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    Al-Qaeda (/ æ l ˈ k aɪ d ə, ˌ æ l k ɑː ˈ iː d ə /; Arabic: القاعدة, romanized: al-Qāʿidah, lit. 'the Base', IPA: [alˈqaː.ʕi.da]) is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic ...

  2. 2 days ago · al-Qaeda, broad-based militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s and became one of the world’s most notorious terrorist organizations after carrying out the attacks of September 11, 2001.

  3. Dec 4, 2018 · The global terror network, al Qaeda, founded by Osama bin Laden, has been responsible for thousands of deaths on 9/11 and several other deadly attacks across the globe.

  4. History of al-Qaeda. al-Qaeda has five distinct phases in its development: its beginnings in the late 1980s, a "wilderness" period in 1990–1996, its "heyday" in 1996–2001, a network period from 2001 to 2005, and a period of fragmentation from 2005 to 2009. [1]

  5. Usama Bin Ladin formed al-Qa‘ida in 1988 with Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union, and declared its goal as the establishment of a pan-Islamic caliphate throughout the Muslim world. Toward this end, al-Qa‘ida seeks to unite Muslims to fight the West, especially the United States, as a means of overthrowing Muslim ...

  6. Sep 10, 2020 · On the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US, the perpetrator - the then-Afghan based jihadist group al-Qaeda - is in a state of disarray. Its branch in Syria was silenced in June by a...

  7. Aug 2, 2022 · With the death of al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda may now decide to revive its flagging fortunes with a new leader and a new strategy. It would be a foolish intelligence agency that concludes that...

  8. Aug 2, 2022 · The strike in Kabul was the first U.S. attack in Afghanistan since American forces left last year. WASHINGTON — An American drone strike killed Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11...

  9. Jun 6, 2012 · Al-Qaeda, Arabic for "the Base," is an international terrorist network founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. It seeks to rid Muslim countries of what it sees as the profane influence of...

  10. News about Al Qaeda, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

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