Al-Qaeda

Afghanistan marks Soviet withdrawal anniversary as Taliban rule draws global scrutiny

The Taliban’s governance remains deeply controversial. Since returning to power in 2021, the group has imposed sweeping restrictions on women and girls and enforcing strict social rules.

An Afghan Taliban fighter sit next to an anti-aircraft gun near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025.
Turkish charities operating in the southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2025

Turkey opens three mosques in Gaza as Ankara expands religious influence

An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

Accredited Muslim preachers may help the West confront radical Islam - opinion

An officially shuttered branch of the Muslim Brotherhood seen in Zarqa, Jordan on January 14.

Banning the Muslim Brotherhood: A good start, but only a first step - opinion


Officials are afraid to say 'antisemitism' when Jews are targeted - analysis

When Iran is angry over offensive cartoons in Europe, it attacks the memory of the Shoah and Jews. When Pakistan is angry it attacks Jews. When Al-Qaeda is angry it targets Jews.

The ‘Netanyahu = Hitler’ sign at an anti-Israel demonstration in London  on June 12.

Meet 'Lady Al-Qaeda' Aafia Siddiqui, who Texas gunman demanded be freed

The Pakistani neuroscientist currently serving 86 years for the attempted murder of American troops and FBI agents.

Aafia Siddiqui is shown in this FBI combo photo released in Washington on May 26, 2004.

US, UK, Israel should help form an Arab NATO - opinion

The US and UK helped Islamic militias flourish in the MENA region; they can help defeat them now.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden gestures as he delivers remarks at the White House in July on the administration’s drawdown efforts in Afghanistan.

Militants kill at least 31 in central Mali

A bus was attacked by unidentified gunmen as it traveled its twice-weekly route from the village of Songho to a market in Bandiagara.

Malian soldiers of the 614th Artillery Battery are pictured during a training session on a D-30 howitzer with the European Union Training Mission (EUTM), to fight jihadists, in the camp of Sevare, Mopti region, in Mali, March 23, 2021.

Islamic State in Afghanistan could be able to attack US in 6 months

Kahl said it could take al Qaeda "a year or two" to regenerate the capability to carry out attacks outside of Afghanistan against the United States.

 The Pentagon logo is seen behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 8, 2020.

Senior al-Qaeda commander in Syria killed by US army - Pentagon

The US millitary killed a senior al-Qaeda leader in Syria said the Pentagon.

Protesters carry Al-Qaeda flags during an anti-government protest after Friday prayers in the town of Marat Numan in Idlib province, Syria

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