Tag: Al Qaeda

Yemen: Airstrike kills 3 al-Qaida suspects

Yemen: Airstrike kills 3 al-Qaida suspects

Ahmed AlHaj · August 9, 2014 6:07 pm

Al-Qaida militants kill 15 Yemeni soldiers

Al-Qaida militants kill 15 Yemeni soldiers

Ahmed AlHaj · August 8, 2014 10:03 pm

Yemen army says 18 al-Qaida militants killed

Yemen army says 18 al-Qaida militants killed

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2014 6:10 pm

Watching Justin Amash’s amazingly uncivil victory speech might make you care about politics again

Beltway Confidential

Watching Justin Amash’s amazingly uncivil victory speech might make you care about politics again

Justin Green · August 6, 2014 4:20 pm

Ansar al Sharia Ally A Key Figure in Benghazi Security Failures

Thomas Joscelyn · August 1, 2014 9:00 am

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. and its allies have made great strides to stem the flow of money to terrorist organizations. And their enemies have responded by diversifying their portfolios.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

As banks crack down, terrorists update their fundraising tactics

Blake Seitz · July 31, 2014 6:40 pm

Suspected al-Qaida attack kills 2 troops in Yemen

Suspected al-Qaida attack kills 2 troops in Yemen

Ahmed AlHaj · July 27, 2014 4:05 pm

Washington Secrets

Ex-CIA officers barred from reviewing report hitting them with harsh interrogation tactics

Paul Bedard · July 25, 2014 8:16 pm

Anxiety over the turmoil in Iraq disrupting oil output is easing as Iraqi forces push back against the Sunni extremist insurgency, but long-term fears remain that the instability could cause painful aftershocks -- especially if it scares off multinational oil companies that had begun investing in the war-torn country after years of holding back. (iStock Image)

Energy and Environment

Iraq’s oil potential goes untapped

Susan Crabtree · July 3, 2014 3:00 pm

You can consider the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria a terrorist organization, but you can also consider it a particularly murderous and oppressive state. Which is it? (AP PHoto)

First Gulf War in 1991 was America’s opening Iraq mistake

Gene Healy · June 30, 2014 5:00 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014, an al-Qaida-inspired militant stands guard at a checkpoint captured from the Iraqi Army outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday, June 29, in the territory under its control. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Al-Qaida splinter declares new Islamic caliphate

Ryan Lucas · June 30, 2014 3:08 am

Al-Qaida launches wave of attacks in south Yemen

Al-Qaida launches wave of attacks in south Yemen

Ahmed AlHaj · June 26, 2014 7:18 pm