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Osama's son coordinates call between Zawahiri and Iran's Qods Force - The Long War Journal
Osama's son coordinates call between Zawahiri and Iran's Qods Force - The Long War Journal
Osama bin Laden's son coordinated communications between al Qaeda's second-in-command and Iran’s Qods Force, The Wall Street Journal reported . Sa'ad bin Laden facilitated communications between Ayman al Zawahiri and Qods Force, the notorious special operations branch of the Iranian ...
Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com — When Marxists took over the government of southern Yemen in 1970, many people fled to the north,... and a civil war raged for two decades. The conflict became a proxy conflict in the cold war, with the Soviet Union aiding South Yemen, and United States ... (more) Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
Return to Jihad
Return to Jihad
longwarjournal.org — Said Ali al Shihri, former Guantánamo detainee and deputy leader of al Qaeda in Yemen. Photo from... The SITE Institute. Two former Guantánamo detainees appear in a newly released al Qaeda propaganda video, according to the SITE ... (more) Return to Jihad
Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
longwarjournal.org — Members of al Qaeda in Yemen announce the merger with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Center-left... is Abu Hareth Muhammad al Awfi; far right is Said Ali al Shihri In the face of Saudi Arabia's success against the al Qaeda ... (more) Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
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US Sanctions Iran Based al Qaeda, Zawahiri Promises Fighters to Yemen
The Jawa Report — ... reported. Zawahiri contacted the Qods Force after his agreement to supply more fighters to Yemen to battle Shiite rebels, a US military source was quoted as saying. Zawahiri spoke to Qods Force commander Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, the senior US military intelligence official told The Long War Journal, confirming the account in The Wall Street Journal. "Zawahiri was concerned that the al Qaeda-manned militia fighting on the side of the government against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels might threaten Iran’s interests in Yemen," the official said. The Yemeni ...

Zawahiri Pledges New Fighters to Yemen’s Sa’ada War
Armies of Liberation — ... reported. Zawahiri contacted the Qods Force after his agreement to supply more fighters to Yemen to battle Shiite rebels, a US military source was quoted as saying. Zawahiri spoke to Qods Force commander Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, the senior US military intelligence official told The Long War Journal, confirming the account in The Wall Street Journal. “Zawahiri was concerned that the al Qaeda-manned militia fighting on the side of the government against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels might threaten Iran’s interests in Yemen,” the official said. The Yemeni ...

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