Qaida in a sentence

Yemeni Al Qaida also claimed responsibility for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting where Nidal Hasan, U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, killed 13 and injured 32. Hasan himself didn’t claim allegiance to Al Qaida.

A second high-ranking Holy See official told a Vatican court on Friday that Pope Francis had authorised spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali.

As the situation in Afghanistan remains uncertain, Al-Qaida’s prospects will largely depend on the country’s stability.

Both the return of the Taliban-al-Qaida alliance to Afghanistan and instability in Pakistan present a threat to the South Asian region and beyond.

He was opposed in his efforts by al-Qaida and other Islamist organizations.

The government of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared “total war” last year on the thousands of al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremists.

The U.S. was able to drive al-Qaida’s Taliban hosts out of power by November 2001, less than two months after 9/11.

The West African nation has been battling a decade-long jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.

With al-Qaida rearing its head, Halevy for instance said: “We are dealing in issues which are existential to free society.

A campaign of drone strikes began under President George W Bush to target the local affiliate of al-Qaida, attacks that have continued under Mr Biden’s administration.

American policy, particularly since the October 2000 bombing of the destroyer USS Cole in Aden port, orchestrated by Osama bin Laden, concentrated on al-Qaida’s activities and their links with Yemeni political and security factions.

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna appear to have been inspired by the Islamic State (IS) group and al Qaida, Austrian authorities said on Thursday.

He said any of a number of groups could be behind the latest bombings, including the splinter groups within the Pakistani Taliban, Islamic State, Baluch nationalists or al-Qaida.

HTS said it has severed ties with al-Qaida in recent years and sought to remake itself by focusing on promoting civilian government and military action, according to The Associated Press.

Idlib province is under al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, and northern Aleppo province is under Turkish-backed forces.

Niger had been the West’s last reliable partner in the region in battling jihadists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.

Niger plays a central role in the U.S. military’s operations in Africa’s Sahel region, Washington is concerned about the spread of jihadist violence where local groups have pledged allegiance to al-Qaida and the Islamic State groups.

The council said it supports Iraq’s continuing stabilization efforts, including its ongoing fight against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates.

The Malian government has intensified military operations against Al-Qaida, Islamic state and former rebel groups, since mid-2023.

Abu Mohammed al-Masri, al-Qaida’s second in command, was shot and killed on Aug. 7 in an alleyway by an elite unit within the Israeli government’s spy operation called Mossad, reported.