By Ginny Hill Fri Aug 29, 4:00 AM ET Sanna, Yemen - They were sent home by an Al Qaeda leader to recruit new members to carry out deadly operations in Yemen. In the past three weeks, security forces have killed five Al...
A man who allegedly threatened to assassinate Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in a posting on a jihadi website was today remanded into custody. Ishaq Kanmi, 22, appeared before City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London...
By Mohamed al Shafey Asharq Al-Awsat, London - Mustafa Abu Al Yazid, or Mustafa Ahmed Mohamed Osman Abu Al Yazid, also known as “Sheikh Said”, commander of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization in Afghanistan, was a familiar...
It’s hard to think how Kristol can so often get things so wrong. Let me just quote Steve Benen’s post on Political Animal: It’s hard to imagine that Bill Kristol, as far gone as he is, actually believes this: …Clinton...
Nairobi: Conventional wisdom long held that Somalia was so inhospitable that even Al Qaida gave up trying to gain a foothold amid feuding clans, erratic warlords and a wily population hardened by years of anarchy. Now,...
Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 suspected members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network believed to have been plotting attacks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, official sources said Thursday. The 30 men, all Yemenis, were...
A suicide bomber with explosives hidden beneath his traditional robe blew himself up Tuesday in a crowd of Iraqis trying to join the police force, killing at least 25 people in the second major bombing in Iraq this week....
The suspected head of Al-Qaeda in Mauritania urged the country's Muslims not to recognize the ruling military junta, calling it an "infidel regime," AFP learned Monday. The denunciation came as the head of the African...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2008 – Coalition forces captured two suspected Kataib Hezbollah associates during operations this morning in Baghdad, military officials reported. Kataib Hezbollah, also known as Hezbollah Brigades,...