Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda in Yemen has confirmed the death of its leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi, number two in the global jihadist organisation, in a US drone strike, in a video statement posted online.

Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the "second-in-command" at al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed Friday in a drone strike, the Al-Qaeda network has confirmed.

A former private secretary to al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, al-Wuhayshi was sought by the US Department of State which had offered a USD 10 M reward for those able to bring him to justice.

Al-Qaida confirmed that powerful Yemeni leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi has been killed in a U.S. drone strike against the group. The death was confirmed via a video statement posted online early Tuesday. The message by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula said that the leader “was killed in a U.S. drone attack that targeted him along with two other mujahedeen.”

An air raid carried out by the US Air Force resulted in the death of an al-Qaeda member in Libya. The operation took place on Saturday and did not involve ground forces, while the country’s legal government had been informed according to protocol.

Notorious Algerian jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been killed in a US airstrike in Libya, the strife-torn country's internationally recognised government said in a statement June 14.

The leader of the Al-Qaeda offshoot of al-Nusra in Syria spoke to Al Jazeera and stated clearly that he sees no end to the clash between his organization and ISIS. “There is no solution. We hope that they repent before God and come to their senses. If not, there is nothing left for us but to fight them”, he stated.

Al-Qaeda's North Africa arm has claimed responsibility for two attacks against the United Nation's MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali this week, the Mauritanian Al-Akhbar news agency reported May 31. 

A growing number of extremist groups from Africa to southeast Asia are shifting their allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, leading to greater risks for "cross-pollination" among conflicts beyond Syria and Iraq, the head of Interpol said May 29.
                   

Around 75 people protesting against Islam gathered outside a mosque in Phoenix, bearing Muhammad sketches, a few weeks after the attack of armed gunmen during a Texas exhibition.

Terrorism combating cannot be efficient only by adopting some force measures against terrorist groups, it needs an approach taking into account the profound causes of the phenomenon, but also the education of the population, mostly of the youths, who are most vulnerable to the propaganda of these groups, as revealed by the great number of those choosing to become Jihadist fighters.