Latest "Al-Qaida" stories

How Niger’s attempted coup could expand extremism, and Wagner

More than 1,000 U.S. service personnel are in Niger to combat the growing threat from various groups of Islamic extremists.

8 weeks ago

Ivorian Special Operations Forces pause to survey the terrain during training at the annual Flintlock exercise in Volta, Ghana, March 3, 2023.

Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is the world’s terrorism hot spot

Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is now the world’s terrorism hot spot, with half of the victims killed last year in sub-Saharan Africa.

By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press

3 months ago

Syria’s main insurgent group seeks to move away from al-Qaida past

The leader of the most powerful al-Qaida-linked group in northwest Syria is rebranding his organization by moving away from extremist factions.

By Ghaith Alsayed, AP

4 months ago

House rejects Gaetz pitch to withdraw all US forces from Somalia

The House voted against withdrawing U.S. troops from Somalia, and an AFRICOM unfunded priorities list requests additional funding to review troop levels.

By Bryant Harris

5 months ago

Navy SEAL, Silver Star recipient Mike Day dies

Day suffered 27 gunshots while leading a Naval Special Warfare task unit on a 2007 mission to take down a high-ranking al-Qaida leader in Fallujah, Iraq.

By Diana Stancy Correll

6 months ago

Cyber to be featured for first time at US military exercise in Africa

“Cyber threats have become part of everyday life,” a U.S. Army exercise planner said, “and Africa is not immune.”

By Colin Demarest

9 months ago