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Analysis: Iran’s unlikely al Qaeda ties: fluid, murky and deteriorating
By Myra MacDonald LONDON (Reuters) – When al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri spoke in an audio message broadcast to supporters earlier this month, he had harsh words for Iran. Its true face, he said, had been unmasked by its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against fighters loyal to al Qaeda. Yet it is symptomatic of the peculiar relationship between Tehran and al Qaeda that in the same month Canadian police would accuse “al Qaeda elements in Iran” of backing a plot to derail a passenger train. Continue reading
‘Al Qaeda Terror Plot’ To Attack Train Foiled
Two men charged with planning an attack on a train in Toronto, with support from al Qaeda elements in Iran, will face court today. Continue reading
Assad Claims West Is Backing Al Qaeda Rebels
President Assad accuses the West of backing al Qaeda militants in the Syrian civil war and claims it will come back to haunt them. Continue reading
Pressure-cooker bomb instructions in al-Qaeda magazine
A 2010 issue of an al-Qaeda online magazine featured articles on what it called “the open-source Jihad.” Continue reading
Al Qaeda adds urgency to search for Syrian peace
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – International powers will search for a peaceful settlement to Syria's civil war with fresh urgency at an Istanbul meeting after a rebel faction aligned itself with al Qaeda, diplomats and opposition sources said on Sunday. Saturday's meeting of 11 countries from the Friends of Syria alliance will come after the al-Nusra Front, among the strongest formations seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad, pledged allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri on April 10. “We will be meeting under the shadow of the advances of Nusra and other militants Continue reading
Syrian rebels pledge loyalty to al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda assists Syrians in fight to topple Bashar Assad. Continue reading
French soldier killed in Mali, Belmokhtar fate unsure
PARIS/GAO, Mali (Reuters) – France said on Sunday a third French soldier had been killed in fierce fighting with Islamist rebels in northern Mali but could not confirm Chad's report that its troops had killed the al Qaeda commander behind January's mass hostage-taking in Algeria. Continue reading
Chad says it killed Algeria hostage mastermind in Mali
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said on Saturday. The death of one of the world's most wanted jihadists would be a major blow to al Qaeda in the region and to Islamist rebels already forced to flee towns they had seized in northern Mali by an offensive by French and African troops. “On Saturday, March 2, at noon, Chadian armed forces operating in northern Mali completely destroyed a terrorist base. Continue reading
Mokhtar Belmokhtar: Gas Terror Chief ‘Killed’
The reported death of the jihadist known as Mr Marlboro is described as a “major breakthrough” in the battle against al Qaeda. Continue reading
