Al-Qaeda

US considering military operations against Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists in Mali - report

An independent expert on the region, Corinne Dufka, told The Washington Post that any US action in Mali has the potential to backfire and lead to the targeting of American citizens.

A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026; Illustrative.
People wave Palestinian flags as they take part in a protest to show support for Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, near the Pantheon in Rome, Italy, March 20, 2025

Half of terrorist attacks in Europe last year were Islamist, EU report confirms

The Red Arrows perform a flypast during an armed forces and veterans' parade on the final day of 70th anniversary Victory in Europe (VE) day commemorations in central London

Twenty-one years after 7/7, Britain is still failing to confront Islamism - opinion

 Illustration of ISIS terrorists.

Morocco prevents attacks by cell loyal to Islamic State in Sahel


One year later: Withdrawal from Afghanistan was a clear mistake - opinion

The world requires a beacon on a hill, and for the moment, it feels as if President Biden has decided that light should stop short of Afghanistan. 

 TALIBAN SUPPORTERS celebrate on Monday in Kabul on the first anniversary of the fall of the Afghan capital.

Was the Kabul operation just to save Biden’s approval rating? - opinion

Biden wants the imprint of al-Zawahiri’s death to replace the image of failure and chaotic withdrawal scenes in the collective consciousness of Americans.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden delivers an address to the nation, at the beginning of this month, on the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US drone strike.

Voices from the Arab press: About the killing of Zawahiri

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 ELIMINATED AL QAIDA leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a still from a 2011 video.

Grapevine August 5, 2022: Rabbi of the Western Wall hosts Reform Jew

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PREISIDENT RATU WILIAME M. KATONIVERE of Fiji being led into the President’s Residence by President Isaac Herzog.

Biden killing al-Qaeda's Zawahiri can spark regional disaster - opinion

Zawahiri’s death will cause an upheaval in al-Qaeda with a new leadership being installed and this will have definite repercussions. It could lead to an Afghan civil war.

 A PHOTO of Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen in this still image taken from a video released in 2011.

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.