Al-Qaeda

A Syrian White Helmet rescuer checks the wreckage of a car at the site of a US coalition airstrike targeting a leader of Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din in northwest Syria, on January 31, 2025. (Photo by ABDULAZIZ KETAZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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US announces killing of Al-Qaeda leader in Syria

US Central Command announced Tuesday evening that its forces had killed a leading figure in Al-Qaeda in Syria

The New Arab Staff
08 October, 2025
Malian troops patrol on a pick-up car
Mali
World
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40 fuel tankers burned in al Qaeda-linked attack in Mali

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 September, 2025
Security measures are taken after an attack by the terrorist organisation called al-Shabaab on a hotel in Beledweyne city of Hirshabelle state in Hiran region
Islamic State group
MENA
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UN experts warn of IS, al-Qaeda's Africa threats, risks in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 July, 2025
Fighters from the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stand to attention during a military training graduation ceremony in the country's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on August 16, 2023. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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UN report sees no active Syrian state links to Al Qaeda

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 July, 2025
Gaza war [Getty]
Gaza War
MENA
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Yemen's al-Qaeda branch threatens Trump, Musk over Gaza war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 June, 2025
SYRIA-CONFLICT-US-JIHADIST
Syria
MENA
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US says killed senior Al-Qaeda operative in Syria strike

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 January, 2025
Members of al-Qaeda with covered face from different nationalities, they are in an area called the Air Force Intelligence in Aleppo fighting with al-Assad's army elements in the front line
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Al-Qaeda's Syria wing dissolves following Assad ouster

Matthew Hoare
29 January, 2025
Don't be fooled by al-Sharaa's charm offensive: It may be a trap
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

Don't be fooled by al-Sharaa's charm offensive: It may be a trap

Ramzi Abou Ismail

Ramzi Abou Ismail

26 December, 2024
Syria
MENA
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US says it killed senior militant group leader in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 August, 2024
Jail bars
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Rights group criticises Saudi 'terrorism' execution

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 August, 2024
Yemen
MENA
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Al-Qaeda kills 16 Yemeni pro-government fighters: official

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 August, 2024
9/11
World
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US says plea deal reached with alleged 9/11 mastermind

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 August, 2024
There has been an upsurge in militant activity in Pakistan after the Taliban takeover of neighbouring Afghanistan [Getty]
Pakistan
World
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Pakistan arrests 'close associate' of Osama Bin Laden

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 July, 2024
STC - getty Aden
Yemen
MENA
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Yemen: Al-Qaeda attack kills 2 southern separatist fighters

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 March, 2024
Yemen
MENA
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Yemen's AQAP says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead, unclear why

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 March, 2024
Yemen
MENA
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Yemen: Eight fighters killed in suspected Al-Qaeda attacks

The New Arab Staff
25 September, 2023
Yemen
MENA
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Yemen: Abducted UN official freed by AQAP after 18 months

The New Arab Staff
10 August, 2023
Yemen
MENA
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Yemen: Al-Qaeda figure arrested in new STC security campaign

The New Arab Staff
07 August, 2023
Somalia
MENA
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100 Al-Qaeda militants killed in Somalia: deputy minister

The New Arab Staff
29 July, 2023
Niger
World
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Five killed in suspected jihadist attack in Niger

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 July, 2023
Kenya
World
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20 'militants' killed in Al-Shabaab attack on Kenyan police

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 July, 2023