Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, commonly referred to as Tahrir al-Sham and abbreviated HTS, also known as al-Qaeda in Syria, is an active Salafist jihadist militant group...
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Bassam Ahmad al-Hasri
Al-Hasri has longstanding ties to al-Qa'ida, and was released in 2011 by Syrian authorities after spending six years in prison for his association with the...
Iyad Nazmi Salih Khalil
Khalil was originally sent to Syria with six other individuals in 2011 by former al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI) official and current ISIS leader Abu Bakr...
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Zarqawi is reported as having been a high school dropout and a petty criminal in his youth, including(allegedly), a procurer of prostitutes. He formed al-Tawhid...
Report: Jund al Aqsa’s campaign of violence
In early October, the jihadist group Jund al Aqsa swore allegiance to Jabhat Fateh al Sham (formerly Al Nusrah Front), which is al Qaeda's rebranded...
Abdul Jashari
Abdul Jashari (alias Abu Qatada al-Albani), born on September 25, 1976 in Skopje, former Yugoslavia (currently the capital of North Macedonia), is the Commander of...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
On 29 June 2014, ISIL announced the establishment of a worldwide caliphate. Al-Baghdadi was named its caliph, to be known as "Caliph Ibrahim", and the...
Al-Nusra Front
Al-Nusra Front is a branch of al-Qaeda operating in Syria and Lebanon. The group announced its formation on 23 January 2012, during the Syrian Civil...
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other militants...
Islamic State
ISIS is an Islamic extremist terrorist organization controlling territory in Iraq and Syria, with limited territorial control in Libya and Nigeria.