Al-Qaeda

We are not mercenaries: Will Kurds become the boots on the ground against Tehran? - opinion

Kurdish forces may attack Iran, but only if the US and Israel guarantee political and military backing for their people.

KURDISH PESHMERGA fighters affiliated with PAK train in January near Erbil, Iraq.
Soldiers from Hay’at at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a prominent Sunni Islamist militant group and political organization formerly affiliated with al-Qaeda, hold a demonstration in Damascus, Syria.

Washington's tactical amnesia on Syria could fuel jihadist resurgence - analysis

 People wave flags next to an Iranian missile on display during the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025.

Iran could order proxies to attack American targets in retaliation if US strikes - NYT

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.

Afghanistan marks Soviet withdrawal anniversary as Taliban rule draws global scrutiny


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

Officials are afraid to say 'antisemitism' when Jews are targeted - analysis

When Iran is angry over offensive cartoons in Europe, it attacks the memory of the Shoah and Jews. When Pakistan is angry it attacks Jews. When Al-Qaeda is angry it targets Jews.

The ‘Netanyahu = Hitler’ sign at an anti-Israel demonstration in London  on June 12.

Meet 'Lady Al-Qaeda' Aafia Siddiqui, who Texas gunman demanded be freed

The Pakistani neuroscientist currently serving 86 years for the attempted murder of American troops and FBI agents.

Aafia Siddiqui is shown in this FBI combo photo released in Washington on May 26, 2004.

US, UK, Israel should help form an Arab NATO - opinion

The US and UK helped Islamic militias flourish in the MENA region; they can help defeat them now.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden gestures as he delivers remarks at the White House in July on the administration’s drawdown efforts in Afghanistan.

Militants kill at least 31 in central Mali

A bus was attacked by unidentified gunmen as it traveled its twice-weekly route from the village of Songho to a market in Bandiagara.

Malian soldiers of the 614th Artillery Battery are pictured during a training session on a D-30 howitzer with the European Union Training Mission (EUTM), to fight jihadists, in the camp of Sevare, Mopti region, in Mali, March 23, 2021.

Islamic State in Afghanistan could be able to attack US in 6 months

Kahl said it could take al Qaeda "a year or two" to regenerate the capability to carry out attacks outside of Afghanistan against the United States.

 The Pentagon logo is seen behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 8, 2020.

Senior al-Qaeda commander in Syria killed by US army - Pentagon

The US millitary killed a senior al-Qaeda leader in Syria said the Pentagon.

Protesters carry Al-Qaeda flags during an anti-government protest after Friday prayers in the town of Marat Numan in Idlib province, Syria

Looking back at 9/11, 20 years later

Twenty years seems like a long time, a lifetime. Or thousands of missed lifetimes.

 Henry Schuster in Afghanistan in 2009