Senior al-Qaida commander killed in an airstrike in Syria
By BASSEM MROUE An airstrike has killed a top al-Qaida commander and two other fighters in Syria, activists said Saturday, but it was not immediately clear whether it was carried…
Ayman al-Zawahri
Yemen’s al-Qaida claims responsibility for Paris attack
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Yemen’s al-Qaida branch on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week’s massacre at a Paris satirical newspaper, with one of its top commanders saying the assault was in…
Al-Qaida breakaway pursuing an Islamic state
By RYAN LUCAS Militias of the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) deploy in an area in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad,…
ATTACK POINTS TO AL-QAIDA SURGE IN YEMEN
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE – In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaida militant, center, holds an Islamist banner as he stands behind bars during a…
EGYPT’S MILITARY CHIEF: ARMY TO CONFRONT VIOLENCE
By MAGGIE MICHAEL A friend of Ammar Badie, 38, killed Friday by Egyptian security forces during clashes in Ramses Square, and also son of Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader Mohammed Badie,…
EGYPT CONSIDERS OUTLAWING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and TONY G. GABRIEL Egyptians security forces escort an Islamist supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque, after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves…
TERRORISTS TURN TO ONLINE CHAT ROOMS TO EVADE US
By LARA JAKES and ADAM GOLDMAN FILE – This Aug. 10, 2013 file photo shows Yemeni soldiers inspecting a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S.…
YEMEN’S AL-QAIDA LEADER VOWS TO FREE PRISONERS
FILE – This image provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 30, 2009, shows a frame made from video released Jan. 23, 2009 by al-Malahim Media Foundation, the media arm of al-Qaida…