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8/2/2022 1:36:16 PM
The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters battling Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
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8/2/2022 3:45:08 AM
President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation he hailed as delivering ``justice'' while expressing hope that it brings ``one more measure of closure'' to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
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8/2/2022 3:44:15 AM
A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who helped Osama bin Laden plot the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and ensured al-Qaida survived and spread in the years after.
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8/2/2022 12:13:00 AM
A CIA drone strike has killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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6/28/2022 11:24:49 AM
A drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition in northwestern Syria killed a senior member of an al-Qaeda-linked group, Syrian opposition activists and the U.S. military said Tuesday.
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5/27/2022 6:28:02 PM
African leaders gathered for a summit Friday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent, which is also facing increased violent extremism, climate change challenges and a run of military coups.
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5/8/2022 12:26:25 PM
Ami Sana hangs a tattered tarp for a bit of shade where she can rest on a break from pounding stones under the scorching sun.
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5/7/2022 2:59:06 PM
Clashes at a militia facility in southern Yemen following the arrest of a group of suspected al-Qaida militants killed at least a dozen people, including two force commanders, officials said.
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4/6/2022 12:10:06 PM
A rare video has appeared of al Qaida's chief praising an Indian Muslim woman who in February defied a ban on hijab wearing, revealing the first proof in years that he is still alive.
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2/16/2022 4:13:50 PM
An attack by the al-Shabab extremist group on Wednesday killed five people and wounded 16 on the outskirts of Somalia's capital, police said.
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2/8/2022 3:28:32 PM
Al-Qaida's past ties to the recently empowered Taliban have the potential of making Afghanistan a safe haven for extremists, and ``terrorist groups enjoy greater freedom there than at any time in recent history,'' UN experts said in a report circulated Monday.
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2/8/2022 10:48:49 AM
The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China in the UN Security Council on Monday over the usefulness and impact of UN sanctions, which are currently imposed on countries from North Korea to Yemen and Congo as well the al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups and their affiliates and supporters.
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12/10/2021 6:18:26 PM
The al-Qaida extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since U.S. forces left in late August, and the country's new Taliban leaders are divided over whether to fulfill their 2020 pledge to break ties with the group, the top U.S. commander in the region said.
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12/6/2021 7:43:45 PM
A U.S. airstrike targeting an al-Qaida leader in northern Syria wounded a family of six, including a 10-year-old child who suffered serious head injuries, The Associated Press has learned.
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11/27/2021 1:38:11 PM
Police in Burkina Faso fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters at an unsanctioned anti-government rally in the capital on Saturday, an AFP journalist reported.
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11/25/2021 3:56:59 PM
Three soldiers and 11 suspected jihadists were killed when an army unit came under fire in northern Burkina Faso, the military said on Thursday.
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10/11/2021 9:01:49 PM
Iraq said on Monday it has detained a top leader of the Islamic State group and a longtime al-Qaida operative in a cross-border operation.
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10/11/2021 10:07:16 AM
Iraq said on Monday it has detained a top leader of the Islamic State group and a longtime al-Qaida operative in a cross-border operation.
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10/4/2021 9:27:52 PM
At least 14 soldiers were killed and seven injured by extremists at the Yirgou military barracks in Burkina Faso's Sanmatenga province on Monday, the government said.
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9/16/2021 12:50:40 PM
Prosecutors said in a statement that one the men _ who were indicted last month _ is also accused of membership in the group, which was formed as al-Qaida's branch in Syria but later broke away
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