List of Al Qaeda articles
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GettyImages-462403202 Fast, Radioactive, and Out of Control
India is not adequately safeguarding its booming nuclear installations and material, U.S. officials and experts say.
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA - DECEMBER 03: FBI agents and local law enforcement examine the crime scene where suspects of the Inland Regional Center were killed on December 3, 2015 in San Bernardino, California. Police continue to investigate a mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino that left at least 14 people dead and another 17 injured. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Is the San Bernardino Attack the Latest in ‘Crowdsourcing’ Terrorism?
The couple who gunned down 14 people in California may have been influenced but not aided by Islamist extremists. The insidious threat of homegrown terrorism and anti-Muslim rhetoric could prove a volatile combination.
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Chaplin_-_Modern_Times Should we discuss defense reform while battling ISIS, Taliban and more?
That’s the question a friend asked me the other day. Here is my answer.
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Police officers man a position close to the Bataclan theatre on November 13, 2015 after a series of gun attacks occurred across Paris as well as explosions outside the national stadium where France was hosting Germany. A number of people were killed and others injured in a series of gun attacks across Paris on Friday, as well as explosions outside the national stadium where France was hosting Germany. AFP PHOTO /KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images) More Than 120 Dead, French Border Restrictions in Place After Terrorist Attacks in Paris
A series of terrorist attacks in Paris Friday has left at least 127 dead and many more injured.
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GettyImages-495852508_960 Is Islam to Blame for Its Extremists?
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Manal Omar continue their debate on the Quran, the Islamic State, and how to save the religion.
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GettyImages-493343387 Senate Bans Transfer of Detainees Held at Guantanamo Bay
The Senate just banned the transfer of prisoner from Guantanamo Bay.
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GettyImages-495235202 Is the Islamic State Taking Its Fight to the Skies?
The militants who control much of Syria and Iraq may be taking a page from the al Qaeda handbook and trying to blow up passenger jets.
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GettyImages-72854444 Al Qaeda Is Losing the Battle for Jihadi Hearts and Minds
Ayman al-Zawahiri's latest audio tape shows that the group that organized 9/11 is a bunch of cranky old men compared to the Islamic State.
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GettyImages-474780954crop Jabhat al-Nusra Abandons Fight North of Aleppo as Turkey and U.S. Plot ‘Safe Zone’
The al Qaeda affiliate's withdrawal is the latest development in a shifting balance of power in northwestern Syria.
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GettyImages-482497480-cropped[1] Singing Omar’s Praises, Staying Silent on Mansour
Al Qaeda affiliates' silence is a sign that the fight to succeed Mullah Omar as Taliban leader is not yet over.
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Screen Shot 2015-08-04 at 5crop The War of Words Between AQAP’s Bomb-Maker and Al Jazeera
Ibrahim al-Asiri argues the network failed to live up to its journalistic obligations.
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To go with story 'UN-attacks-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Haqqani' by Tim Withcher (FILES) In this photograph taken on July 7, 2008 Afghan officials look on as a vehicle is moved from the site of a suicide attack in front of The Indian Embassy in Kabul. The UN Security Council on November 5, 2012 ordered global sanctions against the Haqqani militant group in Afghanistan and its suicide attack mastermind. The network, which has been widely linked to Pakistan, is accused of carrying out a string of major attacks in Afghanistan including against the US and Indian embassies and a major hotel in Kabul. AFP PHOTO/STR/FILES (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) The Taliban’s New Number 2 Is a ‘Mix of Tony Soprano and Che Guevara’
Sirajuddin Haqqani has killed hundreds of Americans and thousands of Afghans and could ensure that his country’s future is even bloodier than its past.
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Screen Shot 2015-07-21 at 8.04.16 PM Pentagon Says It Killed Senior Khorasan Figure — Again
The United States says al Qaeda cell leader Muhsin al-Fadhli died in a "kinetic strike," but questions remain over his importance in the group.
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A Tunisian man walks past a blood stain on the ground at the resort town of Sousse, a popular tourist destination 140 kilometres (90 miles) south of the Tunisian capital, on June 26, 2015, following a shooting attack. At least 27 people, including foreigners, were killed in a mass shooting at a Tunisian beach resort packed with holidaymakers, in the North African country's worst attack in recent history. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) -
obahmah U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy Is the Definition of Insanity
Six theories for why Washington keeps doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for a different result.
