Al-Qaeda
An artist, Omar bin Laden lives in Normandy, France.
Senior researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism Michael Barak said that Al-Qaeda’s propaganda chatter has risen dramatically along with the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.
Islamic State and Al-Qaeda are gaining strength on the continent, raising alarms among Western and African intelligence agencies.
“Ultimately, the IRGC is more dangerous than any of the groups listed, and constitutes a real and present danger to Iranian dissidents, the Jewish community and Canadians in general,” said B’nai Brith Canada.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns that “Al-Qaeda has a new home base: It is the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Following reports that Israel was behind the assassination in Tehran of the Al-Qaeda terrorist responsible for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, families of the slain say “todah raba.”
American intelligence officials say that Abu Muhammad al-Masri had been living in an upscale suburb of Tehran since 2015.
Many see Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has existed for nearly 70 years and operates in 50 countries, as the precursor of Al-Qaeda and ISIS. A number of European and Arab countries have outlawed it, but Israel prefers to allow it to continue operating.
“The Iranian regime and its proxies continued to plot and commit terrorist attacks on a global scale,” states the report’s foreword.
Report: Two Al-Qaeda commanders killed in Syria drone strike
The attack on a vehicle in Idlib province was carried out by a drone belonging to the U.S.-led coalition, says U.K.-based war monitor.
Sudan’s leadership said it would hand over longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges for fighting in the western Darfur.
Al-Qaeda prompts calls to target ‘Zionist-Crusader alliance’ worldwide
The statement also calls on Muslims worldwide to single out Islamic scholars and Muslims in Palestine to support jihad, part of the “Jerusalem will never be Judaized” campaign.