Al-Qaida group asks for a truce
UPI - Sun May 27, 10:34 am ETSANAA, Yemen, May 27 (UPI) -- Having suffered severe losses, al-Qaida leaders in Abyan, Yemen, offered to release several foreign hostages for a truce, military officials said Sunday.
SANAA, Yemen, May 27 (UPI) -- Having suffered severe losses, al-Qaida leaders in Abyan, Yemen, offered to release several foreign hostages for a truce, military officials said Sunday.
BAGHDAD, May 27 (UPI) -- High ranking al-Qaida leader Abu Nasr al-Jahali was arrested southeast of Tikrit, Iraq, in a military operation led by the Salah al-Din unit, officials said.
An Al-Qaeda offshoot has seized a key arms depot in Mali, security sources said Sunday, deepening the crisis facing the country after rebels declared an independent Islamic state in the north.
Exclusive: When U.S. Special Forces raided Osama bin Laden’s compound last year, they grabbed al-Qaeda documents describing internal debates, including how the terror group should continue exploiting Israel’s abuse of Palestinians as a crucial recruitment pitch, reports Robert Parry.
The US government says it is taking the cyber battle to its enemy by hacking al Qaeda websites.
An al-Qaeda offshoot has seized a key underground arms depot in the strategic town of Gao in Mali's rebel-controlled north.
London, May 27: Europol, the European Union's criminal intelligence agency, has warned that al-Qaeda could to target the London Olympics.
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 27 (UPI) -- The rebel Free Syrian Army says a massacre in Houla was evidence a United Nations cease-fire drafted in March was useless and retaliation is the only option.
Two key rebel movements in Mali have agreed to join forces, saying together they will rule an independent Islamic state.
Yemeni military officials say fighting in two southern flashpoint towns has left 27 al-Qaida fighters and seven soldiers dead, and a top commander says the army is pushing the militants out of the area.
Yemen says 27 al-Qaida militants, 7 soldiers killed in clashes in south
Fresh attacks reflect an escalating fight—and a plan for a deadly endgame with America. By Bruce Riedel.
The Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies were excessive, reined in by the courts and Congress. His successor then overpromised in the other direction and was reined in by politics.
European terrorism experts are warning that al-Qa'ida may be planning an assault on the London Olympics in a bid to "maximise their impact" in 2012.
Militants have posted online a video in which a man identifying himself as a Saudi diplomat kidnapped by al-Qaida in Yemen appeals to Saudi Arabia's rulers to respond to his captors' demands and...
The United Nations action over a massacre this weekend of at least 108 villagers was the strongest yet allowed by Russia, which has blocked criticism of Syria’s president.
It is rare the U.S. government would admit an hacking event as an effort of counter-terrorism.
At LEAST 22 Islamist militants were killed in clashes and an air strike in southern Yemen, where government troops are fighting rebels linked to al-Qaeda, an official said yesterday.
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Below are some of the notable comments made Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Sunday Sound: Heard on This Week Leon Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta on Being Secretary of Defense PANETTA: Well, you don’t get a hell of a lot of...
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 27 (UPI) -- Syria said Sunday the massacre of at least 90 people over the weekend was evidence that international terrorists were behind the ongoing rebellion.