Al-Qaeda

Sustained gunfire, loud blasts heard near airport in Niger's capital

Sustained gunfire and blasts were reported near Niamey International Airport in Niger, as violence continues in the Sahel region, amid jihadist attacks.

Passengers arrive at the Diori Hamani International airport in Niamey on September 22, 2023; illustrative.
 Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida delivers a speech following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, January 19, 2025

Hamas admits leadership losses, moves into crisis mode - opinion

Vandenberg wearing a t-shirt bearing the word ‘AMALEK,’ a term meaning ‘destroyer of Jews’ at the travel center on June 12, 2025

Ex Navy SEAL with 'Amalek' shirt convicted of planning to throw explosives at cops

 Ayman Abu Hadir, assistant to the Foreign Minister, meets with Alawite leader Dr. Tamim Khromachou.

Only Israel condemned Sharaa’s massacres, Syrian Alawite leader to ‘Post’ - interview


Looking back at 9/11, 20 years later

Twenty years seems like a long time, a lifetime. Or thousands of missed lifetimes.

 Henry Schuster in Afghanistan in 2009

The Pakistani angle on the Taliban victory

Islamabad’s support for the terrorists played a crucial, largely ignored, role in recent events.

Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) Islamist political party chant slogans as they protest against the arrest of their leader in Lahore, Pakistan April 16, 2021

Afghanistan is tipping into civil war, British defense minister says

If al-Qaeda returns to Afghanistan and threatens the West, the UK could be back.

Britain's Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting of senior government ministers at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, Britain, September 1, 2020

Voices from the Arab press: Juncture in Ethiopian-Egyptian relations

In what can only be interpreted as a blatant act of defiance, Ethiopia launched the second filling of the Renaissance Dam, ignoring international law and turning its back on a diplomatic solution.

SUPPORTERS OF Syrian President Bashar Assad celebrate after he won a fourth term in office, in Damascus on May 27

Israel, Iran fight for influence over Biden administration

The entire dynamic is about to change.

A missile is launched by Iran’s military during navy drills in the Gulf of Oman yesterday.

Indonesia to release suspected Bali bombings mastermind Bashir

Bashir, 82, who was among Indonesia's most notorious extremists, is considered the spiritual leader of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network.

Indonesian radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir enters a courtroom for the first day of an appeal hearing in Cilacap, Central Java province, January 12, 2016.

We can't ignore the funding of terrorism any longer - opinion

The effects of Iranian-sponsored terrorism have been felt around the globe.

Money for terror.

Israeli agents killed al-Qaeda’s No. 2 in Iran in August - NYT

Report reveals US-Israel cooperation against Tehran, terrorist group

Shi'ite Houthi rebels, Ansar al-Sharia flag in Almnash, stronghold of Ansar al-Sharia, local wing of Al Qaeda

Senior al-Qaeda commander planning attack arrested by Yemen's military

The Yemeni official said that the terrorist was coming from the central province of Ma'rib to carry out a terror operation in the capital.

Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen

Was the US secretive 'ninja' missile used again in Syria Saturday?

Social media posts sought to link the strike to a series of other US attacks on al-Qaeda affiliates in northern Syria in which US drones have used such a weapon.

A motorbike burns after an airstrike in this screen grab taken from a social media video said to be taken in Idlib, Syria on July 16, 2019