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Raed Jaser arrives to court in the back of a police car in Toronto, Ontario, April 23, 2013, in this still image taken from video courtesy of CTV News. Jaser of Toronto, 35, and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, face charges that include conspiring "with each other to murder unknown persons for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group."
Canada train plot suspects in court, will fight charges
Reuters 24 Apr 2013
TORONTO/MONTREAL — Two men charged with an alleged Al-Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train made...
A protester holds up Qur'an during protests of Islamic Sharia in Tahrir Square, Cairo, 9 November 2012. Thousands of Islamists gathered in Tahrir Square and main squares all over Egypt demanding implementation of Islamic Sharia.
Jihad Movement leader calls for applying Sharia
Egypt Independent 14 Apr 2013
Circumstances in Egypt will not improve unless Sharia is applied, Jihad Movement Mufti Sayed Imam said. Imam said the...
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Al-Qaeda wing says Syria's al-Nusra is part of network
AFP 09 Apr 2013
Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq, acknowledged on Tuesday that Al-Nusra Front, a jihadi...
Al-Qaeda offshoot in North Africa joins Twitter
AFP 28 Mar 2013
The media arm of Al-Qaeda's offshoot in North Africa launched its Twitter account on Thursday by offering "...
Fighters from the Syrian opposition rest at a former primary school in Aleppo on July 25, 2012.
CIA provides intelligence to Syrian rebels
AFP 23 Mar 2013
The US Central Intelligence Agency has been feeding information to select rebel fighters in Syria to try to make them...
Detention continues for last Egyptian in Guantanamo, despite deteriorating health
Tom Dale 06 Mar 2013
There are fears for the life of the last Egyptian detained in the US Guantanamo Bay facility. His health appears to be...
Al-Qaeda commander Abu Zeid killed in Mali
Reuters 28 Feb 2013
French forces in Mali have killed Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a leading field commander of Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing...
A French soldier stands guard in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 2, 2013 in Timbuktu. France is working to "very quickly" withdraw its forces from Timbuktu, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, without making clear if the troops would be sent further into the north of Mali.
Anti-interventionist stance on Mali reflects Morsy's domestic considerations
Magdy Samaan 17 Feb 2013
President Mohamed Morsy opposes France’s intervention in Mali even though the campaign, which seeks to restore...
A French soldier stands guard in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 2, 2013 in Timbuktu. France is working to "very quickly" withdraw its forces from Timbuktu, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, without making clear if the troops would be sent further into the north of Mali.
US wary of Africa 'terrorist' threat, Senegal detains suspects
Reuters 16 Feb 2013
DAKAR –– Senegal has detained a Mauritanian and a Malian for suspected terrorist links, its government said...
An image grab from a video received by IntelCenter from Al-Qaeda's as-Sahab Media, September 15, 2010 shows Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri over an audio statement attributed to him.
Trial of Al-Qaeda plot suspects begins in Jordan
Reuters 14 Feb 2013
Eleven men went on trial on Thursday in a Jordanian military court accused of plotting to carry out suicide attacks in...