Is Ukraine Helping Al Qaeda Conquer West Africa?

Ukraine-backed Tuareg rebels in Mali have aligned with JNIM, raising fears Kyiv’s anti-Russia strategy could aid Al Qaeda’s ...

Mali attacks spotlight the growing reach of militants across West Africa

Simultaneous attacks in Mali by militants linked to al Qaeda and separatist Tuareg rebels on April 25 showed how fighters ...

Al Qaeda group says Mali army quits northern town as insurgency spreads

BAMAKO, April 27 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's West Africa affiliate said on Monday that Mali's army was withdrawing from the northern town of Tessit, as the insurgents press an offensive that began with ...

Al-Qaeda issues strong anti-Pakistan statement, pledges support to Afghan Taliban

In a statement widely shared on social media, the group claims Pakistan is acting on orders from the United States and says ...
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Al Qaeda Now

Yet those same experts also blame al Qaeda for terrorist acts all over the world-in Russia, South East Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Turkey. That raises the question of just what al Qaeda ...
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The making of an al Qaeda fighter: Spin Ghul’s journey from the streets of Saudi Arabia to jihadi training camps

Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, known by the nom de guerre Spin Ghul, is shown in this US Attorney’s office in Brooklyn evidence photo released in New York, on March 6, 2017. - US Attorney's Office ...

Jihadists Are on the Brink of an African Caliphate

Islamists in Mali have routed Kremlin-backed forces after confounding efforts by the West to uproot al Qaeda and its ...

Mali's junta asked Russians to bring order. Militants just stormed in.

Al-Qaeda-linked fighters killed the defense minister, a top Moscow ally, and forced Russian mercenaries to retreat, ...