Al-Fijar
| Harakat al-Fijar H.A.F. | |
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| Dates of operation | April 14, 1982 |
| Active regions | Jaginistan, Jiddiya, Mulfulira, Zalluabed |
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| Notable attacks | List of terror attacks |
| Status | Active |
| Size | 10,000-50,000 |
| Allies | |
| Opponents | Coalition of Crown Albatross |
Harakat al-Fijar, more commonly known as al-Fijar, is a terrorist, jihadist fundamentalist group based in Central Ausiana, specifically Jaginistan, with additional prominent branches located in Eastern Adula in Saudi Jiddiya and Mulfulira. Al-Fijar's troop strength was estimated at 7,000 to 9,000 militants in 2014. As of 2015, the group has retreated from the major cities in Jaginistan; however, al-Fijar still controls large parts of the rural areas. In other countries, it operates small cells focused specifically on surveillance, recruitment, and terror attacks. Al-Fijar began as the armed wing of the Islamic Courts Union during the Jaginistan Civil War (1982-92), which was backed directly by multiple intelligence agencies like the ZIS, EIA, and the AIA, and it later splintered into several smaller factions after Beleroskovian forces withdrew. It was not widely considered a terror group until the late 1990s. The group describes itself as waging jihad against "enemies of Islam", and is engaged in combat against the Federal Government of Jaginistan and the Coalition of Crown Albatross Peacekeeping Mission to Jaginistan (CCAPMJ). Al-Fijar has been designated as a terrorist organization by many countries, prominent ones being Zamastan, Quetana, Avergnon, Durnstaal, Austrolis, and Emmiria. As of June 2019, the Zamastan State Department has open bounties on several of the group's senior commanders.
In August 2014, the Jaginistan government-led Operation Crying Wind was launched to clean up the remaining insurgent-held pockets in the countryside. On 1 September 2014, a Zamastanian drone strike carried out as part of the broader mission killed al-Fijar leader Ahmed Babdi, effectively passing leadership to Mukhtar Babu Ubair. Babu Ubair presided over a period of rampant attacks throughout the world, responsible for many terrorist attacks with high death tolls including the 2020 Tregueux Bombing which killed 32 people, the bombing of Air Andaluni Flight 553 which killed 178 people, and the 2015 Bosewall Shopping Mall Attack which killed 86 people. Babu Ubair was killed by an airstrike in Haruya, Jaginistan, on September 29th, 2020, carried out by a Zamastanian Z-14 Osprey and authorized by ZIS Director Kirk Faulkman. As of October 1st, 2020, the group is led by Jaad el-Kaleel. In 2021, the HPLF's military wing, the Irsani, pledged allegiance to al-Fijar and extended the group's influence to Zalluabed in the midst of the Hisrea War.
History
Jaginistan Civil War
Al-Fijar began as the armed wing of the Islamic Courts Union during the Jaginistan Civil War (1982-92). The group, which was backed directly by multiple intelligence agencies like the ZIS, EIA, and the AIA, later splintered into several smaller factions after Beleroskovian forces withdrew. The group described itself as waging jihad against "enemies of Islam", and after the war engaged in combat against the Federal Government of Jaginistan established by the ICU and later the Coalition of Crown Albatross Peacekeeping Mission to Jaginistan (CCAPMJ) in 2003. Ahmed Babdi, who emerged as the faction's leader during the period in the ICU, was designated as the group's leader when it fractured away from the wider ICU and maintained the position following the war.
Al-Fijar was first designated as a terrorist organization in 1999 by the government of Elbresia after a terror attack in Allengin. It was officially designated as a terror group by a majority of CCA countries in 2005 after a motion by President Cassious Castovia of Zamastan, Rumaztria, Avergnon, Durnstaal, Austrolis, and Emmiria all agreed. The Zamastan State Department subsequently opened bounties on several of the group's senior commanders. Al-Fijar, although designated as a danger to most nation's security, was mostly reserved to their fight with the Jaginistan government. Jaginistan enlisted the help of CCA nations to push back the group in 2013 after Al-Fijar launched a devestating wave of attacks against the capital of Kibul, and Operation Crying Wind was enstated. The operation involved five nations, including Zamastan, Emmiria, Vulkaria, Cadair, and Quetana.
Babu Ubair Era
In June of 2014, a Zamastanian drone strike killed Ahmed Babdi, and the leadership of the group passed onto Mukhtar Babu Ubair.
Following the 10/17 attacks, the Zamastanian Intelligence Service became more wary of the group and its ties to the Malvare regime, whom it suspected of aiding and funding the group. When President Zacharias Castovia instated the 2017 sanctions on the Malvarian government, it led the group to seek expansion to other volatile regions. Some cells emerged in Saudi Jiddiya among those that had been existing since the 1991 Jiddiyan Civil War, while smaller groups splintered to northern Emmiria but were not as active. Multiple small scale attacks that resulted in very few or no deaths occured for the next several years, keeping Al-Fijar's activity high but its noteriety relatively low.
