Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said the 'precision strikes' targeted Faruq al-Qatani and Bilal al-Utabi.
Isis has said its suicide bombers used assault rifles and grenades over the course of a four-hour assault.
Sergei Lavrov has said that the US has broken its promise to separate the group from other rebels.
Mahdi claimed he had been caught in an "evil wave" by al-Qaeda when he joined the Islamist group.
Matt Campbell has been selected by lottery to attend the trial at Guantanamo.
Four medical workers were killed in the bombings over rebel held Khan Tuman.
President pays tribute to 'resilience' of US, 15 years on from devastating terror attacks.
Experts believe the video message reflects the terrorist group's rivalry with Isis.
The US has fought two wars and killed Osama Bin Laden but al-Qaeda's 2001 atrocity looms large.
There is an extensive al-Qaeda network feeding global branches based in the Islamic Republic.
US state department spokesman John Kirby confirmed Lindsey Snell is being held at Hatay Province in Turkey.
The dawn shoot-out followed an ambush on an army checkpoint in which eight people were killed.
It is suspected that many of his new recruits belong to the fragmented local militant group Team Hisbah.
We must Daesh with ideas as well as bombs.
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahd first to face war crimes charges of its kind after 14 historic sites attacked.
Russia has begun to use the Mediterranean Sea warships after using its Caspian Sea fleet to bomb enemy areas.
Social media is a powerful weapon, but hashtags can create a false sense of doing something meaningful.
Ansaru, a Boko Haram breakaway group is known for kidnapping and killing Westerners.
Moscow paid tribute to those who died 'heroically' as they tried to 'minimise victims on the ground.'
Islamist militia defending ethnic Peul group has also claimed responsibility for the attack.
The 20-year-old son of Osama Bin Laden has been groomed for jihad from a young age.
The al-Qaeda linked group rammed a car packed with explosives into a Somali military base.