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.…

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is one of the most powerful and most feared men in Russia. For more than a decade the Kremlin has relied…

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…

Al-Qaeda has confirmed that Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the leader of its offshoot in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed in a US drone strike in Yemen.…

A Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a dog has made his first public appearance since attending a debate that was targeted in…

Iraqi military helicopters have destroyed a convoy of fuel tankers inside Syrian territory, Baghdad says. The convoy was heading towards the border and was due…