Washington : Nearly two years after pushing out the U.S. military, Iraq is asking for more American weapons, training and manpower to help fight a bloody resurgence of al-Qaida that has unleashed a level of
Sanaa, Yemen: Suspected al-Qaida gunmen dressed in fatigues and riding in military trucks overran a key army base in eastern Yemen on Monday, security officials said, holding captive high-ranking officers and soldiers inside in the
Damascus: Al-Qaida militants in northern Syria captured a town near the Turkish border Thursday following heavy clashes with Western-backed rebels, prompting the closure of a nearby frontier crossing, activists and Turkish officials said. It was
Cairo: A leader of al-Qaida's Iraqi branch called Saturday on Egyptians to fight their army and derided the Muslim Brotherhood as “evil” for seeking power through democracy.The audio message by Abu Mohammed al-Adnani highlights the
Baghdad, Jul 31: Al-Qaida's leader said in remarks posted on Wednesday that a prisoners' hunger strike in Guantanamo Bay has revealed the “odious” face of America and claims that the terror network will spare no
Sanaa (Yemen), July 17:The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaeda confirmed on Wednesday that the group's No. 2 figure, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, was killed in a U.S. drone strike.The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave
Washington, Jun 26: US intelligence agencies are scrambling to salvage their surveillance of al-Qaida and other terrorists who are working frantically to change how they communicate after a National Security Agency contractor leaked details of
Baghdad, Apr 5: Iraqi officials say two bomb attacks have killed six people in two cities.In the first incident on Friday, a police officer said attackers detonated a bomb as an army jeep was driving
Cairo, Oct 13: The leader of Al-Qaida has urged Muslims to wage holy war against the United States and Israel over a film that insulted Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Ayman al-Zawahri praised as "honest and zealous"
Paris, Oct 4: The French government unveiled Wednesday a bill that will outlaw visits to terrorist training camps as part of the country's crackdown on surging terrorist threats, a government statement said.The legislation presented by
Cairo, Sep18: Al-Qaida's branch in North Africa on Tuesday called for attacks on US diplomats and an escalation of protests against an anti-Islam video that was produced in the United States and triggered a wave
Baghdad, Jul 11: A bomb blast in a bus killed at least three and wounded more than 14 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.The bomb exploded in Sadr City, a Shiite district in northeastern
Abuja (Nigeria), Jul 6: Prosecutors in Nigeria have charged two Nigerian men with being members of al-Qaida and recruiting new members to train in Yemen.Olaniyi Lawal, 31, and Luqman Babatunde, 30, pleaded not guilty Thursday
Mali, Jul 2: A resident of the north Mali city of Timbuktu says that fighters belonging to an al-Qaida-linked faction continued the destruction of the city's UNESCO-heritage sites.Aboubacrine Cisse, who lives in Timbuktu, says that
Tampa, Florida, May 24 : The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida -- hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen.In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists,
New york, May 20: Almost a year after key 26/11 suspect Ilyas Kashmiri was reported killed in a drone strike, the United Nations has updated his status as "reported dead" in a sanctions list of
Beirut, May 19: A strong explosion shook Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, apparently targeting a security agency in the latest of a wave of blasts to hit the country in recent months, state
Paris, Mar 24: Investigators have found no signs the suspected gunman behind a deadly string of attacks in southern France was under orders from al-Qaida or any militant group, a top French official said Friday—disputing
Koblenz (Germany), Mar 20: A German-Afghan man whose information prompted terrorism warnings across Europe in 2010 has gone on trial in Germany on charges he was a member of al-Qaida and another terrorist group.Ahmad Wali
Sanaa, Jan 16: Al-Qaida militants seized full control of a town south of the Yemeni capital on Monday, overrunning army positions, storming the local prison and freeing its inmates, security officials said.The capture of Radda
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