List of Al Qaeda articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington’s $232 Million Question in Yemen
The United States planned to send nearly a quarter of a billion dollars to Yemen this year. Its fate depends on whether the State Department calls a coup a coup.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Is Not a Photo-Op
The Paris attacks signal an opportunity and an urgent reason to find a more effective way to combat jihadist terror.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Jihadi Love: Does U.S. Law Prohibit Marrying an ISIS Fighter?
Marrying a jihadi probably isn't illegal, but doing just about anything else for a terrorist is.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Al Qaeda: Zawahiri Ordered ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Attack
French authorities must now confront the terrifying prospect that two of its citizens may have been in regular contact with the terrorist group's leaders.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Amid Raging Violence in Syria, Lebanese Sunnis Turn Backs on Islamic State
In the aftermath of a bloody suicide bombing, Lebanon's Sunnis are maneuvering to exclude the country's extremists.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Al Qaeda Offshoot in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack
U.S. officials describe al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate as the most dangerous among the group's remaining branches.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Long, Slow Fuse of Jihad in France
The attacks on "Charlie Hebdo" were the culmination of two men’s decade-long quest to wage holy war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Strike Kills a Top Somali Militant
Tahlil Abdishakur, a key member of al-Shabab, died in an American drone strike just weeks after masterminding a bloody attack in Kenya.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rout of Moderate Rebels Leaves Obama With Vexing Syria Options
With U.S.-backed rebels trapped between Assad and ISIS, the White House is closer to establishing a safe zone in northern Syria.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Threats We Forget
The Islamic State and Ebola are the crises du jour, but a host of other persistent threats to national security are no less pressing. And combatting them will require unity of effort.