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Al Qaeda chief invites foreign fighters to train in Afghanistan, target West: 'Safe haven for terrorists'

Al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, Saif al-Adl, issued a call to foreign fighters around the world to migrate to Afghanistan and join the ranks of the jihadi terror group. A new report in the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ Long War Journal highlights the call from al-Adl and is so far the clearest indication from al Qaeda for foreigners …

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Bombing kills co-founder of Syria's main al-Qaida-linked group, once known as Nusra Front

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber set off his explosives late on Thursday in northwestern Syria, killing the co-founder of the country’s main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the northwest, a war monitor said. Some activists disputed the source of the explosion, saying instead that a remotely detonated bomb killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani, whose real name was Maysara …

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Jihadist and nuclear threat as African country tells US to leave amid Russian and Iranian gains

The Biden administration is involved in high-stakes talks to try and persuade Niger to allow 1,000 U.S. military personnel and contractors to keep operating a $110 million anti-terror drone base in the West African country. This is against a backdrop of reports thatU.S. military influence is being replaced by Russia and worrying allegations that Iran is trying to buy uranium …

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