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          Osama bin Laden

          The former leader of Al Qaeda, responsible for the 9/11 attacks

          Sami Aidoudi was accused ot attending terror camps in Afganistan when Osama bin Laden lived there / AP

          Osama bin Laden's diary gives rare insight into the mind of a jihadist

          CommentNovember 09, 2017
          In newly released files on Osama Bin Laden, the founder of Al Qaeda reveals he was heavily influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood. Universal History Archive/Getty Images

          Bin Laden shaped by the Muslim Brotherhood, journal reveals

          The AmericasNovember 03, 2017
          Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in an undated file photo. AP

          Bin Laden files offer details on Al Qaeda relations with Iran

          WorldNovember 02, 2017
          This undated photo shows Jabhat Fatah Al Sham leader Abu Mohammed Jolani, second from right, discussing battlefield details with field commanders over a map in Aleppo. Militant UGC via AP

          Russia says strikes in Syria hit former Al Qaeda affiliate's underground arsenal

          October 05, 2017
          A screengrab from 2005 shows the current leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman Al Zawahiri. AFP Photo / Al Jazeera

          Al Qaeda leader calls for attacks on the United States

          AsiaOctober 05, 2017
          The Tribute in Light shines above a reflecting pool at the National September 11 Memorial on the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Mark Lennihan / AP Photo

          Sixteen years after 9/11, how does America see the world?

          OpinionSeptember 10, 2017

          Khalid Shaikh Mohammad seeks to justify 9/11 in letter sent to Obama

          WorldFebruary 09, 2017
          A view of the hideout house of slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. Aamir Qureshi / AFP

          Years after his death, Osama bin Laden is still creating havoc

          OpinionJuly 31, 2016

          CIA ‘live-tweets’ bin Laden raid five years later

          WorldMay 02, 2016
          Jamil Afridi, the elder brother of jailed Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi who was recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden, has not been granted visiting rights to his brother ho remains languishing in a jail in Pakistan. SS Mirza/ AFP

          Five years on, bin Laden doctor still languishing in Pakistan jail

          WorldMay 02, 2016
          The attacks in Paris and Brussels portend the weakening of the link between ISIL's international activities and how it is faring on the ground in the region. Patrik Stollarz / AFP

          ISIL has its eyes on Al Qaeda’s global network

          OpinionMarch 27, 2016
          Kagan McLeod for The National

          Newsmaker: Twitter

          March 24, 2016
          Eqbal Ahmad, third from right, gestures as he leaves the Federal Building, Washington, DC, in May 1971, as part of the Harrisburg Seven, a group of anti-war activists unsuccessfully prosecuted for allegedly plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger, US president Richard Nixon's national security advisor. Bettmann / Corbis

          Book review: Eqbal Ahmad: Critical Outsider in a Turbulent Age – a compelling portrait of a Pakistani activist

          March 10, 2016
          Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in an undated file photo. US intelligence agencies have released more than 100 documents and other materials that were seized in the May 2011 raid that killed bin Laden. The materials from his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, were declassified and made public on March 1, 2016, after a lengthy review by government agencies. Associated Press

          Al Qaeda’s bin Laden wanted his fortune used ‘on jihad’

          WorldMarch 01, 2016
          The documentary Guantanamo’s Child is about 28-year-old Omar Khadr, who has spent half his life behind bars. Courtesy White Pine Pictures

          Hard-hitting documentary Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival

          September 13, 2015
          Debris from the Embraer Phenom 300 jet that crashed in a car sales lot near Blackbushe Airport in southern England on July 31, 2015. Daniel Leal-Olivas / PA via AP

          Osama bin Laden’s ‘stepmother and sister’ killed in UK plane crash

          WorldAugust 01, 2015
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