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Pakistani counter-terrorism authorities arrest Amin al-Haq, a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda and a close confidant of Osama bin Laden.
2024-07-19

Pakistani authorities announce they have arrested five suspected members of al-Qaeda in the eastern province of Punjab, as they are reported to have been planning an attack on security personnel.
2019-12-27

A U.S. drone strike kills seven al-Qaeda militants in the south.
2014-11-12

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

An attack on a Yemeni military checkpoint by suspected al-Qaeda militants in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen, leaves 14 people dead.
2014-06-5

The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2093 that partially lifts a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for one year, allowing the government in Mogadishu to buy weapons to strengthen its security forces to fight al-Qaeda linked Islamists.
2013-03-6

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns of possible attacks within Canada due to the presence of Al-Qaeda affiliated groups in the country.
2013-02-23

2011–2012 Yemeni revolution: At least 21 people die in clashes between al-Qaeda militants and Yemeni Army soldiers in southern Yemen.
2012-04-9

Forces from Mauritania and Mali clash with Al-Qaeda militants in Mali, destroying a base; several bodies are later found.
2011-06-25

Newly released cables document an alleged al-Qaeda "assassin" working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) while suspected of bombing Christian churches and a hotel in Pakistan.
2011-04-26