Al Qaeda

Militant ambush kills 24 soldiers in Mali, many missing

Army says eight soldiers escaped attack on around a dozen vehicles in northwest Bouka Were, around 100 kilometres from border with Mauritania.

Twelve soldiers killed in attack near Burkina border – Ivory Coast army

The deadliest attack since March 2016 follows a joint military operation launched by Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso last month to tackle the expanding threat from militants linked to al Qaeda and Daesh in the Sahel region.

Russian air strikes in Idlib, Syria kill at least three civilians

More than 20 air strikes targeted two mountains and three villages in the Jabal al Zawiya region and two other villages in the countryside of the Hama province, a war monitor and a civil defence group said.

French forces kill al Qaeda's North African commander

There was no immediate confirmation of his death from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, known as AQIM, which has made millions of dollars abducting foreigners for ransom over the years and made large swaths of West Africa too dangerous for aid groups.

Why Twitter does not block PKK-linked accounts for “glorifying violence”

In light of its new policy of marking hateful content, the company does little to stop PKK-linked accounts, which glorify violence against the Turkish state.

Gunmen kill at least 30 in Burkina Faso attack

Residents say a livestock market in eastern town of Kompienbiga was targeted, in a deadly raid that security sources say was carried by groups with links to Al Qaeda and Daesh.

Will revelations about the US naval base shooting impact ties with Saudis?

US officials have finally broken into the iPhones of Mohammad Alshamrani who they say was working for Al Qaeda.

Saudi attacker on US base had longstanding Al Qaeda ties - US

Attack by Royal Saudi Air Force flight student Alshamrani would be the first successful Al Qaeda-organised assault on the US since the September 11, 2001 attacks, said David Sterman, a senior policy analyst at the New America think tank.

Turkey-UAE spat: How the rogue Gulf state sowed chaos in the Middle East

Under the command of Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, its military adventurism has had a disastrous impact in several countries, mainly in Libya, Syria and Yemen.

Mali army base attack kills at least 25 soldiers – army

Officials say the death toll could climb after militants, who arrived on motorbikes and in cars, attacked a military base in the Gao region.

Community empowerment is the key to containing coronavirus in Somalia

The only way to counter the diminished writ of Somalia's central authority is to strengthen community action.

Why is Washington so discreet about the US-Taliban deal?

Top US negotiator, Zalmay Khalilzad is known to have connections with shadowy figures in Afghanistan and experts are struggling to understand what exactly he has agreed with the Taliban.