4 Linked To Paris Attack Appear In French Court
The four men, all in their 20s, are accused of providing logistical support to Ahmed Coulibaly, the gunman who took hostages at a Kosher supermarket during the Jan. 7-9 Paris attacks.
View ArticleBoko Haram Takes A Page From ISIS Propaganda Playbook
The Nigerian Islamist militant group has traded grainy videos for slick productions. This week, Boko Haram posted a video purportedly showing the bodies of two beheaded men accused of spying.
View ArticleDrone Strike Reportedly Kills Al-Qaida Leader In Yemen
Ibrahim al-Rubaish was a prominent al-Qaida cleric who was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2006. He had a $5 million bounty on his head.
View ArticleU.S. Operations Killed Two Hostages Held By Al-Qaida, Including An American
Two Americans who worked for al-Qaida were also killed in the counterterrorism operations in January, the White House said. The two hostages killed included an Italian who had been held since 2012.
View ArticleWarren Weinstein, American Killed In U.S. Operation, Was Veteran Aid Worker
The USAID contractor was kidnapped in 2011 from his home in Pakistan just days before he was scheduled to leave the country. He spent much of his career in some of the world's toughest places.
View ArticleU.S. Releases Documents Seized From Osama Bin Laden's Compound
Newly declassified materials include books, magazines and letters found during the 2011 raid on the al-Qaida leader's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
View ArticleWho Are America's Suspected ISIS Followers?
More than 60 U.S. citizens have been accused of joining or supporting the Islamic State in the past two years. NPR has documented their individual cases.
View ArticleU.S. Airstrikes In Libya Kill Algerian Militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Belmokhtar, a leader of al-Qaida's arm in North Africa, masterminded the 2013 attack on an Algerian gas plant in which 38 foreign hostages were killed.
View ArticleBin Laden Son Asked U.S. For Father's Death Certificate, Wikileaks Says
The website has begun the release of 500,000 documents it says are related to Saudi Arabian diplomatic communications. Among them was the request from Abdullah bin Laden.
View ArticleAl-Zawihiri Pledges Allegiance To New Taliban Chief
In an audio statement attributed to the al-Qaida leader, Ayman Al-Zawihiri says he backs the Taliban's Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, who was chosen to replace the deceased Mullah Omar.
View ArticleThe New Propagandist For Al-Qaida In Syria And His Link To Hollywood
Lucas Kinney, a 26-year-old Brit, is making propaganda videos for an al-Qaida affiliate. He may have learned a thing or two from his father, a Hollywood assistant director who worked on Rambo.
View ArticleSuspected Al-Qaida Militants Strike Hotel In Burkina Faso
The gunmen attacked a hotel and a cafe in Ouagadougou, the capital of the West African nation. The foreign minister says people have died. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility.
View ArticleTranscript: NPR's Interview With CIA Director John Brennan
In an interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director John Brennan discusses the FBI/Apple dispute over over the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone, the state of ISIS and al-Qaida and interrogation.
View ArticleU.S. Airstrikes Kill At Least 150 Militants In Somalia, U.S. Military Says
The U.S. military has hit an al-Shabab training camp north of Mogadishu using both drones and manned aircraft. Al-Shabab is linked to al-Qaida.
View ArticleIvory Coast Struggles To Keep Economy Afloat After Terror Attack
Ivory Coast's business community is shaken after a deadly al-Qaida attack on a beach resort. The West African nation's economy had been on the rebound after a civil war.
View ArticleA Day At The Beach Is A Way Of Saying 'We're Not Afraid' Of Terrorists
A mother in Ivory Coast defiantly brings her children to the resort town where al-Qaida terrorists killed 19 people on March 13. A new music video reinforces her stand.
View ArticleTimbuktu's 'Badass Librarians': Checking Out Books Under Al-Qaida's Nose
Librarian Abdel Kader Haidara organized a smuggling operation to keep centuries-old manuscripts out of the hands of al-Qaida. Joshua Hammer wrote about it in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.
View ArticleCIA 'Live Tweets' Bin Laden Raid On 5th Anniversary
Osama bin Laden was killed in May 2011. The Internet isn't sure that reconstructing the raid through tweets was the best idea. However you remember that day, here are some things to keep in mind.
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Maternity Hospital In Northern Syria Is Bombed, Charity Says
Save the Children says the facility in rebel-held Idlib was hit by an apparent airstrike and that there were casualties. A spokesman says it is the only maternity hospital for more than 40 miles.
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Rebel Forces Push To End Government Siege Of Northern Syria's Aleppo
A former al-Qaida affiliate and their allies are now poised to besiege the government-held side of the divided city, which could impact more than a million civilians.
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