Al-Qaida

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.
Policemen make way for prison van afer a security raid at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's headquarters in Islamabad on July 22, 2024.

Pakistan arrests ISKP propaganda chief Sultan Aziz Azzam, report says

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.

Indonesia to release suspected Bali bombings mastermind Bashir

Saudi army artillery fire shells towards Houthi positions from the Saudi border with Yemen April 13, 2015.

U.S. arms land in hands of terror groups in Yemen, incl. Iranians - report


The lure of power in Yemen

The Jerusalem Post

Al-Qaida leader pledges allegiance to new Taliban leader

"As leader of the al-Qaida organization for jihad, I extend my pledge of allegiance once again, the approach of Osama to invite the Muslim nation to support the Islamic Emirate," al-Zawahri pledged.

Ayman al-Zawahri

The jihadist civil war

The Jerusalem Post

ISIS may target West as pressure mounts, expert tells ‘Post’

Terrorist group upped attacks in Iraq and Syria – IHS Jane’s researchers.

Masked Belgian police secure the entrance to a building in Schaerbeek during police operations following Tuesday's bomb attacks in Brussels, Belgium, March 25, 2016

Syrian Penetration of the Southern European Front: Observations and Implications

The Jerusalem Post

Saudi rulers under fire after arrest of well-known Islamic preacher

Local activists and al-Qaida elements lash out at the Saudi government for arresting a well-known scholar who protested the decision to strip religious police of its authorities.

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz

Positive action in Yemen yields positive results

The Jerusalem Post

Watch: ISIS claims partial control of Palestinian camp in Damascus

ISIS-affiliated media claim to show takeover of parts of the Yarmouk Palestinian camp which has mostly been under the control of al Nusra Front for a year.

ISIS claims partial control of Palestinian camp in Damascus

The “Obama Doctrine” and Radical Islam’s war on the Crusader West

The Jerusalem Post

Syrian opposition slams Nusra Front for attacking secular revolution flag

Al-Qaida's branch in Syria storms demonstration in support of Syrian revolution in the northern province of Idlib.

Jabhat Al-Nusra militants