedly attempted to convince his fellow Bahrainis to join the group's cause.

US: ‘Major’ Islamic State media ‘hub’ destroyed in Nangarhar, Afghanistan Posted: 17 Jun 2017 01:56 AM PDT According to US Forces-Afghanistan, Jawed Khan, a "senior director of media production" for the Islamic State's Wilayah Khorasan (ISIS-K), "was killed in an airstrike in Achin, Nangarhar Province on June 3."

Islamic State, Hamas both claim stabbing of Israeli policewoman in Jerusalem Posted: 16 Jun 2017 03:41 PM PDT The Islamic State claimed responsibility for its first operation inside Israel earlier today. However, Hamas quickly disputed the self-declared caliphate's claim, saying that Abu Bakr al Baghdadi's loyalists were merely attempting to confuse the media. According to Hamas, two of the attackers were sent by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the third by Hamas.

Shabaab details last week’s deadly assault in northern Somalia Posted: 16 Jun 2017 10:21 AM PDT The raid shows that while Shabaab is largely focused in central and southern Somalia, it continues to be a threat in the north as well.

Qassem Soleimani spotted in Karbala, Iraq Posted: 16 Jun 2017 10:18 AM PDT Yesterday, photos emerged on social media of Qassem Soleimani, the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force, on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq, during a holy period in Ramadan. Soleimani was photographed next to his deputy Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, the operations commander of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Force (PMF), which was enshrined into a legal and separate military corps last year, thus technically making Muhandis a government official.

US-designated terrorist claims he survived suicide attack in Syria Posted: 16 Jun 2017 09:55 AM PDT Sheikh Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini, a leading cleric in Hay'at Tahrir al Sham, claims that a suicide bomber tried to kill him outside of a mosque in Idlib, Syria earlier today.