Tag: Al-Qaeda
US chooses defeat in Afghanistan
If the Taliban were not teetotalers, they’d be shopping for champagne about now in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to unconditionally withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021.
On that date,...
Africa has become a jihadist playground
In an unprecedented public warning in early February, Bernard Emie, the head of France’s Directorate-General for External Security, reported, “From Mali, terrorists have worked on attacks against us, against our partners, and they are...
Pompeo: Al-Qaeda terror group positions itself in Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday warned about Al-Qaeda’s presence in Iran.
He confirmed that Abu Muhammad al-Masri—the terror group’s second in command—was shot and killed by Israeli operatives on behalf of the...
Al-Qaeda magazine: No difference between Biden, Trump on Islam
According to Al-Qaeda’s Al-Khalusa magazine, as far as America’s relationship with the Muslim world is concerned, a Biden administration will differ from the Trump administration in tone only, not in substance.
An article in the magazine’s Nov....
Families of Al-Qaeda victims ‘extremely thankful’ to Israel after reported hit
The New York Times report that Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency was behind the assassination in Tehran on Aug. 7 of Al-Qaeda’s No. 2 figure, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, was welcome news for the families of his victims.
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Report: Israeli agents assassinated Al-Qaeda’s No. 2 in Iran
Israeli operatives shot Al-Qaeda’s second in command on the streets of Tehran on behalf of the United States, intelligence officials told The New York Times in a report published on Friday.
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by...
Al-Qaeda slams UAE, Bahrain for normalization with Israel; calls for attacks
Al-Qaeda’s main media wing, Al-Sahab Media Foundation, released a statement on Tuesday condemning the normalization deal between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. It also urged Muslim scholars to mobilize Muslims to overthrow...
Report: Iran spends as much as $700 million annually to support terrorism
Iran has spent as much as $700 million annually to support terrorist groups, according to a U.S. State Department report released on Wednesday.
“The Iranian regime and its proxies continued to plot and commit terrorist...
Al-Qaeda prompts calls to target ‘Zionist-Crusader alliance’ worldwide
Al-Qaeda’s General Command released a statement in Arabic and English commending the past year of operations by the Al-Qaeda-linked terror groups Al-Shabab in Somalia and the Group to Support Islam and Muslims in West...
After the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: A special report
Following the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. forces, Wikistrat, a crowdsourced geopolitical consultancy, released a multi-perspective analysis on the significance of his death, as well as the future of the Islamic State...