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Syria dilemma: risk arming al-Qaeda or watch civilians die?
The west is caught on the horns of a dilemma: do nothing and watch more Syrians die, or send weapons, knowing that they may end up in the hands of al-Qaeda.
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US forces launch raids in Libya and Somalia capturing a top al-Qaeda figure wanted for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, US officials confirm.
Assad aide Bouthaina Shaaban tells Channel 4 News the violence in Syria is being orchestrated by al-Qaeda, the same elements that were responsible for the London bombings and 9/11.
Eighteen of the 19 United States embassies closed across the Middle East due to fears of a potential terrorist attack will reopen on Sunday, the US State Department said on Friday.
A Yemeni government official says the authorities have foiled an al-Qaeda plot to capture oil and gas export facilities and a provincial capital in the eastern part of the country.
Britain pulls all embassy staff out of Yemen due to “increased security concerns”, whilst the US orders all non-essential personnel to exit the country.
The US says it will keep 19 embassies in north Africa and the Middle East closed for up to a week, due to a possible militant threat against western targets in the region.
Amid fears that a series of prison breaks in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan have unleashed dozens of al-Qaeda’s top operatives, Channel 4 News profiles the FBI’s most wanted terrorists.
The US state department issues a worldwide travel alert related to an al-Qaeda threat and advises Americans to take extra care when they are abroad.
Al-Qaeda claim responsibility for simultaneous raids on two Iraqi prisons in which more than 500 inmates were reportedly freed.
Al-Qaeda militants kill a senior commander in the Free Syria Army, suggesting a widening rift among anti-Assad forces between Islamist fighters and more secular, western-backed elements.
The UK and France are prepared to supply weapons to those fighting to overthrow Syria’s President Assad. But can they arm the Syrian National Council without weapons reaching pro al-Qaeda forces?
It is the glossy magazine where terrorists are the celebrities and the only recipes are for bombs like the ones used in the Boston Marathon attacks. Channel 4 News looks at al-Qaeda’s Inspire.
Canadian police charge two residents with an al Qaeda-linked plot to “carry out a terrorist attack” against a passenger train on a line from New York to Toronto.
The west is caught on the horns of a dilemma: do nothing and watch more Syrians die, or send weapons, knowing that they may end up in the hands of al-Qaeda.
Jihadist rebel group in Syria Al-Nusra announces it has joined forces with al-Qaeda’s Iraq branch to form a dominant militant force in the fight against President Bashar Assad’s regime.