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


Even with Iran-Saudi deal, the war in Yemen is far from over - opinion

It is time for the US to discuss the war in Yemen as a Yemeni matter and listen to the Yemeni parties more than the regional powers.

 A MEMBER of the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) stands at a checkpoint in Aden, in 2021.

Al Qaeda leader in Yemen killed in airstrike attributed to US - report

The target was identified as Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi, a senior figure in Al Qaeda's proxy in the Arabian Peninsula.

 Shi'ite Houthi rebels drive a patrol truck past an Ansar al-Sharia flag painted on the side of a hill, along a road in Almnash, the main stronghold of Ansar al-Sharia, the local wing of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Rada, Yemen November 22, 2014

Somali lawmaker to TML: Gov't making gains in battling al-Shabab

Secretary of the Somali Defense Committee Ahmed Abdi Koshin says military offensive has 'successfully dislodged' the al-Qaeda-linked terror organization from many parts of the country.

A Somali security officer walks at the entrance of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022

Can Somalia finally defeat Al-Shabab extremists? - analysis

Al-Shabab is a vicious organization that has worked with Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups and is often behind horrid terror attacks in Somalia.

A Somali security officer walks at the entrance of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022

Jihadist recruiters prey on migrants to Europe 

Recruiters target vulnerable individuals and relocate cells created in Africa.

Taliban fighters drive a car on a street following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022.

Presumed-dead Al Qaeda leader narrates newly released video

The recording was undated and the transcript did not clearly point towards a time frame for when it could have been made.

 Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan in August, 2022 according to US officials, appears in an undated FBI Most Wanted poster.

'I don't know why I didn't die that night,' Mike's Place suicide bombing survivor tells their story

One of the survivors of the tragic suicide bombing at Mike's Place Tel Aviv in 2003 talks about his miracle of surviving.

Memorial plaque to the victims of the "Mike's Place" suicide bombing that killed three victims in 2003

Would Iran give a nuclear bomb to al-Qaeda? - analysis

Why would someone leak such a story and how real is the threat of al-Qaeda getting nuclear material or a “dirty bomb” style nuclear bomb from Iran, even if it did not happen this time?

 A missile is launched during a joint exercise called the 'Great Prophet 17', in the southwest of Iran, December 24, 2021. Picture taken December 24, 2021.

Lessons learned from Al Qaeda terror attack in Kenya, twenty years on - opinion

As the 20th anniversary of the Al Qaeda suicide bombing in Kenya approaches, I’m sitting at my desk sifting through two decades of difficult thoughts and feelings.

Kenyan terror suspects on trial for attack on Israeli owned Paradise hotel in Mombasa

Is Turkey backing a former al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria?

BEHIND THE LINES: Turkey appears to be cooperating with Hayat Tahrir al Sham, a designated terror group, in north west Syria.

 A TURKISH soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria, in January 2018