Another blow came in 2016 when the Nusra Front broke away. Its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, then known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, went on to topple Bashar al-Assad in 2024. He became ...

In the 25 years since al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked passenger jets and flew them into New York's World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, the group founded by Osama bin Laden has spawned affiliates ...

For months now, Al-Qaeda has choked supplies of food and fuel to Bamako, the capital of Mali. From 2013 on, French troops had protected Mali from Al-Qaeda insurgents. But in 2022, following a military ...

He once fought American troops in Iraq and spent years behind bars at Abu Ghraib, the notorious prison that became synonymous with the US detention programme in the country. Today, Ahmad al-Sharaa is ...

Twenty-five years after 9/11, analysts still can’t agree on whether Al Qaeda is a spent force or a resurgent threat. Generation Jihad’s Bill Roggio and co-host Will Selber speak with guest Graeme Wood ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The US military conducted its first airstrike against al Qaeda in Libya Saturday, killing one of the group's leaders, according to US Africa Command, which oversees US military ...

After years of fading from the spotlight, al Qaeda has reemerged as powerful as ever and is now poised to take over its first country in the central Sahel. After ...

Could China replace the United States atop the target list of transnational jihadist groups like al-Qaeda? A recent statement released by Sheikh Saad bin Atef al Awlaqi, the emir of al-Qaeda in the ...