al Qaeda

On the podcast: Ambassador Prudence Bushnell survived the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya. Now she tells her story.

With options limited for fighting terrorists, negotiations may be the best remaining alternative.

The CIA recently released hundreds of thousands of files seized from Osama bin Laden’s compound. What can we learn from them?

Trump’s looser authorities for airstrikes have unleashed huge increases in ordnance in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

Critics might be surprised by its effectiveness.

Al Qaeda’s leader was in hiding for over a decade. A new account tells us what he was doing.

Just in time for the holiday break, FP returns to reviewing new and upcoming titles on all aspects of international affairs.

Sixteen years into the war in Afghanistan, the Trump administration is preparing to finally win or go home trying.

This is Doha's chance to curtail its financial support for Al Qaeda – as long as it keeps the receipts.

This is Doha's chance to curtail its financial support for al Qaeda – as long as it keeps the receipts.

With a government in crisis facing an increasingly dangerous terrorist threat, new options are on the table that could erode society’s resistance to further attacks.

With a spectacular and bloody assault in central Tehran, the Sunni jihadi group is fanning the flames of a sectarian war.

It's local forces and economic assistance that will defeat jihadism, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Saeed bin Bourek says, not drone strikes.

U.S. Drops More Bombs in Afghanistan; Flynn in More Trouble

The Trump administration is taking its eyes off the ball in Afghanistan. The real threat is still al Qaeda.

In the U.S. air war against al Qaeda militants, the civilian casualties are mounting — while accountability is becoming murkier.

Under a new authorization, U.S. forces are given more ability to launch attacks on al Shabab in the East African country

Will the Trump administration put American interests first, or the president’s own obsession with "winning"?

Videos emerged of a bombed-out mosque and dozens dead after an airstrike in northern Syria, but U.S. officials say they hit al Qaeda.

On the sixth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, moderate rebels have never been weaker — and jihadis have never been stronger.