The Global Islamic Media Front, a jihadi propaganda media outlet, published the 14th issue of the monthly magazine Sada al-Jihad (The Echo of Jihad) in March. Sada al-Jihad is one of many other publications released by the Global Islamic Media Front, such as Sada al-Rafidain... MORE

PIRACY RESUMES IN SOMALIA After a brief lull in piracy during the rein of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union, the current instability in the country is once again being exploited by pirates. On April 2, pirates took control of the Indian-flagged MV Nimatullah merchant ship and... MORE

Two months ago, Chinese arms company Xinshidai (New Era) displayed its latest weapons products at the International Defense Exhibition arms show in Abu Dhabi, seeking to establish its own niche in the world's lucrative arms market. Xinshidai is a conglomerate of several Chinese state-run armament... MORE

Since its public merger with al-Qaeda in 2006, the al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), has conducted multiple operations in Algeria including sophisticated coordinated attacks against police stations as well as assaults on foreign... MORE

The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), a conceived al-Qaeda organization attempting to unite the Iraqi insurgency, recently issued its own response to the U.S.-Iraqi Security Plan. The so-called "Plan of Nobility" is aimed not only at countering the Baghdad Security Plan, but is also attempting... MORE

On March 27, the U.S. government added Malaysian national Zulkifli bin Hir to its list of most wanted terrorists. At the same time, it upped the bounty on his head to US$5 million (Sun-Star, April 2). Zulkifli (aka Marwan) was born in Muar, Johore, Malaysia... MORE

On March 12, a jihadi website posted links to the 29th issue of Martyrs' Biographies. The latest issue, which is part of a series of biographies released by al-Furqan Media Production Establishment, is the biography of Tunisian Ziyad al-Mahrazi, also known as Abu Tariq al-Tunisi,... MORE

PAKISTAN DEPLOYS 8,000 MORE TROOPS TO TRIBAL BELT In the wake of intense fighting between tribal fighters and foreign Uzbek militants in South Waziristan Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan is sending an additional 8,000 troops to the region. Presently, 80,000 Pakistani... MORE

- Death of Rebel Field Commander Confirmed The separatist Kavkaz-Center website on March 23 confirmed that the commander of the rebel’s northeastern front, Takhir Bataev, aka Amir Takhir, was killed in a battle with “armed infidels and hypocrites” in Gudermes on March 21. Meanwhile, the... MORE

1920 REVOLUTION BRIGADES SPLITS IN TWO On March 18, the jihadi website kataeb20.net posted a March 9 announcement from Iraq's 1920 Revolution Brigades, in which the coalition of militant groups stated that they would be splintering into two separate corps. According to the statement, the... MORE