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Middle Eastern politics & society
Israel launches air strikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria
...Mr Pompeo on Tuesday claimed that Sunni jihadist terrorist group “al-Qaida has a new home base: it is the Islamic Republic of Iran”, without substantiating the allegation....
January 13, 2021
Libya
French spat with Turkey over Libya lays bare European divisions
...“We had a major concern with groups like Aqap [a Yemen-based al-Qaida affiliate] and Isis converging on Libya. This has kept us involved in Libya.” Additional reporting Heba Saleh in Cairo...
July 6, 2020
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
Kenya
Somali militants claim responsibility for Nairobi hotel attack
...The al-Qaida-affiliated group has waged an insurgency in southern Somalia for more than a decade and intensified attacks against Kenyan targets since the country sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to support...
January 16, 2019
Syrian crisis
Israel launches air strikes deep within Syria
...In the past week a Russian war plane has been brought down by al-Qaida-linked militants in the north-west of Syria, a Turkish helicopter was shot down by US-backed Kurdish forces, and the US has struck Syrian...
February 10, 2018
Terrorism in UK
What we know so far about the bomber and the bomb
...It was a group that wanted to overthrow Gaddafi but they also possibly had some guys who were affiliated with al-Qaida. Did some of these guys carry the torch of al-Qaida?...
May 25, 2017
beyondbricsJames Kynge
Isis’ plan is to destroy their enemy from within
...Terrorists have used Belgium not only in the last couple of years, but also during the Algerian civil war, during attacks in France in the 1990s, and in the 2000s, during the war in Afghanistan and Al Qaida...
November 27, 2015
FT Live
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Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
FT Photo DiaryGlobal trade
ISIS check point in Baiji
...An al-Qaida-inspired militant stand guard at a checkpoint captured from the Iraqi Army outside Baiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq...
June 19, 2014
FT Photo DiaryWorld
Taking aim at ISIS
...A Kurdish peshmerga fighter takes his position on the front line with militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), in Tuz Khormato, 100 kilometers south of the oil rich...
June 25, 2014
FT Photo DiaryWorld
Basra fighters prepare for battle
...Shia tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of...
June 16, 2014
World
Pakistan attacks militants on Afghanistan border
...The area is part of a lawless terrain along the Afghan border that is home to a mix of local militants and al-Qaida-linked foreign fighters....
June 15, 2014
FT Photo DiaryWorld
Nairobi siege
...The country’s military, which has launched a major operation at the upscale Nairobi mall, said it had rescued “most” of the hostages being held captive by al-Qaida-linked militants during the standoff that...
September 23, 2013
The World blogJohn Aglionby
Smart Reads July 3 2012
...behind as never beforeFT Middle East correspondent Michael Peel and Middle East editor Roula Khalaf have analysed how the Syrian conflict is escalating to a new levelTwo strong analyses on the fight against Al...
July 3, 2012
beyondbricsMali intervention
Mali: gold miners hurt by travel ban
...Mali, Africa’s third biggest gold producer behind South Africa and Ghana, has rapidly ascended the list of Sahelian countries thought to be succumbing to al-Qaida linked militants....
October 2, 2012
The World blogWorld
US Election round-up, Tuesday October 16
...The most plausible explanation is that the truth – we were being hit with the worst terror attack since 9/11 in a city we saved – would have exposed Obama’s boasting about his Libya triumph and al-Qaida...
October 16, 2012
The World blogWorld
Q&A: Anwar al-Awlaki
...Further reading: An August 2010 special report in The Guardian, investigating blood feuds and hospitality in al-Qaida’s Yemen outpostA profile of Anwar al-Awlaki by James Blitz, the FT’s diplomatic editorAn...
September 30, 2011
FT Live
12th Annual Cross-Border Distribution Conference 2024
Thriving in an Unpredictable Environment
Thursday, 16 MayEuropean Convention Center Luxembourg, Place de l'Europe, Luxembourg
Westminster blogJim Pickard
Our new allies, eastern Libya and Al-Qaeda
...Here is the relevant transcript: “We have seen flickers in the intelligence* of potential Al Qaida, Hezbollah. We’ve seen different things....
March 29, 2011
World
Egypt opens Gaza crossing
...Silvan Shalom, the vice prime minister, told Israeli radio: “This is a dangerous development that could lead to the smuggling of weapons, explosives and al-Qaida agents into Gaza.”...
May 28, 2011
Middle East protests
Reaction focuses on Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
...Mr Haniyeh said the death of the al-Qaida leader marked the “continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood”....
May 2, 2011
The World blogDaniel Dombey
An attempt to close the chapter on the seven-years war in Iraq
...“A degree of normalcy that was previously hijacked by an Iraqi dictator and al-Qaida has been reclaimed.” Gen Austin sounds very different....
September 1, 2010
World
Attacks raise doubts about Iraq stability
..."Because people are sensing there are powers who want to obstruct the path of democracy, terrorists and al-Qaida are on the go."...
April 6, 2010
World
MI5 chief defends links with foreign agencies
...Mr Evans said: ”Given the pressing need to understand and uncover al-Qaida’s plans, were we to deal, however circumspectly, with those security services who had experience of working against al-Qaida on...
October 16, 2009
Cyber warfare
Statement: Hillary Clinton on internet freedom
...The same networks that help organize movements for freedom also enable al-Qaida to spew hatred and incite violence against the innocent....
January 21, 2010
Climate change
Transcript of the chancellor’s speech
...We have been assured this will maintain our operational capabilities against both Al Qaida and its affiliates and against Northern Irish terrorist threats....
October 20, 2010
World
US praises Pakistan’s election
...The Bush administration has treated Mr Musharraf as an important ally in its self-proclaimed “war on terror”, particularly against al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents in neighbouring Afghanistan, and the US...
February 21, 2008
Terrorism
Musharraf accused of avoiding vote
...There can be elections in Afghanistan where there is an Al-Qaida movement. Why can’t there be elections in Pakistan and on time?”...
January 1, 2008

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