Bin Laden Aide Convicted of Conspiracy in 1998 East Africa Bombings
A Saudi who was accused of being one of Osama bin Laden’s earliest and most trusted lieutenants was convicted on Thursday of joining a global conspiracy to kill Americans that…
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Al Qaeda documents outline U.S. terror campaign
In a Brooklyn, New York, courtroom, a federal jury this week was the first to hear the contents of the letter and other documents seized during the bin Laden raid…
Time to silence terrorists on social media
Reports Wednesday that three men have been arrested over plans to travel from New York to join ISISand that one of them allegedly posted online about his desire to shoot…
Brazen, brutal: 5 terror groups making headlines this month
Over the weekend, Al- Shabaab released a video urging its sympathizers to attack malls in the United States, UK and Canada. The same day, ISIS had one showing its members…
Brazen, brutal: 5 terror groups making headlines this month
Over the weekend, Al- Shabaab released a video urging its sympathizers to attack malls in the United States, UK and Canada. The same day, ISIS had one showing its members…
War on Islam vs. War on the Islamic State: In Obama’s words
An exception came this week at his summit on violent extremism: instead of ignoring the debate over using the words “Islam” or “Islamic” to describe terror threats, Obama addressed the…
Obama proclaims: ‘We are not at war with Islam’
Obama went to lengths before the summit began to avoid linking extremism to the Muslim faith; his intent, aides say, was to avoid giving credence to the ideologies of Islamic…
Obama Explains Why He Doesn’t Use The Term ‘Radical Islam’ For Islamic State, Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he refuses to describe the Islamic State and al Qaeda as groups fueled by “radical Islam” because the term grants them a…
Jury will be first to see evidence seized in bin Laden raid, prosecutor says
Abid Naseer, 28, who was arrested in 2009 in Manchester, England, where he had been living on a student visa, was described by Brooklyn federal prosecutor Celia Cohen as a…
Data From Seized Computer Fuels a Surge in U.S. Raids on Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — As an October chill fell on the mountain passes that separate the militant havens in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a small team of Afghan intelligence commandos and American Special…
Qaeda Fighters Take Headquarters of Yemeni Army Brigade
RAIDA, Yemen — Fighters from Al Qaeda captured the headquarters of a Yemeni Army brigade on Thursday, an embarrassing setback for the Houthi militants who are nominally in control of…
A nation in chaos: What you need to know about Yemen
Yemen has been without clear leadership and potentially on the brink of armed conflict since Houthi rebels seized control of key government facilities, dissolved parliament, and placed the President under…
Senior Qaeda Figure in Yemen Killed in Drone Strike
SANA, Yemen — A senior member of Al Qaeda who had issued a statement saying the group had encouraged the terrorist attacks in Paris last month was killed in a…
Opinion: Jordan’s executions of jihadists could backfire
Jordan has executed two imprisoned jihadists in retaliation for the murder of its pilot, Lt Moaz al-Kassasbeh, by ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State. The executions follow Jordan’s initial…
Pre-9/11 Ties Haunt Saudis as New Accusations Surface
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — During the 1980s and ’90s, the historic alliance between the wealthy monarchy of Saudi Arabia and the country’s powerful clerics emerged as the major financier of…
5 things to know for your New Day — Wednesday, February 4
ISIS OUTRAGE In retaliation: Jordan executed two al Qaeda prisoners before dawn today, following through on a promised strong response to ISIS’ killing of pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh. Put to death…
Moussaoui Calls Saudi Princes Patrons of Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — In highly unusual testimony inside the federal supermax prison, a former operative for Al Qaeda has described prominent members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family as major donors to…
Ex-D.C. cab driver lands on FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list
The FBI says Mohamed is accused of providing material support to Al Shabaab, the Somali-based group that’s linked to al Qaeda. The group has launched many deadly terrorist attacks, including…
C.I.A. Strike, First Since Yemen Upheaval, Kills 3 Qaeda Fighters, Officials Say
Since Monday, videos have surfaced — both professional and amateur — showing the violence unfolding between the Yemeni Army and Houthi rebels in the capital, Sana. WASHINGTON — A C.I.A….
U.S. Suspends Some Counterterrorism Efforts Against Al Qaeda In Yemen: Officials
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The United States has halted some counter-terrorism operations against al Qaeda militants in Yemen following a takeover of the country by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, U.S….
A frightening, far-reaching new world of terror threats since 9/11
Times have changed, and the terror landscape has changed with it. Public Enemy No. 1, Osama bin Laden, is gone, killed by U.S. commandos in a 2011 Pakistan raid. The…
Yemen at Risk of Fragmenting, Posing Challenge for U.S.
WASHINGTON — Only months ago, American officials were still referring to Yemen’s negotiated transition from autocracy to an elected president as a model for post–revolutionary Arab states. Now, after days…
Yemen unrest throws wrench in Obama’s terror message
In Sanaa on Tuesday, the presidential palace was overrun by Shiite Houthi rebels, a situation the country’s minister of information described as the “completion of a coup.” That’s a problem…
Yemen Fast Facts
Population: 26,052,966 (July 2014 est.) Median age: 18.6 years Capital: Sanaa Ethnic Groups: Predominantly Arab, also Afro-Arab, South Asian, European Religion: Muslim including Shaf’i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shia), small numbers…
7 things to know about Yemen
But Yemen, the poorest country in the region, has global importance. It is one of the world’s biggest exporters of terrorism. Yemen is home to al Qaeda in the Arab…
Pentagon: U.S. to begin to train and equip moderate Syria rebels
Those groups are battling forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and extremist groups like ISIS, as well as others linked to al Qaeda. – CNN’s Chloe Sommers contributed to…
Who’s killing Muslims?
Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM’s weekly program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” He is a columnist for The Daily Beast and editor of the politics blog…
Analysis: Attack claim shows al Qaeda desperate not to be eclipsed by ISIS
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi’s 12-minute message declares brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi to bein the group’s eyes”heroes” who “were assigned and accepted and…
ISIS: Everything you need to know about the rise of the militant group
The group began in 2004 as al Qaeda in Iraq, before rebranding as ISIS two years later. It was an ally ofand had similarities withOsama bin Laden’s al Qaeda: both…
Agent Storm: Inside al Qaeda for the CIA
Two worlds. Two identities and the ever-present, very real risk of death. That was the life of Morten Storm, a radical Islamist turned double agent, who’s now lifting the lid…