The high-profile killing is a rude awakening call for the Taliban to reconsider their ties with al-Qaida – and could empower less hardline elements of the ruling group. The Taliban regime’s ...

On July 31, the United States government announced that a successful drone-strike operation had killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the architects of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and the leader of the ...

The merger of al-Qaida in Iraq and the al-Nusra Front in Syria is a harbinger of advances for militant Islam in the Middle East, underlining how the Syrian civil war has become the catalyst for ...

Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's second-in-command, praises the fighters in Iraq and also urges Pakistanis to topple their president, whom he calls a "bribe-taking, treacherous criminal," in the tape.

Last week, I reported on a public message from several prominent jihadist ideologues to Ayman al Zawahiri. The ideologues want Zawahiri to issue a statement that more directly condemns the Islamic ...

Ayman al-Zawahiri made his remarks in response to questions solicited on a Web site close to al Qaeda. The questions asked his views about Egypt and Iraq as well as Hamas, the militant Islamic ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri — the FBI's most-wanted terrorist and Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant — was killed in a US air strike July 31. More from News ...

appointing as its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian militant mastermind who has vowed to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden with a September 11-style mass attack. Zawahiri's succession was ...

President Biden says al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was the "mastermind" of attacks against Americans for decades. Four party leaders faced off on Donald Trump, tariffs and security in the only ...

A few days ago, the U.S. intelligence services found the whereabouts of Ayman al Zawahiri, leader of the armed group Al-Qaeda, and killed him in a military operation. However, what attracted the ...

President Biden says al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was the "mastermind" of attacks against Americans for decades. The theme for this year's event was "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," the ...