Sources: Reuters
The Al-Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Tuareg Azawad Liberation Front separatists launch coordinated attacks on the Malian communes and towns of Aguelhok, Anéfis, Gao, and Sévaré. The Malian army says it has repelled the assaults, while local sources report continuing fighting. 2026-07-4
The Human Rights Watch reports abuses committed against civilians in Mali by the Al-Qaeda-backed Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Tuareg fighters of the Azawad Liberation Front, the Malian Army, and Russia's Africa Corps since fighting escalated in April 2026. 2026-06-28
A U.S. drone strike in Kabul kills Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's leader since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011. The airstrike is also the first U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year. 2022-08-1
A court in Bangladesh sentences six men affiliated with Ansar al-Islam, an organization linked to al-Qaeda, to death, for the 2016 murders of two gay rights campaigners, including Xulhaz Mannan. Local gay and LGBT organizations welcome the verdict. 2021-08-31
Islamist rebels including the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front claim to have captured most of the town of Jisr al-Shughur in the Idlib Governorate. 2015-04-25
Fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia take control of an army base in southern Yemen. 2015-02-12
At least 30 people have been killed in clashes between Al-Qaeda and the Yemen Army. 2014-04-30
A United Nations investigator calls on the United States to justify its increasing use of drones against al-Qaeda and Taliban targets. 2012-06-19
Former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's wives and children are deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia. 2012-04-27
At least 115 people are killed in a government offensive against Al-Qaeda linked militants in Somalia. 2011-02-27