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A United States drone strike kills 17 members of al-Qaeda in Idlib, including eleven leaders. Five civilians were also killed.
2020-10-24

The Pentagon rejects a Russian proposal to stage joint airstrikes against Al-Qaeda linked groups in Syria. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20160521120605-http:--www.voanews.com-content-pentagon-rejects-joint-strikes-with-russia-3339269.html (VOA News)] [https:--www.reuters.com-article-us-mideast-crisis-russia-usa-syria-idUSKCN0YB1HB (Reuters)] [http:--www.huffingtonpost.com-entry-russia-proposes-joint-syria-airstrikes_us_573f28bce4b0613b512a0751 (Huffington Post)]War on Terrorism
2016-05-21

A suicide attack by al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda's official affiliate in Syria) at a café in Tripoli, Lebanon, kills at least seven people.
2015-01-10

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants kill five Yemeni soldiers in an attack on a gas terminal in Southern Yemen.
2013-08-11

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

A Yemeni Army offensive against al-Qaeda is reported as killing at least 24 people including 17 soldiers.
2012-12-11

The United States conducts two drone strikes in southeastern Yemen, killing 11 suspected Al-Qaeda militants.
2012-05-12

An airstrike reportedly kills five al-Qaeda militants in the southern Yemeni town of Jaar.
2012-05-10

The United States intensifies air raids against suspected Al-Qaeda members in Yemen amid anti-government protests.
2011-06-9

Ayman al-Zawahri, Al-Qaeda's deputy leader, issues a video saying that Egypt had long "deviated from Islam" and warning that democracy "can only be non-religious."
2011-02-18