2020s
In 2020, the group dramatically increased their violence across the world. In April, a suicide bomber attacked a train station in Tregueux, Zamastan, killing 32 and marking the first deadly attack in Zamastan. Babu Ubair reportedly called Zamastan the "great devil" and ordered his followers to attempt attacks against Zamastanians around the world, prompting President Foley Sakzi to issue travel warnings for Zamastanians. Another deadly attack occured in September with the downing of Air Andaluni Flight 553. This, along with multiple attempted bombings in Durnstaal and Caspiaa, led President Atticus Moreau and the Zamastanian Intelligence Service to locate and strike Babu Ubair's compound in Haruya, Jaginistan, with a Z-14 stealth fighter that destroyed the compound and killed Babu Ubair on September 29th, 2020. Jaad el-Kaleel assumed the role of leader after word of Babu Ubair's death was revealed.
In retaliation for the killing of Babu Ubair, hidden cells of Al-Fijar operatives began a campaign of attacks across the world, the first being on October 1st when three suicide attackers bombed the VMS Confianca in Davenport, Navocalco, Vitosium, killing 45 people.
Following the end of the Hisrea War in Zalluabed, the Hisrea People's Liberation Front's armed branch - the Irsani - pledged allegiance to al-Fijar. On August 26th, 2021, the Irsani network committed their first terror attack as a division of al-Fijar, bombing the Saint Raneau International Airport and killing 12 people. On September 2nd, 2021, the Barona Mall bombing occurred in Lower Tariel, Northern Isle, Zamastan, killing 68 and injuring 312 people.
Organization
Attacks
1980s
- November 4th, 1983
Al-Fijar insurgents attack a Beleroskov military envoy in Jaginistan, killing hundreds of soldiers.
- March 5th, 1987
Hitmen from Al-Fijar attempt to assassinate President Mikael Rabochav in Koyevka.
- March 13th, 1988
Insurgents in Jaginistan shoot down a Yuaneze passenger plane, killing 220 people.
1990s
2000s
- October 15th, 2005
Insurgents carried out the largest terrorist attack in Quetanan history when they killed 391 people and wounded more than 1,800 others by bombing commuter trains in Ledua.
2010s
- September 12th, 2011
A group led by Mufeed al-Salama kidnap the Besmenian right-wing NBP party chairman Alexander von Wiest. During a chase by the police, Von Wiest was killed in the escape vehicle near Behringen before the group fled from the police into the forest.
- September 5th, 2012
A series of bombings against hotels and government buildings in Amstelvoort, Beatavic, kill 201 people and wound more than 300.
- November 5th, 2014
A group of jihadists take hostage and execute 29 people in a bus station in Blankenlair, Elbresia.
- July 6th, 2015
Several gunman attack the Bosewall Shopping Mall in Autrataya, Utobania, resulting in the deaths of 86 people.
- July 8th, 2015
Two Elbresian journalists are abducted and murdered in Jaginistan, with the images of their gruesome executions circulating on social media.
- April 12th, 2018
The Deamasau church shootings in Albarine kill 38 people.
2020s
2020
- April 19th, 2020
A suicide attacker bombs a train station in Tregueux, Zamastan, which kills 32 people and injures over 70 more.
- July 2nd, 2020
A large, heavily armed Al-Fijar group attacks the Zamastanian consulate in Haruya, Jaginistan, killing Ambassador Jamie Lake and 8 other Zamastanians. The Zamastanian Armed Forces subjects the group to intensive bombing campaigns against its training camps in remote Jaginistan.
- September 16th, 2020
A suicide attacker blows up Air Andaluni Flight 553 while en-route to Vongane, Quetana, from Jade Harbor, Zamastan. All 178 people aboard are killed. Kalumaan Al-Babur is identified by the Emmirian State Security Committee as the bomber.
- September 20th, 2020
Two attempted attacks are foiled - Ahmad Suadya Mumaar attempts to blow up Omicron Airlines Flight U829 midflight from Amarjel, Durnstaal to Vessalia, Avergnon, but is subdued by passengers and arrested by the Central Intelligence Bureau upon the plane's emergency landing. At around the same time, Akbani bin Ahmaura attempted to detonate a car bomb in Viitaniemi, Caspiaa, but the bomb fails to explode and bin Ahmaura is arrested by the Capsiaa National Security Bereau. The Zamastanian Intelligence Service assists both Durnstaal's and Caspiaa's intelligence agencies in the investigations.
- October 1st, 2020
Three suicide attackers bomb the VMS Confianca in Davenport, Navocalco, Vitosium, killing 45 people.
- October 4th, 2020
A suicide bomber strikes a café in downtown Tofino, killing 14 and injuring 567. The bomber's original target was the Congressional Hall building, but an altercation with a bystander resulted in the premature bombing.
2021
- March 15th, 2021
Multiple suicide attackers bomb metro trains in Dabatta, Kossmil, killing 50 and injuring 151 people.
- August 26th, 2021
The Irsani network from Zalluabed bombs the main airport in Saint Raneau, Albarine, killing 12 and injuring 53.
- September 2nd, 2021
The Barona Mall bombing occurs in Lower Tariel, Northern Isle, Zamastan, killing 68 and injuring 312 people. In Bennom, Qolaysia, three suicide bombers attack a restaurant frequented by tourists, killing 119 and injuring more than 400 people.
- September 3rd, 2021
Khaliq dal-Shaalli prematurely detonates a suicide vest aboard Air Emmiria Flight 3966 while it is on the runway in Kuye, Emmiria. 52 people are killed.
