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


Al-Qaida affiliate vows to fight Hezbollah

“The assaults that Hezbollah is committing against Sunnis in Syria are not a secret anymore... Our target at this stage is to attack the Iranian party's strongholds.”

Members of al-Qaida's‏ Nusra Front [File]

Report: Afghanistan gave CIA money to al-Qaida for diplomat's ransom

About $1 million in CIA money was funneled to al-Qaida.

People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with binary code and a Central Inteligence Agency (CIA) emblem

Report: Israel treating al-Qaida fighters wounded in Syria civil war

Nusra Front is the Sunni Muslim al-Qaida offshoot which is currently fighting the Iranian-backed axis of Bashar Assad and Hezbollah in Syria.

Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks in the Golan Heights near Israel's border with Syria

Yemen blues

The disintegration of the republic seems close.

Anti-Houthi protesters demonstrate in Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz, February 11, following the Houthi takeover in the capital Sanaa

US closing embassy in conflict-ridden Yemen

Officials in Washington confirm mission will close due to unpredictable security situation in country where rebel group has seized control of the capital.

Houthi fighters ride a patrol truck in Sanaa

Female Iraqi militant held by Jordan is heroine to jihadists

Sajida al-Rishawi, death-row prisoner in Jordan, serves as hero to jihadists; Islamic State fights for her freedom.

An Islamic State terrorist holds a flag with the group's insignia.

As violent antisemitism spreads, should American Jews worry?

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Syria's al-Qaida wing: We shot down Syrian army plane carrying food, ammo

Syrian media says the plane was downed due to bad weather conditions; All those aboard the plane were killed in the crash.

Syrian media coverage of a crashed military plane in flames

Al-Qaida in Yemen claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack

Group says it ordered attack to avenge insults to prophet.

Amatuer video shows Paris gunmen shooting policeman

Britain's MI5 chief warns al-Qaida in Syria planning mass attacks on West

Speaking after gunmen killed 12 people in an assault on a French satirical newspaper, MI5 boss Andrew Parker warned a strike on the United Kingdom was highly likely.

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