The US State Department’s new report on terrorism lists the Islamic Republic of Iran as the top international state-sponsor of terrorism and cites Tehran’s work with facilitating the activities of Sunni terrorist organization al-Qaeda.
Kenya marked the end of 200 days since the abduction of two Cuban slave doctors, believed to be under the custody of the jihadist terrorist group al-Shabaab, on Wednesday with hearings featuring witnesses of the abduction near the Somali border in April.
The Islamic State still had not responded to the death of its “caliph,” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as of Wednesday afternoon. The ISIS news agency Amaq took little notice of al-Baghdadi’s demise, while “chatter” in jihadi social media networks is reportedly subdued.
Trump on bin Laden: “I want to personally congratulate President Obama and the men [and] women of the Armed Forces for a job very well done.”
The Taliban posted a past interview with its founder on the 18th anniversary of its ongoing war with America.
The federal government approved a visa for a national from Saudi Arabia in 2011 who attended an al-Qaeda training camp, the Islamic terrorist organization responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Afghan commandos and an intelligence unit over the weekend raided a Taliban warehouse used to store explosives expected to be used by jihadis from al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) to carry out attacks in Kabul and other “major cities.”
Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda wing in Somalia, carried out a wave of attacks over the weekend using heavy weapons to kill at least 17 people in the East African country.
President Donald Trump released a statement Saturday, confirming that the U.S. killed Osama Bin Laden’s son and successor Hamza bin Laden in a successful counterterrorism operation.
During Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, reflected on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
China’s Global Times regime newspaper used the 18th anniversary of the jihadist attacks on America on September 11, 2001, to call America a “disgrace” and complain Washington has prevented “greater achievements” in “global governance” since.
The Afghanistan-based Taliban and its global jihadi ally al-Qaeda remain formidable and more geographically dispersed today than during any other time since the 9/11 attacks.
A delegation of prominent Evangelical leaders met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in the Red Sea port of Jeddah on Tuesday, the eve of the anniversary of September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
The death penalty trial of the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind and his four co-conspirators held at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is still pending nearly two decades after the jihadis executed the attack, the deadliest on American soil.
The Taliban on Tuesday vowed to continue fighting in Afghanistan, saying U.S. President Donald Trump would “regret” declaring peace negotiations with the terrorist group over.
Mattis criticized former Vice President Joe Biden in his new book, “Call Sign Chaos,” for wanting to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq.
Ongoing Syrian regime efforts to push al-Qaeda-linked jihadis allied with Turkey-backed rebels out of the last opposition stronghold in Syria’s Idlib province is causing a humanitarian crisis, the Turkish president reportedly said Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump stressed this week that there would be no complete withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan, saying the United States would “always” have to keep an eye on the Taliban.
The Washington Post reported Thursday that Islamic militants have been singling out Christians for execution in a remarkably honest exposé of the situation.
The demise of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) caliphate in Iraq and Syria is reportedly pushing some members of the jihadi organization into countries with substantial Muslim populations.
Russian and Syrian warplanes struck a Turkish convoy Monday allegedly carrying military supplies for Turkey-allied rebels who have joined forces with al-Qaeda-linked jihadis in Syria’s Idlib province, a monitor group reported.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking to interrogate an alleged Egyptian man living in Brazil, who they claim is suspected operative for Al Qaeda involved in planning terrorist attacks against the United States.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reminded a crowd of supporters that he considers climate change a bigger national security threat than ISIS and Al-Qaeda during a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday.
A Pakistani cleric described as an associate of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to wage jihad against Indian troops in Kashmir, the Times reported Friday.
Turkey has renewed plans to launch a military operation against the U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters who helped the United States defeat the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL) territorial caliphate, the Turkish president announced over the weekend.
Afghan special forces reportedly killed or wounded 31 Taliban jihadis affiliated with al-Qaeda in eastern Afghanistan this week, including Chinese and Chechen militants.
The Islamic State terror group continues to pose a real and present danger, according to the latest United Nations six-month report on jihadist activities.
The United Nations confirmed this week that the Somalia-based al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab is forcing civilians to surrender hundreds of children from their community for “indoctrination” and “recruitment” to become jihadis.
President Donald Trump criticized Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday for claiming that he was supporting Al Qaeda.
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has repeatedly accused President Donald Trump of backing al-Qaeda, including during Wednesday’s Democrat debate.
The strength of the Afghan security forces stands at its “lowest level” in years, a U.S. watchdog agency revealed Thursday.
NBC News cited anonymous sources Wednesday claiming U.S. intelligence officials believe Osama bin Laden’s son and possible successor as leader of al-Qaeda, Hamza bin Laden, is dead.
Turkey has deported 4,500 Syrians this month alone, suggesting authorities are intensifying efforts to deal with the “rumbling grievances” by locals “over their prolonged presence,” Reuters reported this week.
Al-Shabaab assumed responsibility for an assassination attempt this week on an American diplomat in the Somali capital of Mogadishu that killed six and wounded six others, including the city’s mayor.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday suggested that the Taliban should play a role in Afghanistan’s political process after a peace agreement is reached, a move that could allow the narco-jihadi group to return to office in Kabul after U.S. forces removed its regime from power in late 2001 for harboring the 9/11 perpetrator al-Qaeda.
Trump’s statement about Ilhan Omar was half true. Minimizing or excusing radical Islamic terror is different — morally and factually — from supporting it outright.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) refused to respond to claims made by President Donald Trump that she praised Al-Qaeda.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Somali forces Saturday morning ended an all-night siege on a hotel in the southern port city of Kismayo, in which the death toll has risen to 26 people, including a prominent Canadian-Somali journalist and several foreigners, officials say.
Forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad are struggling to seize the last remaining rebel stronghold in northwestern Syria held by Turkey-backed opposition fighters and al-Qaeda-linked jihadis who have joined forces against the regime, Reuters reported Wednesday.
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri urged supporters in the disputed Kashmir region to inflict “unrelenting blows” on Indian soldiers and their government, the Long War Journal learned this week from one of the terrorist group’s media arms.
