Mar 07, 2013
A hate list of 11 politicians, writers, cartoonists and polemicists accused of insulting Islam has been published by the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Read Article Al Qaeda's 'wanted dead or alive' list confirms its propaganda machine is still running
Jan 25, 2013
As wildly contradictory accounts trickled out about the attack on an Algerian gas plant last week, one source proved to be the most reliable - announcements by the Al Qaeda-linked militants themselves. Read Article Algeria militants' shrewd media game
Jan 21, 2013
Veteran Islamist fighter Mokhtar Belmokhtar claims responsibility on behalf of Al Qaeda for the Algerian hostage crisis, as Algerian bomb squads find more bodies. Read Article Algeria siege was for Al Qaeda, says militant
Jan 20, 2013
Three US drone strikes have killed nine suspected members of Al Qaeda in the Yemen province of Marib, a tribal chief and witnesses say. Read Article US drone strikes on Yemen Al Qaeda kill nine
Jan 19, 2013
Military official says only about 30 foreigners are unnaccounted for, but governments around the world still await definite word on their citizens. Read Article Confusion over fate of hostages in Algeria
Jan 17, 2013
World governments hold emergency meetings to respond to one of the biggest international hostage crises in decades, raising the stakes of France's campaign in Mali. Read Article Al Qaeda threatens to blow up Algerian gas plant if stormed
Jan 02, 2013
The extremists who seized control of northern Mali this year are preparing for a war they boast will be worse than the decade-old struggle in Afghanistan. Read Article Al Qaeda digs in to defend 'new country'
Nov 30, 2012
Ansar Dine, an Islamist group linked to Al Qaeda has moved into a town near Mali's border with Mauritania after separatist Tuareg rebels withdrew without a fight. Read Article Al Qaeda-linked group moves to Mali border
Nov 06, 2012
The militant movement's Yemeni branch, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqap), has several Saudis in leadership roles and has sworn to bring down the kingdom's ruling family. Read Article Al Qaeda rebels kill 2 Saudi border guards
Nov 03, 2012
Recent events seem far-flung and only loosely tied to the greater freedoms coming after the Arab Spring, but another narrative is emerging that links these worrying signs in an increasingly combustible region. Read Article Wave of Islamist extremism linked to alumni of infamous Tora Prison in Egypt
