Al-Qaeda

Al Qaeda-linked terrorists claim attack on Niger airport that killed 13

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, a group affiliated with al-Qaeda, claimed the attack on a Niger airport that killed 11 security force members and two civilians.

The head of the Nigerien junta, General Abdourahamane Tiani, walks with Beninese President Romuald Wadagni during his arrival for the first leg of a visit to Niger and Burkina Faso, at the Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger June 2, 2026.
People arrive at the United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN, in New York City, US, April 27, 2026.

‘Threat has never been so high’: Counter-terrorism expert warns of nuclear terror risk - interview

The Department of Justice (DOJ) building in Washington, pictured on November 28, 2025; illustrative.

US Justice Dep't moves to denaturalize 12 people, including one who supported Al-Qaeda

Colonel Sadio Camara, Minister of Defense and Veterans of Mali, is seen at the meeting of Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Ouagadougou, February 15, 2024.

Mali's defense minister reported dead in major al-Qaeda-linked assault


Even with Iran-Saudi deal, the war in Yemen is far from over - opinion

It is time for the US to discuss the war in Yemen as a Yemeni matter and listen to the Yemeni parties more than the regional powers.

 A MEMBER of the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) stands at a checkpoint in Aden, in 2021.

Al Qaeda leader in Yemen killed in airstrike attributed to US - report

The target was identified as Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi, a senior figure in Al Qaeda's proxy in the Arabian Peninsula.

 Shi'ite Houthi rebels drive a patrol truck past an Ansar al-Sharia flag painted on the side of a hill, along a road in Almnash, the main stronghold of Ansar al-Sharia, the local wing of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Rada, Yemen November 22, 2014

Somali lawmaker to TML: Gov't making gains in battling al-Shabab

Secretary of the Somali Defense Committee Ahmed Abdi Koshin says military offensive has 'successfully dislodged' the al-Qaeda-linked terror organization from many parts of the country.

A Somali security officer walks at the entrance of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022

Can Somalia finally defeat Al-Shabab extremists? - analysis

Al-Shabab is a vicious organization that has worked with Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups and is often behind horrid terror attacks in Somalia.

A Somali security officer walks at the entrance of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022

Jihadist recruiters prey on migrants to Europe 

Recruiters target vulnerable individuals and relocate cells created in Africa.

Taliban fighters drive a car on a street following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022.

Presumed-dead Al Qaeda leader narrates newly released video

The recording was undated and the transcript did not clearly point towards a time frame for when it could have been made.

 Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan in August, 2022 according to US officials, appears in an undated FBI Most Wanted poster.

'I don't know why I didn't die that night,' Mike's Place suicide bombing survivor tells their story

One of the survivors of the tragic suicide bombing at Mike's Place Tel Aviv in 2003 talks about his miracle of surviving.

Memorial plaque to the victims of the "Mike's Place" suicide bombing that killed three victims in 2003

Would Iran give a nuclear bomb to al-Qaeda? - analysis

Why would someone leak such a story and how real is the threat of al-Qaeda getting nuclear material or a “dirty bomb” style nuclear bomb from Iran, even if it did not happen this time?

 A missile is launched during a joint exercise called the 'Great Prophet 17', in the southwest of Iran, December 24, 2021. Picture taken December 24, 2021.

Lessons learned from Al Qaeda terror attack in Kenya, twenty years on - opinion

As the 20th anniversary of the Al Qaeda suicide bombing in Kenya approaches, I’m sitting at my desk sifting through two decades of difficult thoughts and feelings.

Kenyan terror suspects on trial for attack on Israeli owned Paradise hotel in Mombasa

Is Turkey backing a former al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria?

BEHIND THE LINES: Turkey appears to be cooperating with Hayat Tahrir al Sham, a designated terror group, in north west Syria.

 A TURKISH soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria, in January 2018