Al-Qaeda

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.

Bangladesh police say pizza chef Saiful Islam Chowkidar who was killed during the siege was a suspect.

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen criticises Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for denying Isis presence.

The strikes were targeted at Isis leaders Basim Muhammad Ahmad Sultan al-Bajari and Hatim Talib al-Hamduni.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 22, has been sentenced to death for his role in the 2013 terrorist attack.

Small drone landed in the Lower Shabelle region of the country, which is controlled by the militant group.

Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab al-Rahabi's release was recommended in December 2014.

Militants ambush police vehicle in Mandera vowing attacks will continue until Kenyan troops leave Somalia.

Barrel bombs have been dropped across Aleppo as regime forces attempt to retake control of the city.

Isis reportedly made the claim through its Amaq news agency.

The al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group remains a threat to Somalia and neighbouring Kenya and Uganda.

The terror group seized on the withdrawal of Western troops 'to re-establish its headquarters' in the south.

Country has become a hub for weapons and munitions smuggling across the region since 2011.

UK passport holder Abdul Nadir Mumin leads sizeable contingent of IS fighters in Horn of Africa, says report.

Journalist Hanafi helped Shabaab identify five peers who were later killed by the terrorist group.

Video shared on social media appeared to show the Syrian pilot surrounded by rebels.

It is time for Europe to ban the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist hate preachers

Four gunmen attacked a hotel hosting an EU military training mission in Bamako, Mali's capital.