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Bombing kills co-founder of Syria's main al-Qaida-linked group, once known as Nusra Front
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber set off his explosives late on Thursday in northwestern Syria, killing the co-founder of the country's main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the northwest, a war monitor said. Some activists disputed the source of the explosion,...
An al-Qaida attack in Yemen kills 2 troops loyal to a secessionist group, officials say
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An attack by al-Qaida in southern Yemen killed at least two troops loyal to a secessionist group, officials said Monday, in the first attack since the extremist group's branch in the Arab country announced the death of its leader earlier this month. The attack,...
Al-Qaida's Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear circumstances
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of Yemen's branch of al-Qaida is dead, the militant group announced late Sunday, without giving details. Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his head from the U.S. government over leading the group, al-Qaida in the Arabian...
Protesters march in Syria against al-Qaida-linked group as a prominent militant is released
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A powerful al-Qaida-linked group that dominates much of rebel-held northwestern Syria released Friday one of its founders after he spent months in jail on suspicion of having links with forces outside the country. The release appears to be a move by the...
IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Islamic State militants attacked villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens injured and missing, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The attack against the truffle hunters was one...
UN experts: Terrorist threat is high in Africa conflict zones and Afghanistan, and rose in Europe
The terrorist threat from al-Qaida, the Islamic State group and their affiliates remains high in conflict zones in Africa and in Afghanistan – and threat levels have risen in some regions including Europe, U.N. experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said in the 23-page...
Somalia's intelligence agency says it blocks WhatsApp groups used by al-Qaida-linked militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency said Tuesday it has for the first time managed to shut down 20 WhatsApp groups allegedly operated by the extremist group al-Shabab for extortion and intimidation. NISA in a statement said its cyber...
Families of those killed in the 2002 Bali bombings testify at hearing for Guantanamo detainees
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Relatives of some of the 202 people killed in a pair of bombings on the resort island of Bali testified Wednesday of lives wrecked and families shattered in the attacks more than 20 years ago, speaking at a U.S. sentencing hearing at Guantanamo Bay for two Malaysian men in...
Civil war turned Somalia's main soccer stadium into an army camp. Now it's hosting games again
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A stadium in Somalia's violence-prone capital is hosting its first soccer tournament in three decades, drawing thousands of people to a facility that had been abandoned for years and later became a base for military — and even extremists — amid civil war. ...
The US military has carried out airstrikes in Somalia that killed 3 al-Qaida-linked militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it conducted airstrikes in Somalia over the weekend that killed three al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants and that there were no civilian casualties. The U.S. Africa Command, based in Stuttgart Germany, said in a...
