Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of al-Qaida, the Muslim militant group that carried out the 9/11 attacks.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of al-Qaida, the Muslim militant group that carried out the 9/11 attacks.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of al-Qaida, the Muslim militant group that carried out the 9/11 attacks.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of al-Qaida, the Muslim militant group that carried out the 9/11 attacks.
Relatives of an American Jewish aid worker held captive in Pakistan for the last two years have broken their silence, expressing their frustration with their ailing loved one’s lingering captivity. In an exclusive interview with ABC news, the wife of Warren Weinstein said that she “wanted to die right there on the spot” when she…
A U.S. development worker kidnapped in Pakistan by al Qaeda two years ago appealed to President Barack Obama to intervene and help negotiate his release, in a video released on Thursday. In a 13-minute clip issued by al Qaeda’s media wing and posted on several news websites, Warren Weinstein, 72, looked gaunt and tired. “I…
An Islamist group linked to al Qaeda has claimed three militants killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces last week as its members, and said this shows it has taken root in the occupied Palestinian territory. Al Qaeda has struggled to build up significant support in the West Bank, analysts say, and the Palestinian…
Nearly half the rebels fighting in Syria are jihadists linked to Al Qaeda or hardline Islamists fighting for a strict Islamic state, according to a study that’s about to be published by IHS Jane’s, the respected British defense consultancy. Advance word of the study appears in Monday’s edition of Britain’s Daily Telegraph. The Jane’s study…
JERUSALEM — A terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda that claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on northern Israel said it has resumed a jihad, or holy war, against the Jews. The Lebanon-based Azzam Abdullah Brigades said the rocket attack last week was carried out “as part of the resumption of the jihad against the Jews.”…
A week after the dramatic terror alert that shut down 19 U.S. embassies, experts are starting to weigh in on what it means, and specifically what it tells us about the state of Al Qaeda. If I can sum up the answer in two words, it would be: not much. Here’s what Fareed Zakaria has…
Boy, President Obama is really taking it on the chin over the latest Al Qaeda threat and the closing of those 19 embassies. On the right, he’s getting hammered by the likes of The Wall Street Journal’s Bret Stephens, the Washington Post’s Marc Thiessen, Long Island Republican Rep. Peter King and even the distinguished Bard…
The al-Qaida threat that closed U.S. embassies in the Middle East on Sunday is the most serious in years and the “chatter” among suspected terrorists is reminiscent of what preceded the Sept. 11 attacks, a U.S. lawmaker who is briefed on intelligence said. The State Department closed 21 embassies and consulates and issued a worldwide…
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