Al-Qaida

Pakistan arrests ISKP propaganda chief Sultan Aziz Azzam, report says

Pakistan said it detained IS KP media figure Sultan Aziz Azzam, with a UN report citing a major blow to the group’s propaganda and regional operations.

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.
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

Egyptian Muslims take part in evening prayers called "Tarawih" on Laylat al-Qadr or Night of Decree, at Al-Azhar Mosque in old Cairo, Egypt June 21, 2017.

Analysis: Al-Azhar and the surge of Muslim antisemitism


Iran’s ‘democracy’

Sunday’s elections should not be confused with the true spirit of reform that characterized 2009.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Broaden the reach of UN sanctions

Unfortunately, when designating IS terrorists the UN makes no effort to update the substance of its sanctions in order to address the threat posed by ISIS’s online recruitment.

A 3D plastic representation of the Twitter and Youtube logo is seen in front of a displayed ISIS flag

Al-Qaida reveals new details about the inspiration for September 11 attacks

al-Qaida claimed that the inspiration for the September 11 attacks was the story of Gamil al-Batouti, the Egyptian co-pilot who crashed EgyptAir flight 990 into the Atlantic Ocean in 1999.

The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York on September 11, 2001.

Islamist gunmen kill 17 in Somalia beach cafe attack

Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab claims its members set of car bombs at popular Mogadishu beach restaurant.

Al-Shabab militants

Al-Qaida chief called for Islamic Caliphate in East Asia prior to Indonesia attacks

Bin Laden's successor calls for jihad in Indonesia hours before deadly terror attacks. Is there a connection?

al-Qaida cheif Ayman al-Zawahiri sits with predecessor Osama Bin Laden during an interview in 2001

Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb threatens to attack Rome, Naples and Madrid

The organization continues escalating its rhetoric against France, threatening to commit more terror attacks in Western capitals to force Paris to stop its military intervention in Mali.

Al-Qaida's North Africa affiliate sends message to South Africa ans Sweden about captives

Al-Qaida warns Saudi Arabia it will pay for executing militants

Al-Qaida militants.

Bad news, good news

A peace settlement with the Palestinians will probably keep eluding us as the stalemate limps on, with no reason to change.

People walk along a street decorated with festive illumination lights, part of the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration, in central Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2015.

Saudi Arabia says 47 executed on terror charges

Prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric among dozens executed; Riyadh says mostly suspected al-Qaida members among those put to death.

Human rights activists protest outside the Saudi embassy in Beirut against Saudi executions [File]

Report: Islamist terrorism responsible for 40% of journalists’ deaths in 2015

The report says that 40 percent of the 69 journalists killed in 2015 died at the hands of Islamic militant groups such as al-Qaida and Islamic State.

Kenji Goto, the Japanese journalist held captive by Islamic State and excuted by the group in January 2015