Sources: Reuters
At least 20 people are killed in attacks on six villages in Mali's Mopti Region by suspected jihadists linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, who also destroy property during the assaults. 2024-12-20
Around 40 people are killed by an American cruise missile strike targeting al-Qaeda-linked militants at a Huras al-Din base in Syria's rebel-held Idlib Governorate, where the Syrian government earlier began a unilateral ceasefire. 2019-08-31
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
Fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia take control of an army base in southern Yemen. 2015-02-12
The Saudi Arabian government designates the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda among others as terrorist groups and warns that people joining them could face 30 years in prison. 2014-03-7
Two al-Qaeda fighters and two pro-government militiamen are killed in clashes in Jaar, Yemen. 2013-03-22
Jose Pimentel, a 27-year-old Dominican-American, is arrested in New York City after planning to detonate pipe bombs, according to New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. The suspect is believed to have Al-Qaeda sympathies, although no wider conspiracy is suspected. 2011-11-20
Oil prices fall following news that U.S. forces have killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. 2011-05-2
At least 115 people are killed in a government offensive against Al-Qaeda linked militants in Somalia. 2011-02-27
More than 100 people with possible links to Al-Qaeda are arrested in Saudi Arabia for allegedly planning attacks on oil and security installations in the country. 2010-03-24