In addition to the unexpected re-appearance of Sawt al-Jihad, just released on the internet is another new magazine, aimed at those the Arab mujahideen fighting in the Caucasus, or sympathizers following the events in the region, entitled Sawt al-Qoqaz (The Voice of the Caucasus). Modeled... MORE

On April 22 the Singaporean Ministry of Home Affairs announced it had arrested and detained for two years a member of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) under the Internal Security Act. According to the Singapore daily the Straits Times, The detainee, Jahpar bin Osman had trained in... MORE

A flurry of interest was expressed at the beginning of the month in the contents of a 7-page letter, apparently from a Sumatra-based operative of the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamyiah (JI), detailing the training of militants for suicide bombings in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. If authentic,... MORE

Some extra light was cast upon the obscure events of last January in the Gulf state of Oman (reported in Terrorism Focus Vol II, Iss 3) when a group of ‘Islamists' were picked up. On April 18 the trial began of a total of 31... MORE

Talks which began on April 18 between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are being flagged as a ‘breakthrough' in the eight-year bid to put an end to decades of guerrilla warfare in the southern Philippines, but are coming at a... MORE

Two parallel, but distinct challenges to central authority underline how Yemen will take some time to shake off its reputation as a cradle of Islamist militancy. One is a resurgence of the rebellion of Shi'ite tribesmen following the cleric Badr al-Din al-Houthi, the second challenge... MORE

Perceptions as to the war on terrorism in Saudi Arabia took a knock with the news of a series of armed confrontations during the month of April. The first of these, the bloodiest in a two-year struggle between al-Qaeda and government forces, was a three... MORE

Harb al-Isabat: Guerrilla Warfare (Literally War of Gangs) — an area of military science of primary interest to the Islamist militants. Former leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Abd al-Aziz al-Muqrin (killed in June 2004) gives a detailed treatment of this in the first... MORE

On March 10, the website administrator for the online forum, www.nnuu.org, flagged up important instructions for mujahideen transiting the country on their way to Iraq. He warned them how the Syrian regime is "up to its ears in its work for the Americans" and has... MORE

Confusion over Indonesia's stance towards Jemaah Islamiyah, the Islamist militant group blamed for a host of attacks and plots throughout Southeast Asia, continues. On March 21 Ansyaad Mbai, head of the counter-terrorism desk at Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, said that the... MORE