Al-Fijar
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| Type | Terror Insurgency |
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| Establishment | April 14th, 1982 |
Harakat al-Fijar, more commonly known as al-Fijar, is a terrorist, jihadist fundamentalist group based in Central Ausiana, specifically Jaginistan, Malvare, and Pekastan, 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 later splintered into several smaller factions after Beleroskovian forces withdrew. 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, Rumaztria, 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 Z.I.S. Director Kirk Faulkman. As of October 1st, 2020, the group is led by Jaad el-Kaleel.
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 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 and the Coalition of Crown Albatross Peacekeeping Mission to Jaginistan (CCAPMJ) in 2003. Ahmed Babdi was designated as the group's leader during the war and maintained the position following the war.
Babu Ubair Era
Al-Fijar was designated as a terrorist organization by many 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. In June of 2014, a Zamastanian drone strike killed Ahmed Babdi, and the leadership of the group passed onto Mukhtar Babu Ubair.
Following the October 2017 Tofino 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.
2020
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 Caspia, led President Atticus Moreau and the Zamastanian Intelligence Service to locate and strike Babu Ubair's compound in Haruya, Jaginistan, with a Z-14 Osprey stealth fighter, which 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.
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.
- August 16th, 2007: The assassin Ridwan Aziz Haddad attempted to assassinate Besmenian President Markus Kiesinger in Laitstadt with a revolver. Kiesinger survived the assassination attempt, but he sustained two gunshot wounds to his right arm.
2010s
- September 19th, 2011: A group led by Mufeed al-Salama kidnaps the Besmenian right-wing NBP party chairman Alexander von Wiest. During a chase by the police, the group fled with the kidnapped von Wiest in a wooded area near Behringen. Von Wiest was killed in the escape vehicle before the group flees from the police into the forest.
- 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.
2020s
- 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, Caspia, but the bomb fails to explode and bin Ahmaura is arrested by the Capsia National Security Bereau. The Zamastanian Intelligence Service assists both Durnstaal's and Caspia'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.
