The attack on October 7th, 2023, surprised and shocked many when Palestinian militants from the Al-Qassam Brigades, a group linked to Hamas, stormed Israeli barriers.…

About 25km (16 miles) east of the Jordanian capital, Amman, lies the city of Zarqa, a stronghold of the country’s shadowy Salafi-jihadist movement. It was…

In the last week of September, the As-Sahab Foundation, which disseminates al-Qaeda messages and propaganda, released a video clip showing a group of militants launching…

In less than a month, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan, Baqaa, has witnessed two funerals for jihadists killed in Syria. They were among…

Jihadists see violent struggle as necessary to eradicate obstacles to restoring God’s rule on Earth and defending the Muslim community, or umma. Here, BBC Arabic’s…

If al-Qaeda comes under more pressure, it will switch strategies again, which will then make drones irrelevant. Speaking to Americans linked to counter-terrorism policy, I…