Al Qaeda’s latest propaganda video titled ‘From France to Bangladesh: The Dust Will Never Settle Down’ has made mention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Seven minutes into the video, Al Qaeda’s chief Asim Umar says that there is a war going on against Muslims from Waziristan to Charlie Hebdo “through World Bank and IMF policies, drone attacks, satanic conspiracy of Kerry-Lugar bill, Charlie Hebdo’s writings, UN charter, official sermons by […]

Washington: Al Qaeda, which has announced the creation of a separate wing for India, wants to portray Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an enemy of Islam and as such India should take its threat “very seriously”, a well-known American counter-terror expert said on Friday even as the US tried to downplay the terrorist outfit’s capabilities. “This video, the first from (al Qaeda leader Ayman al-) Zawahiri this year, should be […]

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a videoed message the creation of an Indian branch of his militant group to “raise the flag of jihad” across South Asia. In the 55-minute video posted online, Zawahari pledged renewed loyalty to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Correspondents say his stated allegiance is an apparent snub to Islamic State (IS) militants. IS is challenging al-Qaeda to lead worldwide Islamist militancy. Announcing the […]

Al-Qaeda is at the  gates, and there are enough jihadis within already. Intelligence  agencies say the terror network is making inroads into India, sowing the seeds  of a “final war” across the country. Information  gathered on al-Qaeda’s India plans points to a mobilisation of its resources for  jihad. The ideological  goal of the group, as detailed in the report, is chilling: Ghazwa-e-Hind, or the  final battle in India. Ghazwa-e-Hind refers […]

In Pic :Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has recognized the al-Nusra Front as the official al Qaeda affiliate in Syria. Editor’s note: Andrew Hammond is a former UK government special adviser, and an associate at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics. The views expressed are solely his own.London (CNN) — Friday marks the anniversary of the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan by U.S. forces. Three years […]

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri exhorted his fighters to find out who killed his chief representative in war-torn Syria, where militants have had a strong presence and strong rivalries amid the country’s civil war. Two suicide bombers in Aleppo killed Khaled al-Suri in February when they blew themselves up inside a compound used as a headquarters. Al-Zawahiri, in a recorded message posted on a militant website and uploaded on YouTube, […]

Violence in Iraq rose sharply in April, with 460 people killed according to a AFP figures, raising fears of a return to the all-out sectarian conflict that plagued the country in past years. The majority of the deaths came during a wave of unrest that began on April 23 when security forces moved on Sunni anti-government protesters near the northern Sunni Arab town of Hawijah, sparking clashes that killed 53 […]

Canadian authorities have arrested two men accused of plotting to attack a passenger train in an al Qaeda-supported plot, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Monday. Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal, and Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto, are accused of conspiring to murder people on a VIA Canadian railway train, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. While the suspects had the capacity to carry out an attack, the public was […]