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TopicAl-Qaeda

Topic: al-Qaeda

Delhi link led Gujarat ATS to Bengaluru woman held for ‘operating al Qaeda propaganda accounts’

Woman identified as Shama Parveen Ansari was arrested after Gujarat ATS questioned Mohammad Faiq, who was arrested from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk last week.

FATF flags al-Qaeda & ISIL’s ‘decentralisation’, says such groups rely on merch sales, informal funding

Terror financing watchdog FATF in its latest report says that these groups have begun operating via ‘regional hubs’, employ offline & online methods to disseminate messages, collect funds.

Who are Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, al-Qaeda linked group behind abduction of 3 Indians in Mali 

The terrorist group has emerged as most active in the Sahel, with a footprint across eight countries. It has been conducting numerous attacks across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

3 Indians abducted by al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Mali. India condemns ‘deplorable act’

Mali’s law & order has deteriorated since fall of Muammar Gaddafi regime in Libya in 2011, with proliferation of Libyan weapons fuelling terrorist movements across greater Sahel.

Darul Uloom bombing shows the jihadist war is eating its own

A suicide bombing ripped through Pakistan’s Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary last week. It would soon celebrate 200 years of Sayyid Ahmad’s triumph over Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army.

3 granted bail in Al-Qaeda-linked training module case as Delhi Police fail to file chargesheet

The 3 men were arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell in August last yr for allegedly receiving arms training as part of a terror module linked to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).

Al-Qaeda’s last Indian soldier is imprisoned in Pakistan. Is the long jihad finally dead?

It's unclear when Mohammad Usman, a former resident of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, was incarcerated. But being an anti-India jihadist no longer guarantees gentle treatment in Pakistani prisons.

After fall of Syria, al-Qaeda’s Indian jihadists see hope of resurrecting their Caliphate dream

An intel officer says, big danger is that Tahrir al-Sham's rise will revive ideas of violent jihad, which seemed to have been extinguished by fall of Islamic State, other groups after 2018.

The Assad regime fell due to its own failures, not geopolitical plots. Syrians face new fears

Even though Tahrir al-Sham has promised to protect minorities, and to crush transnational jihadist groups in Syria, exactly what comes next is impossible to predict.

India, Brazil, South Africa call for action against LeT, JeM and their proxies

A joint statement under the IBSA grouping was issued by foreign ministers of the 3 countries, who met on the sidelines of the 79th session of UN General Assembly in New York.

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

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