How al-Qaeda Recruits Online
In December 2009, five American men were arrested in Sargodha, Pakistan over terrorism-related charges – namely criminal conspiracy and the funding of a terrorist organisation
Year: 2023
Mauritanian Security Pursues ‘Sleeper Cells’, Fears Return of Clashes with ‘Al-Qaeda’
The Mauritanian authorities announced that an anti-terrorism military unit carried out a special operation in a remote desert area, killing three of the four al-Qaeda...
US drone strike kills Osama bin Laden’s successor as Al-Qaeda chief
An Al-Qaeda leader who was believed to have been involved in the so-called 9/11 attacks has been killed in a drone attack by US forces....
Alireza Rezvani
Rezvani served in the past in unit 190 of Quds Force, a unit that deals mainly with logistics of weapon and operatives smuggling. He is...
Hamid Fazeli
Has a PhD in mechanics from the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. Prior to his current role he was president of the Iranian Space...
Behnam Shahariari
Shahariari was the one who pushed forward the capabilities of the unit. He built and directed the infrastructure enabling Quds Force to transfer sensitive weapons...
Hamid Zara’ati
Position: key field officer in unit 840
Ali Tanhaei
Position: key field officer in unit 840.
Rahmat Asadi
An Iranian intelligence operative who served time in prison in Dubai for his part in the abduction and assassination of Abbas Yazdan Panah. Part of...
Mohamad Reza Bigi
In recent years, he has been in contact with terrorist elements and Islamist organizations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan...
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS or the “Organization for the Liberation of the Levant”) traces its beginnings to the outset of the Syrian civil war and...
ISIS hideouts in Balkh province targeted in substantial strike
Taliban security forces targeted ISIS hideouts in Mazar-e-Sharif and called it a substantial strike against insurgents, said Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid on Saturday, reported Khaama...