Al Qaeda

Pictured is Ibrahim al-Asiri.

National Security

Al Qaeda bomb maker killed in drone strike, US officials believe

Diana Stancy Correll · August 21, 2018 2:19 am

Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in a deadly suicide bombing that targeted a training class in a private building in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-i Barcha, in western Kabul, Afghanistan.

Beltway Confidential

Trump administration should recognize Afghanistan is an unwinnable war

Daniel DePetris · August 20, 2018 10:17 pm

The Al Qaeda – Iran Connection

Thomas Joscelyn · August 7, 2018 4:28 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians.

Beltway Confidential

Corker-Kaine AUMF would give executive branch even broader power

Andy Slaven · July 5, 2018 2:10 pm

Cleveland

FBI arrests man for planning July 4th attack in Cleveland

Melissa Quinn · July 2, 2018 3:13 pm

The American Who Fled Al Qaeda Tells His Story

The American Who Fled Al Qaeda Tells His Story

matthew-s-gerson · June 27, 2018 4:35 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis addresses a roundtable meeting of NATO ministers and partners to combat the Islamic State at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday.

Jim Mattis: Afghanistan cease-fire will let US focus on ISIS, al Qaeda

Jamie McIntyre · June 8, 2018 5:35 pm

Credulity as Policy

Bill Roggio and Thomas Joscelyn · June 8, 2018 9:12 am

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a ceremony.

National Security

US will honor temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, but still target ISIS, al Qaeda

Jamie McIntyre · June 7, 2018 11:43 am

Police activity outside an address raided by officers from Britain's Counter Terrorism police in Dewsbury, England, Tuesday April 3, 2018. Two men are understood to have been arrested on suspicion of planning acts of terror.

Beltway Confidential

Why and how Britain is getting tougher on terrorists

Tom Rogan · June 5, 2018 1:29 pm

In this image from video released by the Department of Defense, Niger military members arrive at the scene where the body of Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Fla., was recovered after an ambush that killed four U.S. service members in October 2017 in Niger. The dramatic new drone video, released May 17, 2018, of the ambush that killed four American soldiers shows U.S. forces desperately trying to escape, and fighting for their lives after friendly Nigerien forces mistook them for the enemy.

The US learned the wrong lessons from the Niger ambush

Marcel Plichta · June 2, 2018 4:00 am

Pompeo Calls Out Iran for Continuing to Harbor al-Qaeda Leaders

Jenna Lifhits · May 21, 2018 3:17 pm