ADEN , Yemen (AFP) — A suicide bomber targeted the police chief of Yemen’s second city Aden on Thursday in the latest attack against senior officials in the base of the Saudi-backed government, a security official said. The bombing came after loyalist forces backed by a Saudi-led military coalition seized the key southeastern port city of Mukalla and the nearby airport and oil facilities from Al-Qaeda, ending a year-long occupation by the jihadists. General Shallal […]
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Canada PM condemns ‘cold-blooded murder’ of hostage in Philippines
(REUTERS) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned on Monday (April 25) the execution of a Canadian hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines, calling it “an act of cold-blooded murder.” John Ridsdel, 68, a former mining executive, was captured by Islamist militants along with three other people in September 2015 while on vacation on a Philippine island. The Philippine army said a severed head was found on a remote island on Monday, […]
Philippines: Five things to know about the Abu Sayyaf
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic militant group from the southern Philippines notorious for abducting foreigners, beheaded a Canadian hostage on Monday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “outraged” by the killing, and authorities were trying to free another Canadian still being held along with a Norwegian man and a Filipina. Here are five facts about Abu Sayyaf: Origins The group is a radical offshoot of a Muslim separatist insurgency that has […]
800 Al-Qaeda fighters killed in Yemen anti-jihad offensive: Arab coalition
RIYADH,Saudi Arabia (AFP) — More than 800 members of Al-Qaeda were killed in a military offensive against the group in the south of Yemen, the Saudi-led Arab coalition operating in the country said Monday. “The operation resulted… in the death of more than 800 Al-Qaeda members and some of their leaders, while some others fled,” coalition commanders said in a statement published by SPA, the official Saudi news agency. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
Turkish border town hit by new rocket fire from Syria after 2 killed
INSTABUL, Turkey (AFP ) — A Turkish town on the Syrian border was on Wednesday hit by new rocket fire from Syria, a day after two people were killed by shelling from a jihadist-controlled area, reports said. Kilis, which lies just a few kilometres from the border with Syria, has been hit by fire from Katyusha-type rockets every day this week amid growing concern over its vulnerability. The latest rocket fire caused no injuries with the projectiles falling […]
Yemeni Al Qaeda chief killed in U.S. bombing
JUNE 16 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda in Yemen said its leader, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, was killed in a U.S. bombing, in major blow by the United States against the global militant group’s strongest branch. “We as the jihadist Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula mourn to our Islamic Umma the Sheikh the prince, the leader, the ascetic Abu Basir Nasser Bin Abdulkarim al-Wuhayshi, may God rest his soul, who has been killed by an American raid which targeted […]
Rebels capture last Syrian town in Idlib province
The Syrian army has pulled back from the northwestern city of Ariha after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the last city in Idlib province in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border that was still held by the government. A coalition of rebel groups called Jaish al Fateh, or Conquest Army, said it had taken over the city. Syria’s al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front is a major part of the coalition. The coalition said it […]
Al Qaeda admits involvement in Paris atttack
The Al-Qaeda in Yemen admitted that they are behind the attacks on the French satirical publication “Charlie Hebdo”, saying that it is in retaliation for the alleged insult against Prophet Muhammad.
Al Qaeda releases French hostage after three years
French President Francois Hollande made a statement saying that Al Qaeda released its last French hostage.
Al Qaeda announces new India wing
The Al-Qaeda group has announced its new branch in the Indian sub-continent.
Conflict in Iraq drives oil prices higher
The sudden eruption of an al Qaeda-linked militant insurgency in northern Iraq last week triggered the biggest oil price spike in almost a year, as traders feared a civil war that might also draw in oil-rich neighbors.
27 Al-Qaeda Terrorists, Dead in Airstrike
27 Al-Qaeda terrorists were killed in an airstrike conducted by the Iraqi government forces.
