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Al Qaeda training Britons, Europeans to carry attacks at home

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 11:08

Al Qaeda is training and encouraging Britons and Europeans fighting in Syria to return to their countries as "jihadists" and carry out car bombings and suicide attacks on home soil, according to a media report.

Lebanon Army says jihadist commander arrested

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 22:07

Lebanon`s army on Wednesday announced the arrest of a commander loyal to Al-Qaeda, adding he was involved in an attack against the military last month.

700 killed in Syria rebel-jihadist battle: Monitor

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 00:20

Fierce fighting between jihadists and rival rebel groups in Syria has killed at least 700 in more than a week while hundreds more are missing, a monitoring group said.

Nearly 500 killed in Syria rebel-jihadist fighting: NGO

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:08

Nearly 500 people, among them 85 civilians, have been killed in a week of fierce fighting pitting Syrian rebels against the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a monitoring group said Friday.

`274 dead` in four days of Syria rebel-jihadist clashes

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 09:39

At least 274 people have been killed in four days in Syria since the outbreak of fighting between rebels and jihadists, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.

Yemen jails Qaeda suspect for three years

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 00:06

A Yemeni court on Sunday sentenced a suspected member of jihadist network al Qaeda to three years in prison for taking part in attacks in the capital Sanaa, state media reported.

Al Qaeda apologises for deadly Yemen hospital attack

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 22:15

A deadly Al Qaeda attack this month on a Yemeni defence ministry hospital was a mistake, a top jihadist commander has said.

Saudi jihadist jailed 16 years over plot to kill top cleric

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 17:56

A Saudi court has jailed an al Qaeda-linked jihadist for 16 years for plotting to kill the kingdom`s grand mufti, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, and other clerics, media said on Wednesday.

Turkey shells jihadist positions in Syria for first time

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 17:58

Turkey has shelled positions held by jihadist fighters in neighbouring Syria for the first time, the army said, in retaliation for a mortar round that fell on Turkish territory.

Al Qaeda militants seize army HQ in Yemen port city

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 20:56

Al Qaeda militants seized army headquarters in Yemeni port city Mukalla on Monday, killing two soldiers and taking many more hostage, in their second major assault in 10 days, military officials said.

Jihadist group claims bomb targeting Egypt minister

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 13:26

Ibrahim, who was travelling in an armoured car, was unscathed.

Several militants killed in military raid in Egypt

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 18:27

Several militants were killed and dozens injured Saturday in a raid launched by the Egyptian army on hideouts of Jihadist militants in Egypt, a local security source has revealed.