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Son of Osama bin Laden deported from France, barred from returning

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 3, 2019.

Islamist groups escalate retaliatory attacks on Burkina Faso civilians, HRW says

Pope Francis is taken past a guard of honour ahead of his departure from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

ISIS attack on Pope Francis in Jakarta thwarted: Indonesian police detain terror org. members

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

STEVEN SOTLOFF in Egypt: His bold reporting took him to places like Libya, Syria, Egypt, and Yemen, the writer notes.

A wider threat: We're paying the price of ignoring Seven Sotloff's early warnings on ISIS

By FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE

Fighters affiliated with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadist group in Syria transport the remains of a motorcycle reportedly targeted in a drone attack on the eastern edge of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, early on June 28, 2022.

US Central Command kills Al Qaeda-affiliated Hurras al-Din senior leader

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Taliban fighters celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Al-Qaeda affiliate says it has taken two Russians hostage in Niger

By REUTERS

NATIONAL SECURITY Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi issues a statement to the media in Tel Aviv, in late October. Just days before the October 7 attacks, he said in an interview: ‘Hamas is very, very restrained and understands the implications of further defiance.’

Fear's defeat: militant Islam and the challenges of deterrence

By JOSEPH NICHOL

Iran's acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024.

Release frozen Afghan assets, Tehran demands

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Southern movement successionists take up positions in the Jabal al-Ierr area of Yemen's southern Lahej province, as they prepare to secure the area against Shi'ite Houthis, March 7, 2015.

Explosion kills six south Yemen rebel troops in suspected al-Qaeda attack

By THE MEDIA LINE

Taliban fighters celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Terrorist groups recruit radicalized Muslims online as security operatives work to stop terror

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Al Shabaab display their weapons on the outskirts of Mogadishu, December 8, 2008.

Al Shabaab launches deadly attack on military base in Somalia

By REUTERS

Taliban fighters celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Al-Qaeda resurfaces in Afghanistan with new training camps, Islamic schools

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

The Arabic-language television station al-Jazeera said November 12, 2002 that Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden, shown in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo, has hailed recent anti-Western attacks in Bali, Kuwait and Yemen, and last month's hostage-taking in Moscow. The television said b

Pay with the 'blood of Christians': TikTok users share agreement with Bin Laden's letter

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

PHOTO: IRAN’S FOREIGN Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (left) meets with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, last month.

The US must designate Qatar as a state sponsor of terrorism - opinion

By JORDAN COPE

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 3, 2019.

Australian doctor freed by al Qaeda after 7 years in captivity

By REUTERS

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014. The offshoot of al Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a st

Belgium arrests suspected al Qaeda member over Iraq attacks

By REUTERS

A MEMBER of the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) stands at a checkpoint in Aden, in 2021.

Even with Iran-Saudi deal, the war in Yemen is far from over - opinion

By HADEEL OUEIS

Shi'ite Houthi rebels drive a patrol truck past an Ansar al-Sharia flag painted on the side of a hill, along a road in Almnash, the main stronghold of Ansar al-Sharia, the local wing of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Rada, Yemen November 22, 2014

Al Qaeda leader in Yemen killed in airstrike attributed to US - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF