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’57 dead’ in first US raid on Qaeda in Yemen under Trump

SANAA: A US raid in Yemen killed 41 suspected Al-Qaeda militants and 16 civilians today,… Read More

Pakistan probes ‘$100 ID cards for militants’ scam

KARACHI: Pakistani authorities are investigating officials at the national identity database for allegedly issuing ID… Read More

Qaeda offers to free Lebanon troops for female prisoners

BEIRUT: Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate has offered to release three Lebanese soldiers in exchange for an… Read More

Drone attack kills four Qaeda suspects in Yemen

ADEN: A drone strike killed four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen Saturday, tribal sources said,… Read More

'Drone' strikes kill 20 Qaeda suspects in Yemen

SANAA: Overnight drone strikes killed at least 20 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, where Washington… Read More

‘Qaeda’ militants seize Yemen town: security official

SANAA, Yemen: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants have seized control of a town in southwest Yemen, hours… Read More

Obama says misread Islamic State; Qaeda warns of attacks on West

BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR: President Barack Obama has acknowledged that U.S. intelligence underestimated the rise of Islamic State… Read More

After Iraq gains, ISIS declares itself Islamic ‘caliphate’

BEIRUT:  An offshoot of al Qaeda which has seized territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an… Read More