• Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaeda, announced that the Somali movement Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen had officially joined Al-Qaeda.
• Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen organized a large celebration in honor of its having joined the ranks of Al-Qaeda.
• Ansar Al-Sharia in Yemen executed three Yemeni citizens suspected of collaborating with US forces.
• The Islamic State of Iraq took responsibility for assassinating Mullah Nadim Al-Juburi, a former leader who had left the organization.
• Abu Muhammad Al-Tahawi, an influential Salafi-jihadist in Jordan, called for jihad against the regime of Bashar Al-Assad.
• A new volume was published of Al-Shamikha, a jihadist magazine for women.
• New volumes appeared of three publications that cover the jihad in Afghanistan.
• The Salafi-jihadist media outlet Al-Faroq, which focuses on Egypt, launched a new Facebook page.