Algerian Al Qaeda Ally Says Appoints New Leader
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Algeria's largest Islamic rebel group with ties to al Qaeda said it has appointed a new chief, known as an explosives expert, as it tries to regroup following the loss of key leaders in recent gun battles with authorities.
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The north African branch of Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for two suicide attacks in Algeria which killed over 50 people, Al-Jazeera television reported Sunday citing an Internet statement from the group.
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An al Qaeda group has claimed responsibility for killing eight paramilitary gendarmes in an ambush in eastern Algeria last week.
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PARIS -- In a video released last month on the Internet, al-Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, declared that he had "great news." Al-Qaeda, he reported, had joined forces with an obscure Algerian underground network and would work in tandem with the group to "crush the pillars of the.........
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Hezbollah's executive has re-elected Sheik Hassan Nasrallah as leader of the militant Shiite Muslim movement, according to a statement Monday by the party that the United States brands as terrorist.
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Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader said in a new videotape aired Saturday that an Egyptian militant group has joined the terror network.
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Senior Palestinian officials said last night that a move is afoot among leaders of the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala), whereby Abu Mazen would replace Yasser Arafat as chairman of the Palestinian
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President Hamid Karzai moved Saturday to replace a powerful governor and militia leader who has long defied his authority and held virtually autonomous sway over one of the country&#39;s wealthiest regions.
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Al Qaeda's new leader called on Muslims   to unify ranks with insurgents in Iraq, according to an audio   tape aired by Al Jazeera television on Thursday.
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When Algeria's Islamic militants dubbed themselves Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa this year, it was more than just a name change: Fresh recruits also have been deployed in suicide bombings, a new tactic in the 15-year insurgency.
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The eldest son of the late leader of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to his father, official sources told CNN.
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Islamic militants linked to Osama bin Laden's network claimed Tuesday's attack in Algeria.
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Chad named the former rebel leader Mahamat Nour Abdelkerim as its new defence minister on Sunday in a major reshuffle of the volatile central African country's government, national radio reported.
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One of North Africa's most wanted  Islamic militant leaders, accused in the kidnapping of 32  European tourists last year, has been taken into custody in  Algeria, authorities said on Thursday.
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String of urban suicide bombings signals a new strategy among Algeria's Islamist terrorists.
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Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Algeria was originally called the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, a name derived from a fundamentalist branch of Islam. Founded in 1998, six years after the outbreak of a civil war that has killed an estimated 200,000 Algerians, the group's stated mission was to t...
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Despite increased pressure by the U.S. against al-Qaeda, the groups ranks are growing, and new leaders are taking charge