When U.S. special forces led an assault in March on a compound in northern Iraq belonging to the militant group Ansar al-Islam, U.S. officials said they had taken out a significant terrorist threat.

On October 2, 2025, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted a strike in Syria that killed Muhammad 'Abd-al-Wahhab al-Ahmad, a senior attack planner for the al-Qaeda-affiliated group Ansar ...

IN A LETTER WRITTEN to the al Qaeda leadership in early 2004, Abu Musab Zarqawi described the Iraqi Kurds in less than favorable terms. As far as Zarqawi was concerned, they were “a Trojan horse” who ...

Sometimes, what you don't say is the most important part. Take Tony Snow's remarks to Carl Levin this week on Fox News Sunday: "You mentioned the link with al Qaeda. Of course that was Ansar al-Islam ...

Since the beginning of the year, the al Qaeda-linked “Incite the Believers” operations room in northern Syria has advertised its battles with the Assad regime. Various photos and videos detail ...

In the immediate aftermath of the deadliest postwar bombing in Iraq on Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials pointed the finger at the shadowy al-Qaida-linked terrorist group, Ansar al-Islam, and its ...