Osama bin laden

On this day: US, Britain strike Afghanistan over September 11 attacks, kickstart War on Terror

The bombing targeted Taliban and al-Qaeda forces, and was the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom, which would span over a decade until December 31, 2014.

|ByTZVI JASPER
A US F-14 fighter takes off from the main deck of the USS Enterprise early 09 October 2001 as a second wave US-led air attacks on Afghanistan was launched with residents of Kabul reporting bombs hitting targets on the outskirts of the city.
Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally attends St John's Anglican Church in Yaounde Wednesday, 5th August 2026

Archbishop of Canterbury revokes award from Pakistani cleric who praised Osama bin Laden

The Archbishop of Canterbury revoked an interfaith award given to a Pakistani Muslim cleric after facing backlash over the cleric's resurfaced 2007 comments praising Osama bin Laden.

|ByASHER SMITH
US President Bill Clinton meets with his National Security team on April 7, 1999, in the White House Cabinet Room. From left: Clinton, Steve Ricchetti, Gen. Donald Kerrick, CIA Director George Tenet, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Samuel Berger, and Gen. Hugh Shelton.

CIA reveals Clinton administration was warned in 1998 of potential bin Laden plane attack

Newly released documents show US intelligence repeatedly warned of al-Qaeda threats before 9/11, including a scenario involving a plane “loaded with explosives” being flown into an American city.

|ByIDAN KWELLER
A graphic showing a Central Intelligence Agency logo on a phone in front of a US flag.

'They betrayed him': Former CIA informant who provided intelligence on bin Laden faces deportation

Blerim Skoro has maintained that US authorities promised him safety in return for his information, though he was deported upon his release in 2007 despite being married to an American.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

Iran denies Saudi allegations of harboring bin Laden's son

Decades-old animosity between Sunni Muslim kingdom of Saudi Arabia and revolutionary Shi'ite Iran has deepened in recent years.

MARCH 20, 2018ByREUTERS
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gestures during a military parade

Give it up ISIS

JANUARY 27, 2018ByJACOB DEVEAUX
The Jerusalem Post

Pakistani minister decries U.S. as 'friend who always betrays'

Small groups of students chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Trump" burnt American flags and torched photos of Trump after Friday prayers in capital Islamabad and the eastern city of Lahore.

JANUARY 7, 2018ByREUTERS
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif

Iran’s support for al-Qaida

Trump is hardly alone in noting Iranian links to al-Qaida.

OCTOBER 23, 2017BySEAN DURNS
Iranian Revolutionary Guard members in Tehran carry the casket of Iran Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Mohsen Ghajarian, who was killed in the northern province of Aleppo , Syria

How has the face of Islamic terrorism changed since 9/11?

When the dust settled and the smoke cleared, 2,997 people were dead, another 6,000 were injured and the course of history was changed forever.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017ByCHARLES BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINE
A group of firefighters stand in the street near the destroyed World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001.

5,844 days later: Reflections on 9/11

The events of the day that prompted the war on terror, which continues on today.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
The twin towers after being hit, 9/11

A pre-9/11 moment in a post-9/11 world?

How an apathetic American public is letting terrorism thrive again.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016ByARI KRAUSS
THE 9/11 memorial in New York City. Is there a danger of complacency leading to another major attack.

Will 9/11 victims' families be able to sue Saudi Arabia?

Gulf states rap passage by US Congress of law allowing families of the deadly 2001 attacks to sue the kingdom; White House expected to veto measure.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016ByREUTERS
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.

The jihadist civil war

MAY 31, 2016ByNEVILLE TELLER
The Jerusalem Post

Bin Laden’s son calls to target Jewish, US, Western interests

According to a new al-Qaida video, Hamza Bin Laden praised the stabbing attacks by Palestinians against Israelis.

MAY 10, 2016ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
AN AL-QAIDA video released yesterday features a recorded message by Hamza bin Laden