Islamic State’s rivalry with al-Qaeda runs deep
Originally known as al-Qaeda in Iraq, Islamic State (IS) had been in increasing tension with bin Laden’s organization for several years before it split ties...
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Saudi attacker on U.S. base had longstanding ties to al-Qaeda
The Saudi military student who killed three Americans at a U.S. naval base in December had longstanding ties to Al-Qaeda and planned an attack before...
Why the Islamic State and al-Qaeda terrorist groups are battling for control in Africa’s Sahel?
Africa’s Sahel, a region running across the breadth of the continent, between the Sahara in the north and the Sudanian Savanna in the south, has...
Boko Haram terrorist group funded and inspired by Osama Bin Laden?
The Algerian civil war, Sahelian camps, Saudi networks; an American academic describes a Nigerian jihad with a regional focus, long before the emergence of the...
Italy sentences Somalian national to over eight years for plotting terrorist act in Vatican
A court in the southern Italian city of Bari on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old Somali man to 104 months in prison for plotting a terrorist...
Pakistani national deported who conspired to launder proceeds of terrorist financing
A Pakistani national and former Washington, D.C. business owner who served the last eight years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money and to...
Islamic State claims that al-Qaeda started a war in West Africa
The Islamic State claims in the latest edition of its weekly Al-Naba newsletter that al-Qaeda started a “war” against the so-called caliphate’s men in West...
Tariq Abdelhaleem
Tariq Abdul Haleem is an Egyptian Islamist cleric residing in Canada in Ontario's city of Mississauga and head of the Dar al-Arqam institution there. Tariq...
Hani al-Sibai
Hani Mohammed Yusuf al-Siba'i is an Egyptian Islamic scholar who was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and now lives in London as a political...
Al Qaeda offshoot appeals to Muslims to unite and fight against the Citizenship Amendment Act
The Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Tuesday issued a statement, asking Indian Muslims, especially scholars, to unite and wage war against India as...
The Islamic State’s ideological campaign against al-Qaeda
On April 29, the Islamic State’s “province” (wilayah) in Yemen released a lengthy video that is intended to undermine al-Qaeda’s ideological legitimacy within the jihadists’...
Al Qaeda urges Indian Muslims to wage jihad against India
Almost a year after its chief Ayman al-Zawahiri asked militants in Kashmir to step up terror attacks against India, Al Qaeda on Monday urged Indian...