Tag: Qaeda
Osama Bin Laden spent his fortune on jihad, says Zawahiri
The late founder of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, spent his fortune on financing “holy war” including the September 11 US attacks in 2001,...
28 dead in Yemen fighting with Qaeda
Yemeni forces pressed an offensive against Al-Qaeda loyalists in Abyan province in the south on Wednesday, leaving six soldiers and 22 militants dead, military...
33 killed in fighting between Yemen army, Qaeda
Thirty-three people, including six soldiers, were killed in Saturday clashes between Al-Qaeda and the army in southern Yemen as troops advanced towards the Abyan...
Yemen, US vow to crush Qaeda after troops massacred
Yemen’s army chief vowed Tuesday no let-up in an offensive against Al-Qaeda after a suicide bomber killed 96 soldiers in a massive attack in...
Suspected Qaeda member goes on trial in Germany
An alleged Islamic militant held for nine months in Afghanistan whose tips helped spark a travel alert in Europe in 2010 over potential attacks...
Ilyas Kashmiri is dead, Qaeda spokesman suggests
A recent statement released by al Qaeda’s spokesman for Pakistan indicated that Ilyas Kashmiri was indeed killed, most likely last year in a US...
Qaeda’s Zawahiri urges Pakistanis to revolt
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Pakistanis to revolt against their government and military in a video posted on the Internet on...
‘Qaeda fighters’ kill 27 policemen in Iraq
Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen, some wearing army uniforms, raged through a western Iraq city on Monday in a pre-dawn shooting spree that killed 27 policemen,...
139 Yemeni troops killed in Qaeda assault
At least 139 Yemeni soldiers have been killed in clashes with suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen after the extremists attacked military positions in Yemen’s restive south,...
US-born Qaeda associate jailed for 27 years
A New York man was on Friday sentenced to 27 years in jail for conspiring to kill American soldiers stationed overseas and on related...
‘Al Qaeda is US’ enemy No 1, not Taliban’
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said that al Qaeda is the primary enemy of the United States in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region and Taliban...
Qaeda leader killing sparks deadly clashes
The killing of a local Al-Qaeda leader by his half brother sparked vicious tribal infighting in his stronghold southeast of Yemen’s capital Sanaa on...
2 Qaeda suspects killed in clashes with Yemen army
Two suspected Al-Qaeda fighters were killed in clashes with Yemeni troops in the restive southern province of Abyan, a local official said on Sunday....
Algeria begins trying top Qaeda boss
An Algerian court Sunday began trying Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top leader in Al-Qaeda’s north African branch, in absentia for the deaths of two Algerian...
Kuwait top court clears alleged Qaeda cell
Kuwait’s supreme court on Sunday confirmed the acquittal of six nationals charged with plotting attacks on a US military base in 2009 after forming...
Police kill senior Qaeda in Iraq leader
Police killed a senior leader of Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq in clashes while attempting to arrest him on Saturday, the interior ministry said...
Bin Laden death hits al Qaeda hard
The death of Osama bin Laden last year severely damaged Al-Qaeda’s finances and left the shadowy network struggling to survive in the mountains of...
