Yemeni government sources formally announced on September 10 the end of the rebellion under Zaidi Shi'ite tribal chief Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi. This follows the killing of al-Houthi and his brother as the result of an attack on their hideout in the region of Sha'ab... MORE

The after-effects of the Beslan school massacre are making themselves felt in some serious introspection among Arab commentators. One of the most graphic reactions was that made by Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid, manager of the satellite television station Al Arabiya, in a comment that achieved some... MORE

Among the correspondence between readers and the editor of the latest edition of Mu'askar al-Battar (issue 21, pp.40-41) there is an interesting exchange. In response to a letter asking how to set about joining the jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, the editor listed seven requirements:... MORE

The jihadist forum Al-Ma'sada has warned its readers concerning a possible CIA-sponsored Qoqaz website. "The Legislative Council of the Sawt al-Qoqaz (Voice of Caucasus)", the warning runs, "announces the existence of a forum owned by the CIA, in co-operation and arrangement with British Security, for... MORE

A posting on November 9 on a militant jihadist forum purporting to be from al-Qaeda warns that the movement "will not slacken in its striking of the Americans and the Crusaders in general right in their very midst, and their burrows, towers and habitations will... MORE

An Islamist website, Majallat al-Asr [www.alasr.ws] has focused on news from Mauritania that authorities in the West African state are clamping down on mosque preachers on grounds of political activity relating to insurgents. The official ministry for literacy and Islamic education has warned them not... MORE

A Jihadist forum has posted a warning to its users entitled: ‘Watch out for the Google spy!' The famous search engine, the contributor who signs himself as ‘The Lion of Proselytism' states, "is at present engaged in archiving all organizations using it or employing it... MORE

There are contradictory reports as to the whereabouts of Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani. At the end of November Xinhua news agency ran a report that Janjalani had managed to slip the military dragnet in the central Mindanao islands where the government is negotiating a... MORE

The Libyan Muslim Brotherhood suffered a severe blow to their organization with the upholding on December 2 of the February 2002 verdicts against members who have been in prison since 1998 on charges of clandestine activities and attempts to change the regime of Mu'ammar al-Qaddhafi... MORE

Two events underline the trans-national element in Islamist militancy, and cast light on hitherto unexpected distribution of Chechen militants. On December 2 a Chechen national was killed in Pakistan in a military operation in the south-west provincial capital of Quetta. Following a tip-off from a... MORE