BEIRUT (AFP) - A Lebanese military court on Tuesday handed 20 people jail sentences of up to 15 years after convicting them on charges of belonging to Al-Qaeda and plotting "terrorist attacks," a judicial source said.
Judge Nizar Khalil found the accused guilty of "belonging to Al-Qaeda and forming an armed gang with the aim of attacking civilians and undermining the state and its authority, at [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States has warned military and commercial vessels plying the coast of Yemen that they may be targeted by Al-Qaeda, citing the 2000 attack on the USS Cole.
"Information suggests that Al-Qaeda remains interested in maritime attacks in the Bab-al-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden along the coast of Yemen," a "special advisory" on the website of the US O [...]
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RIYADH (AFP) - Osama bin Laden's son Omar said on Saturday that Al-Qaeda's North Africa branch should keep out of his family's affairs, after it accused Iran of mistreating his siblings stranded in Tehran.
The Al-Qaeda chief's fourth son also confirmed that his sister Iman bin Laden together with their mother Najwa al-Ghanem had been allowed to leave Iran on Thursday after months of trying, [...]
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SANAA (AFP) - Yemen has beefed up security around oil and maritime installations for fear of retaliation by Al-Qaeda after several strikes against the jihadist network, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
"Yemeni authorities have increased security measures around oil and maritime installations, in addition to securing the routes of oil tankers," the ministry website said.
"Firm ord [...]
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SANAA (AFP) - A Yemeni air raid against a "terrorist cell" in the southeast of the country has killed two senior Al-Qaeda members, the defence ministry said early Monday.
"Our air force carried out a raid on terrorist elements who were planning attacks on vital installations (and) two Al-Qaeda leaders were killed," said a statement on the defence ministry's website.
It did not specify wh [...]
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