Al Manar TV9d
“Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham”: From Al-Nusra to a New Political Entity – Challenges Ahead (Part 2)
Drafting a new constitution remains another challenge, with Al-Julani projecting a two- to three-year process. Meanwhile, the ...
Hibatullah Akhundzada: Afghanistan's Reclusive Taliban Leader
Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone ...
MercoPress13d
US drone strike kills Osama bin Laden's successor as Al-Qaeda chief
Al-Zawahiri was said to have been ... the Doha Agreement,” the 2020 US pact with the Taliban that led to the withdrawal of American forces. Ayman al-Zawahri was an Egyptian-born jihadist who ...
Cape and Islands NPR13d
Q&A: CIA Chief on how the U.S. intel community handled Russia, China and Mideast
In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ...
Opinion
Two Americans remain in Taliban custody following prisoner exchange
While the release of Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty is to be celebrated, Americans Mahmood Habibi and George Glezmann remain in Taliban custody.
KUOW14d
Q&A: CIA Chief on how the U.S. intel community handled Russia, China and Mideast
Early in his tenure, in the summer of 2021, he flew to Kabul to negotiate with the Taliban over the ... that killed the leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri. After war broke out between Israel ...