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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP

This photo provided by Rewards for Justice, US Department of State, shows Khalid al-Batarf (Rewards For Justice, US Department of State, via AP)
March 11, 2024, 9:15 am
Yemen’s al-Qaeda branch says leader dead, in unclear circumstances
Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his head from the US, led most dangerous arm of terror group since 2020
By AP
In this Friday, June 15, 2012 file photo, an al-Qaeda logo is seen on a street sign in the town of Jaar in southern Abyan province, Yemen (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
February 8, 2020, 1:59 pm
After US killing of leader, what’s next for al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula?
Qassim al-Rimi’s death in an American operation raises questions about the jihadist group’s operations and its future
By Dana Moukhallati
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants in Yemen in 2014. (Screen capture: Wikimedia commons)
April 27, 2019, 4:49 am
Yemen’s al-Qaeda branch vows revenge over Saudi executions
Threat from Sunni terrorist group a sign its members among the 37 Saudis beheaded this week on terrorism charges
By AP
A US-made MRAP, or Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected, armored vehicle in Yemen in the hands of a radical Salafi faction backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. (CNN screen capture)
February 5, 2019, 11:18 am
In Yemen’s chaos, jihadists and Iran are getting hold of US weapons
Pentagon investigating apparent Saudi, UAE violations of commitments not to transfer American arms to Yemeni factions
By ToI Staff
French national Peter Cherif, right, alleged associate of the Kouachi brothers, perpetrators of 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack, is extradited to France at Djibouti International Airport in Djibouti on December 22, 2018. (Houssein Hersi/AFP)
December 27, 2018, 9:44 pm
Key French jihadist Peter Cherif set to return to prison
High-ranking member of Al-Qaeda’s most dangerous branch, now in French custody, linked to perpetrators of Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher terror attacks
By Mehdi CHERIFIA
Screen capture from video of Khalid Batarfi, a senior figure with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. (YouTube)
October 19, 2018, 5:13 am
US offers reward for jihadist who urged attacks over Jerusalem embassy move
Washington says it will pay $5 million for capture of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Khalid Batarfi, who called to target Jews and Americans everywhere
By AFP
Screen capture from video of Khalid Batarfi, a senior figure with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. (YouTube)
January 24, 2018, 8:59 am
Al-Qaeda leader who urged attacks on Jews and Americans put on US terror list
State Department blacklists Yemen-based Khalid Batarfi a day after he published a video saying Muslims in ‘the occupied land’ must kill using every weapon available
By JTA and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Khalid Batarfi, a senior figure with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. (YouTube)
January 23, 2018, 10:29 am
Qaeda leader urges attacks on Jews, Americans over Trump’s Jerusalem recognition
Yemen-based Khalid Batarfi publishes video saying Muslims in ‘the occupied land’ must kill using every weapon available
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Yemenis inspect the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on August 29, 2016 at an army recruitment center in the Yemeni city of Aden. (AFP/Saleh al-Obeidi)
November 5, 2017, 1:23 pm
Al-Qaeda suspects hit Yemen government bastion in twin suicide bombings
Yemeni officials say attack by terror group targeted Aden’s security headquarters and criminal investigation unit
By AFP
In this April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaeda militant, center, holds a banner as he stands behind bars during a court hearing in state security court in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
May 1, 2017, 3:37 pm
Al-Qaeda leader says group fought alongside US-backed forces
Terror group’s Yemen branch has become a de facto ally of Yemeni government in civil war against Iranian-sponsored Houthis
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Republican guards stand outside the Hyper Cacher supermarket ahead of a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the deadly attack against the store in Paris on January 5, 2017. (AFP/CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT)
April 29, 2017, 4:53 am
Three charged with supplying arms to terrorists in 2015 Paris attacks
Authorities link sale of weapons to jihadist who killed 4 Jewish men in kosher supermarket, brothers who murdered 12 at Charlie Hebdo
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative image of smoke billowing from buildings after reported air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition on arms warehouses at Al-Dailami air base, on September 29, 2015, north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)
April 23, 2017, 8:58 pm
Drone strike kills pair of al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen
Second strike kills three civilians who rushed to the scene of the first strike targeting al-Qaeda caravan
By AFP
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), joined at right by the committee's ranking member, Senator Jack Reed, (D-Rhode Island), speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
February 9, 2017, 10:57 pm
Trump lashes out at McCain for comments on deadly Yemen raid
US president says Arizona senator’s labeling of mission in which Navy SEAL died a ‘failure’ ‘only emboldens the enemy’
By Andrew Taylor
Republican guards stand outside the Hyper Cacher supermarket ahead of a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the deadly attack against the store in Paris on January 5, 2017. (Christophe Archambault/AFP)
January 6, 2017, 3:28 am
French politicians mark two years since Charlie Hebdo, Hyper Cacher attacks
Officials host ceremonies to remember 17 killed in three-day terror rampage, including four Jewish men in supermarket
By JTA and ToI Staff
An undated image of the late al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden and his son, Hamza. (YouTube screenshot)
August 17, 2016, 8:06 pm
Bin Laden’s son urges overthrow of Saudi rulers
Offspring of al-Qaeda founder calls for fighters to join Yemen-based branch of terror group, free themselves from US control
By AFP
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