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Senior US general 'ordered' Twitter announcement of drone strike on major al Qaeda leader
A defense official has said that some of CENTCOM Commander General Erik Kurilla’s subordinates have urged him to hold off on the tweet until there was more clarity on who was actually killed
Seven deadly blows that have shaken radical Islam worldwide
Islamists may argue that their faith has overcome such adversities and remained unchanged, but they would underestimate the potent mix that technology combined with the human need for happiness and progress can create
Al-Qaeda vows to avenge the death of Atiq Ahmed in Eid message
Al-Qaeda issued a seven-page magazine to deliver its message on Eid-ul-Fitr where it also vowed to 'liberate Muslims'
More pyramids than Egypt, 30-year rule of wanted war criminal and more: 5 things to know about Sudan
Sudan has a history of civil strife and coups. The vast east African country is also the world's largest producer of gum arabic, a key ingredient used in everything from soft drinks to chewing gum and pharmaceuticals, and it has more pyramids than Egypt
Burkina Faso: Forty-four killed in two attacks by terrorist groups
Burkina Faso has been caught up in a spiral of violence since 2015, attributed to armed jihadist movements affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
Al-Qaeda confirms top figure killed in Yemen strike: monitor
Tamimi, a Saudi also known as Abdel Aziz al-Adnani, died in a drone strike on February 26 that targeted his residence in war-torn Yemen's northern Marib province, according to the statement quoted by SITE, which monitors jihadist websites
Al Qaeda’s new leader Seif al-Adel has $10 million bounty on his head
The new leader is known to keep a relatively low profile, unlike his slain predecessors who maintained a high profile with fiery videos broadcast around the globe threatening the United States
In Myanmar, fight between rebels and military heralds drone wars in the East
The civil war in Myanmar after the 1 February 2021 military takeover is not only become “curiouser and curiouser”, but of late a “tale of drone wars”
ISI’s subterfuges in Bangladesh as India struggles to strengthen politically weakening Sheikh Hasina
Anti-Indianism is the most important aspect that has been binding the Bangladesh-Pakistan relationship
US strike kills 30 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia
A US military strike on Friday killed approximately 30 Islamist Al Shabaab fighters near the central Somali town of Galcad, where Somalia's military was engaged in heavy fighting, US Africa Command said in a statement
LeT leader Abdul Rehman Makki releases video from jail, denies any links with al-Qaeda or ISIS
Makki has been in jail since 2019, where he is serving multiple sentences in terror finance cases along with Hafiz Saeed and some other LeT and JuD senior leaders
Taliban wants to send envoy to Delhi, boost ties between India, Afghanistan
The proposed candidates to become the envoy to India for Afghanistan's current rulers include controvertial Taliban leader Abdul Qahar Balkhi, who is alleged to have issued death threats against journalists
‘Still open’ to ceasefire agreement with Pakistan government, says TTP chief
The TTP, which is believed to have close links to al-Qaeda, has threatened to target top leaders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s PML-N and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s PPP if the ruling coalition continued to implement strict measures against the militants
Explained: What Al-Qaeda’s silence of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s death could mean
President Joe Biden stated in August 2022 that US forces fired two missiles from a drone flying above Kabul, striking al-Zawahiri's safe house and killing him. Since then, the global jihadist group has yet to confirm his death or name a new leader
India to buy MQ-9 Reaper, the drone that killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri
The US had reportedly used the MQ-9 Reaper drone for an air strike on a compound in Kabul, Afghanistan that had allegedly killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri
With Indonesia’s rising Islamism and extramarital sex ban, are places like Bali safe for tourists?
Islamism has been on the rise in Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population in the world
Brazenly invoking Islamophobia to instigate Muslims: Why CAIR has become an Islamist front
Even as Muslims struggle to challenge the stereotypical portrayal in popular media and a just and equitable position in American society, CAIR is more concerned about furthering the agenda of the Islamists
Taslima Nasrin writes: Why Muslims must reform themselves first before seeking to transform Islam
My guileless mother used to read the same Quran that the murderers at ISIS read. My mother used to forgive, while ISIS only kills. The time has come to turn Islam into a religion of peace
Why Al-Jazeera is silent on Qatar’s dubious human rights records, but gets vocal on India and its democracy
As a media outlet that has hired journalists mostly from the West, Al-Jazeera is the heady cocktail of the white supremacist syndrome and the Middle Eastern complex vis-à-vis India
Zakir Naik saga exposes Europe and Qatar: They should stop lecturing India on trade relations and religious tolerance
While Qatar’s Islamist connections are well known, the Western world’s supposed commitment to human rights and liberal values takes a back seat when the commercial interests take the wheel