Syria puts al-Qaeda and west on same side
Jon Snow blogs on the situation in Syria and why it seems to be putting al-Qaeda and the West on the same side.
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The question now is will al-Qaeda, with its new North African leadership, be able to capitalise on the politcal instability which follows revolution?
Jon Snow blogs on the situation in Syria and why it seems to be putting al-Qaeda and the West on the same side.
As a US drone strike in Yemen kills cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a leading al-Qaeda figure, Channel 4 News assesses his influence on terror attacks in the UK and abroad.
Abu Hafs al Shahri, believed to be al-Qaeda’s chief of operations in Pakistan, has reportedly been killed in a drone attack in Waziristan.
A leading expert on the terror group tells Channel 4 News why al-Qaeda is in decline – and where the next 9/11-style plot could come from.
Pakistan says it has captured three al-Qaeda operatives, including “senior leader” Younis al-Mauritania, who it says took orders directly from Osama bin Laden.
The right-hand man of Osama bin Laden’s successor was killed in a raid in northwest Pakistan in a “tremendous loss” to the terrorist group, American sources said.
A self-proclaimed former computer hacker talks to Channel 4 News about cyber crime in 2011, the role social media is playing and why he thinks hackers could become “more dangerous than al-Qaeda”.
Al-Qaeda appoints Osama bin Laden’s long-time deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, as its leader, the group’s command announces in a statement.
Al-Qaeda militants reportedly in control of government buildings in the southern city of Zinjibar have fled following air strikes, a journalist in the beleaguered country has told Channel 4 News.
There will be reprisals to avenge the death of al-Qaeda’s Osama bin Laden, one expert tells Channel 4 News. But will his successor be able to reinvigorate a demoralised terrorist network?
The biggest manhunt in history is over but what now for the terror network he led? Latest comment on the future of al-Qaeda plus tweets from the Channel 4 News team in Abbottabad.
Cerebral and popular, General David Petraeus is being touted as a presidential candidate for 2016, but is America prepared for a leader who has these qualities and a military CV, asks Jon Snow.
While US agencies are wrestling to get the genie of secrecy back in the bottle, blame Osama Bin Laden for the WikiLeaks scoop.
The US surge strategy in Afghanistan has halted the Taliban’s momentum and is weakening al-Qaeda in and around the Pakistan border areas, President Obama has said.