Tag: Al Qaeda

Lebanese army and citizens gather at the site of an explosion, in the predominately Shiite town of Hermel, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the Syrian border in northeast Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. A suicide attacker blew himself up at an army checkpoint after troops tried to search his car Saturday, killing and wounding a number of people including soldiers in the latest blast linked to Syria's civil war, a senior military official and the state news agency said. (AP Photo)

Al-Qaida group claims Lebanese army suicide attack

Diaa Hadid · February 23, 2014 11:49 am

In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, Hamza, 6, left, hugs his mother Abeer al-Hassani whose two brother were killed in a US drone strike last year and a third brother was killed in fighting against government troops in 2012. All three brothers had joined al-Qaida in Yemen before their deaths. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

In Yemen, a woman’s life entangled with al-Qaida

Hamza Hendawi · February 21, 2014 6:16 pm

Kerry Plan May Put Al Qaeda in the West Bank

Lee Smith · February 12, 2014 4:08 pm

Still Out There; Still Dangerous

Still Out There; Still Dangerous

Geoffrey Norman · February 12, 2014 2:43 pm

Internet gambling aids al Qaeda, Republican casino billionaire warns

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Internet gambling aids al Qaeda, Republican casino billionaire warns

Timothy P. Carney · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Rumors of al Qaeda’s Demise

Stephen F. Hayes · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

House Intelligence committee chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., complained last week that a number of terrorist suspects were all but out of reach under the administration's new rules that limit drone strikes based on the target's nationality or location. Two of the U.S. officials said the Justice Department review of the American suspected terrorist started last fall. (AP image)

National Security

US suspect possibly targeted for drone attack

Kimberly Dozier · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Intel Officials Stumped by Question About <i>When</i> Benghazi Terrorists Will Be Captured

Intel Officials Stumped by Question About When Benghazi Terrorists Will Be Captured

Daniel Halper · February 5, 2014 6:35 pm

Last week, at the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's annual threat-assessment hearing, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that one of the leading groups in the Syrian rebellion -- the al Qaeda-affiliated al Nusra Front -- would like to attack the U.S. homeland. (AP Photo)

Al Qaeda’s Syrian rebels have ‘aspirations’ to attack US

Terence Jeffrey · February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Ambassador: ‘Preeminent Security Threat to the United States Continues to Be from al-Qa’ida’

Ambassador: ‘Preeminent Security Threat to the United States Continues to Be from al-Qa’ida’

Daniel Halper · February 4, 2014 3:11 pm

Kerry: ‘Al-Qaeda Threat Is Real, It Is Getting Out of Hand’

Kerry: ‘Al-Qaeda Threat Is Real, It Is Getting Out of Hand’

Daniel Halper · February 3, 2014 4:11 pm

In this Sunday Feb. 2, 2014 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows buildings damaged by Syrian government forces airplanes, in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian government helicopters and warplanes unleashed a wave of airstrikes on more than a dozen opposition-held neighborhoods in the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, firing missiles and dropping crude barrel bombs in a ferocious attack that killed dozens of people, including at least 17 children, activists said. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Al-Qaida breaks ties with group in Syria

Maamoun Youssef · February 3, 2014 1:54 pm