An offshoot of al-Qaeda is regrouping in Pakistan

Five years after most senior al-Qaeda leaders are thought to have fled this port city, officials in Karachi worry that the organization is regrouping and finding new support here and in neighboring Afghanistan. They are especially concerned about the recruitment of potential foot soldiers for the next major terrorist attack. The resurgence has been managed […]

Al Qaeda branches eulogize Taliban leader Mullah Mansour

Three of al Qaeda’s official branches have jointly published a eulogy for Mullah Mansour, the Taliban leader who was killed in an American drone strike on May 21. The statement of condolences is signed by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and Al Nusrah Front. The al […]

Al Qaeda still reaping oil profits in Yemen despite battlefield reverses

Al Qaeda may have been pushed out of the enclave it carved out in Yemen as the country descended into civil war, but the militants are still entrenched in other parts of the country’s south, reaping profits from smuggled fuel. Scores of militants were killed in a Gulf Arab-backed offensive on Al Qaeda’s de facto […]

U.S. judge sentences Vietnamese man to 40 years for al Qaeda affiliate support

A Vietnamese-born man who U.S. authorities say was instructed by a top figure with al Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate to carry out a suicide attack at London’s Heathrow Airport was sentenced on Friday to 40 years in prison. Minh Quang Pham, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan after pleading guilty in […]

U.S. Special Operators Back in Yemen

In the chaos between the Sunni Yemenis and the Shitte Houthis – AQAP took advantage of the fighting and seized large swathes of land in the east including the port city of Al Mukalla.

Jihadist Website is Profiting from U.S. Online Advertising

A convicted Islamic extremist in Indonesia running a popular jihadi website has been profiting from revenue generated by online advertising platforms according to reports. Muhammad Jibril Abdul Rahman, whose website Arrahmah.com featuring pictures of beheadings has garnered 600,000, and on occasion, upwards of 1 million visitors, a month, has been using platforms such as Google’s […]

Al Qaeda terrorists disguise as women for Yemen attacks

While the Saudi-led coalition Operation Restoring Hope is on in Yemen to defend right, justice and legitimacy, the attacks and tactics used by the Al Qaeda terrorists show how mean those criminals are. The terrorist organisation, as per photos of some militants eliminated in a cleansing operation against Al Qaeda insurgents in Al Makla area […]

U.S., Afghan special forces free son of former Pakistani prime minister

The son of a former Pakistani prime minister who has been in custody of al Qaedafor over three years was rescued during a joint counterterrorism raid by American and Afghan special operations forces on Tuesday. Ali Haider Gilani, son of Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, was being held in a suspected al Qaeda compound in the Giyan […]