Tag: Al Qaeda

This image taken from video posted on an Islamist website shows an unidentified militant associated with a group calling itself al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. (AP Photo/ APTN)

National Security

Is al Qaeda more dangerous than ISIS again?

Jamie McIntyre · March 11, 2017 5:01 am

The Pentagon says the U.S. conducted one additional airstrike in Yemen early Monday morning targeting seven militants, for a total of 40 strikes over five days. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrhman)

National Security

US kills former Guantanamo detainee in Yemen

Jamie McIntyre · March 6, 2017 9:03 pm

Fire and smoke rise following a Saudi-led airstrike hit an army base in Sanaa, Yemen on Jan. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

Yemen strikes take place under Trump’s new fast-track bombing rules

Jamie McIntyre · March 3, 2017 5:34 pm

The airstrikes targeted militants, equipment, infrastructure, heavy weapons systems and fighting positions. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

More than 20 airstrikes target al Qaeda militants in Yemen

Jamie McIntyre · March 2, 2017 5:14 pm

Aides say Mattis is particularly upset about an NBC News report suggesting that so far none of the intelligence gathered in the raid, which cost the life of Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens, has proven to be either "actionable or vital." (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

National Security

Mattis livid at reports disputing value of Yemen raid

Jamie McIntyre · March 2, 2017 1:58 pm

President Trump's travel ban has made it difficult for foreign students studying in America to return from abroad. (AP Photo/Gary Cosby Jr., Tuscaloosa News)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s travel ban threatens our ability to spread American values abroad

Eugene Chudnovsky · February 10, 2017 12:20 am

NBC News citing "military and intelligence officials" claimed Qasim al-Rimi was the real target of the raid conducted in a remote area of Yemen. (AP Photo/Wael Qubady, File)

National Security

Pentagon denies al Qaeda leader was ‘secret’ target of Yemen raid

Jamie McIntyre · February 7, 2017 6:42 pm

"The White House's new fool has received a painful blow at your hands in his first outing on your land," Qassim al-Rimi says in a recording to his followers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

National Security

Al Qaeda leader in Yemen mocks Trump

Kelly Cohen · February 5, 2017 3:45 pm

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of al Qaida's death were greatly exaggerated. Anticipatory obituaries appeared after the death of al Qaida founder Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Al-Arabiya via APTN)

Beltway Confidential

Al Qaeda is back

Sean Durns · February 5, 2017 1:00 am

Marine One, with President Donald Trump, lands at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Trump traveled to Dover AFB to meet with family members Chief of Special Warfare Operator William "Ryan" Ownes, 36, of Peoria, Ill, the U.S. service member who was killed in a raid in Yemen, and who's remains where returned today. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump report card: Wobbles in second week

Paul Bedard · February 4, 2017 12:31 pm

The U.S. military is releasing video clips from the trove of intelligence captured in last weekend's raid on an al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula compound in Yemen.

National Security

US military releases, then pulls back, terrorist videos seized in Yemen raid

Jamie McIntyre · February 3, 2017 6:15 pm

"We have no information to suggest that this was compromised," said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Pentagon denies ‘element of surprise’ lost in Yemen raid

Jamie McIntyre · February 2, 2017 7:33 pm