The Exile: The Flight of Osama bin Laden review – an insider’s account of...
Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy’s gripping history of the terrorist network, from 2001 to the present, reveals a dark web of familial and political machinationsIn the days following the killing of...
View ArticleThe Exile by Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy review – Osama Bin Laden after...
The investigative reporters have produced a revelatory work about al-Qaida members in hiding in Pakistan and Iran between 2001 and 2011At the time of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, Osama...
View ArticleBin Laden's disdain for the west grew in Shakespeare's birthplace, journal shows
CIA released journal as part of 470,000 documents collected from Bin Laden’s house, showing he visited the UK as a teenager and found it to be ‘decadent’A summer trip to the UK as a teenager and visits...
View ArticleNever-before-seen footage of Osama bin Laden's son released by CIA – video
The CIA has released previously unseen video of Osama bin Laden's son and potential successor in a trove of material recovered during the May 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida leader at his compound...
View ArticlePakistan asks Trump to help fund border fence with Afghanistan
It tells US president the 1,800-mile barrier will help end the Afghan war and reduce terrorismPakistan is building a fence along its border with Afghanistan, and it wants Donald Trump to pay for it –...
View Article'They totally underestimated al-Qaida': The Looming Tower and America's...
The new drama retells the build-up to the terror attack and how the US’s intelligences services let tribalism and ego get in the way of national interestThere is a shot, 12 minutes into Hulu and...
View ArticleFormer FBI agent Ali Soufan: ‘Isis is not over – it will take a different shape’
He spent eight years in counter-terrorism before his objection to the US’s use of torture led to his departure. Now, he says, the west must learn from its mistakes: ‘If we don’t, we will suffer for...
View ArticleMy son, Osama: the al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time
Nearly 17 years since 9/11, Osama bin Laden’s family remains an influential part of Saudi society – as well as a reminder of the darkest moment in the kingdom’s history. Can they escape his legacy?On...
View ArticleHamza bin Laden has married daughter of lead 9/11 hijacker, say family
Exclusive: union confirmed by Osama bin Laden’s family during interview with the GuardianMy son, Osama: first interview with al-Qaida leader’s motherHamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida...
View Articleولدي، أسامة: والدة زعيم "القاعدة" في حديث للمرة الاولى
مرّت حوالى 17 سنة على هجمات الحادي عشر من ايلول/سبتمبر، وعائلة بن لادن لا تزال جزءاً بارزاً من المجتمع السعودي- وهي كذلك شاهد على أحلك اللحظات في تاريخ المملكة. والسؤال هو هل في الإمكان النجاة من شراك...
View ArticleNine Lives: My Time as MI6’s Top Spy Inside Al-Qaida – review
A memoir of a decade at the highest levels of Islamist militancy by a double agent known as ‘Aimen Dean’ is extraordinaryWhen the Taliban regime in Afghanistan collapsed in November 2001, journalists...
View ArticleWhat Trump gets wrong about the Osama bin Laden killing
The president claims the US should have ‘caught’ the al-Qaida leader earlier, but that ignores basic details of the raidDonald Trump has repeated his claim that Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US...
View ArticleForever prisoners: were a father and son wrongly ensnared by America’s war on...
Saifullah Paracha, the oldest prisoner in Guantánamo Bay, will probably die in detention without ever being charged. His son is currently in a US prison. Both have been in custody for almost 15 years,...
View ArticleWithout territory or new recruits, Islamic State is in its death throes |...
Dimninished and cornered, the terrorist group has lost its appeal for young MuslimsThe last fighters are holding out, just. The leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is still alive but hiding somewhere in the...
View ArticleHamza bin Laden loses Saudi citizenship after US offers $1m reward
Kingdom acts against Osama bin Laden’s son, who US says has become an al-Qaida leaderSaudi Arabia has revoked the citizenship of Hamza bin Laden, after the US offered a $1m (£755,000) reward for the...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden relative mentioned in Sheffield United investor talks
• Details revealed in court case between club’s co-owners• Possibility of Saudi-based investment discussed in 2017 meetingA Saudi businessman related to Osama bin Laden featured in discussions about...
View ArticleNew York man accused of plotting Times Square terrorist attack
Man bought illegal weapons as part of plan to kill police officers and civilians in a terrorist attack, according to US attorney A New York man praised Osama Bin Laden and talked about killing police...
View ArticleHamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, believed dead – reports
US reported to have had a hand in death of heir to al-Qaida ‘sometime in past two years’Osama bin Laden’s son, Hamza, who was trying to lead an al-Qaida resurgence, is believed dead, according to US...
View ArticleWho is Hamza bin Laden? Heir who sought to revive al-Qaida
The son of Osama bin Laden, Hamza was seen as an ‘emerging’ figure in al-Qaida before reports of his deathOsama bin Laden’s son, Hamza, is believed to be dead, according to reports out of the US. He...
View ArticleHamza bin Laden: the end of a dynasty, but not al-Qaida
Osama bin Laden’s son was being groomed to be new leader of group responsible for 9/11 For most of the decade that followed the 9/11 attacks in 2001, hardly a day passed without news about al-Qaida. In...
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