The CIA’s release of documents seized during the 2011 raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden appears to bolster U.S. claims that Iran supported the extremist network leading up to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. U.S. intelligence officials and prosecutors have long said Iran formed loose ties to the […]
Prisoners freed by Al-Qaeda make first public appearance
Two men released from Al-Qaeda captivity after six years in northern Mali made their first public appearances Thursday, recounting their ordeals and saying they were not clear whether any ransom was paid for their freedom. “I think it’s wrong to pay ransoms,” 42-year-old Johan Gustafsson, who was freed in June, […]
U.S.-Afghan forces take down top al-Qaeda leaders
An Afghan official says a joint U.S. and Afghan military operation in eastern Paktika province killed two al-Qaeda linked leaders and led to the capture of a third. Paktika provincial governor’s spokesman Mohammad Rahman Ayaz says the battle in a remote mountainous region on the border with Pakistan’s North Waziristan […]
U.S. woman runs school in Al-Qaeda run territory
When Syria’s uprising broke out, Rania Kisar left her job in the United States and returned home to join what she dreamed would be the ouster of President Bashar Assad and the building of a new Syria. Her main focus these days has been to keep al-Qaeda-linked militants from taking […]