Monday  10 August 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor; Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re:
US drone strike targets Haqqani Network in North Waziristan Five suspected jihadists were killed in the strike, which took place in the al Qaeda and Taliban haven of Datta Khel.   
Suspected jihadists attack hotel in central Mali No group has yet claimed the assault, though attacking hotels frequented by foreigners is a common tactic of jihadists.
Jaysh al Fateh coalition continues to battle Syrian regime forces in important plain  The Jaysh al Fateh alliance claims to have captured several villages in the Al Ghab plain in recent days.
3 al Qaeda branches issue joint eulogy for Mullah Omar  The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb commemorate Mullah Omar's jihadist career in a joint statement. The al Qaeda branches highlight Omar's decision to harbor Osama bin Laden, even as the international community demanded that the Taliban turn him over.
Islamic State in the Sinai threatens to kill Croatian hostage  The video is just the latest ultimatum given by the Islamic State in which the jihadists threaten to kill a foreign hostage if their demands are not met.
Taliban touts camp in Paktia province  The "Training Camp Shaheed Ustaz Aasim in the Lions Den" is said to be in the Zurmat district in the eastern Afghan province. The district is a known bastion of the Haqqani Network and has hosted al Qaeda fighters in the past.
There exists no further Syrian state, only warlords.   Major powers have been unable to intervene and stop the crisis.
Monday  10 August 2015 / Hour 1, Block B: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor; Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: al Q defeat the North American interference n Syria as well as beat back ISIS.  Everything between Damascus and Idlib province is in play.  AlQ/alQ:  Khorasan group. It's rebranded itself as The Army of Conquest, Ja'ish al Fatah, a swiftly-growing entity. Frequent rebranding in order to keep bringing in more money from Gulf donors. Ja'ish al Fatah in the field: playing the number-one role; when it falls back, who falls in the gap are groups whom alQ trusts.   Even the late bin Laden said, "Hide your affiliation with al Q for income purposes." ISIS has got a lo of foreign fighter who've come to Syria to fight; but by no means all. Ja'ish al Fatah created al Muhajiroun – the Immigrants – in which to fold the arrives; competes with ISIS for blow-up-self jihadis.
Kabul Attack Network used to be headed by Haqqani Network – Taliban, Lashkar-i-Taiba, al Qaeda – pooled to conduct attacks.  Attacks in North Waziristan: US is going on to defend Kabul by decapitating Haqqani Network.  (2 of 2)