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


Is Zawahiri the end of the mega terrorist assassination? - analysis

When future terror leaders are hit, they simply may not carry the same punch with the public or with defense officials.

 Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri appears in an undated FBI Most Wanted poster

Tight-lipped Taliban leaders gather after US says Zawahiri killed

Officials of the Islamist group, long-time allies of al Qaeda, initially confirmed the Sunday drone strike but said the house that was hit was empty.

A Taliban fighter stands guard near the site where Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022.

The killing of Zawahiri: Twenty years too late - analysis

Al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed twenty years too late, he should have been neutralized long ago, but he kept getting away with his deeds.

 Undated bounty poster calling for information on Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in CIA drone strike

Ayman al-Zawahiri was the leader of al-Qaeda and one of the world’s most-wanted terrorists, who oversaw the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

 OSAMA BIN LADEN WITH ADVISOR AL-ZAWAHIRI DURING INTERVIEW.

US strike in Syria targets 'senior' militant - US military

The strikes targeted Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a "senior leader" of al-Qaeda-aligned Hurras al-Din.

TRUCKS CARRY belongings of people fleeing Maarat al-Numan, in northern Idlib, Syria, this week.

Antisemitic soldier pleads guilty to terrorism

US Private was found guilty of terrorism following the planned attack on his unit in cooperation with Order of the Nine Angles terrorist organization.

 US soldiers take part in a Combined Resolve military exercise at Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) Hohenfels, Germany, June 8, 2022.

Somalia brings back previously corrupt president promising change

Faced with criticism over massive corruption, restrictions on the media, and abuses of power in his first term, which ended in 2017, Mohamud has adopted a conciliatory tone.

Women in the Somaliland, wearing the colors of the Somaliland flag, prior to parliamentary elections in 2005.

US-led raid in Syria targets jihadist, many civilian casualties-residents

A US-led coalition raided a suspected al Qaeda-affiliated jihadist a northern Syrian town, where tens of thousands of displaced Syrians live in makeshift camps or overcrowded housing.

A Coalition convoy of US led international coalition against ISIS stops to test fire their M2 machine guns and MK19 grenade launcher in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in the Deir Ezzor province, Syria, November 22, 2018

On This Day: Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl beheaded 20 years ago

A video of the execution was released later that same month, under the title of The Slaughter of the Spy-Journalist, the Jew Daniel Pearl.

 A portrait of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl stands with a candle at the altar of St. Brides Church on Fleet Street in London

The long jihadist-extremist quest to free Aafia Siddiqui - analysis

Freeing Siddiqui, an American-educated neuroscientist turned attempted jihadist murderer, was one of the hostage taker's demands in the Texas synagogue attack.

 A painted portrait of Aafia Saddiqui