Sources: Reuters
Abu Abdul Rahman Makki, a senior leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Hurras al-Din, is killed by an airstrike in Jabal Zawiya, Idlib Governorate, Syria. 2024-08-23
A court in Bangladesh sentences five men to death for murdering Avijit Roy, an American-Bangladeshi blogger critical of religious extremism, six years ago. The men belong to the al-Qaeda-inspired group Ansarullah Bangla Team. Another man was sentenced to life in prison. 2021-02-16
The al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate, assaults the Free Syrian Army's 13th Division in Maarrat al-Nu'man, killing seven FSA fighters with 40 captured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Nusra seized anti-tank missiles, armored vehicles, a tank, and other arms from the U.S.-backed division. 2016-03-13
Saudi Arabian authorities announce they have arrested 88 people on suspicions of being part of an al-Qaeda cell and plotting attacks inside and outside the kingdom. 2014-09-2
The Yemeni Military kills 5 al-Qaeda militants and arrests 4 in a raid north of Sana'a. 2014-05-25
Two suspected Al-Qaeda militants are killed in a U.S. drone strike in the southeastern province of Hadhramaut. 2014-01-8
Yemen authorities foil an Al-Qaeda plot to blow up the oil pipelines and seize some of the country's main ports. 2013-08-7
Two drone strikes kill at least seven suspected al-Qaeda militants in the Abyan Governorate of Yemen. 2013-06-1
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by al-Qaeda elements. 2013-04-22
Forces from Mauritania and Mali clash with Al-Qaeda militants in Mali, destroying a base; several bodies are later found. 2011-06-25