Abu Ayyub al-Masri

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has freed a Mauritanian paramilitary police officer it had held hostage since an attack on a gendarmerie station almost three months ago, officials said Saturday."Ely Ould Moktar, kidnapped on December 20 from his unit in Adel Begrou, is now free and is in good health," said a statement from gendarmerie headquarters published by the official Mauritanian news agency.A spokesman for AQIM confirmed the release to the online news agency Nouakchott Info and said he...Read Full Story

Fri, Sep 16 2011 7:09 IST | 55 Views | Add your comment SHARE: Abu Hafs al-Shahri, the in-charge of Al Qaeda's Pakistan operation, has been killed, Xinhua reported. He was killed in the country's Waziristan region earlier this week. The militant collaborated closely with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, the report said quoting an unnamed official. EmailPrintSave as PDF Videos / Photos State ATS teams to assist NIA in Delhi HC blast probe Pakistan Tightens Grip Over All Aspect of...Read Full Story

Security forces in Iraq said it had arrested 39 al Qaeda militants including one of its top officers in raids over the last five weeks.Wearing orange prison uniforms, the men were paraded at a news conference and face being executed without facing a trial, according to reports.The group is alleged to have carried out car bombings and attacks against police in Anbar, a former al Qaeda stronghold, as well as recruiting suicide bombers and plotting attacks on government ministries. Captured...Read Full Story

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Al-Qaeda's north African wing on Friday released to a news agency what it said were two photographs of five Westerners kidnapped in Mali last month.Mauritanian news agency ANI, which has in the past has carried statements from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM), said the group released the pictures to support a statement issued a day earlier in which it claimed responsibility for the abductions.One photo shows two of the hostages, French nationals Serge Lazarevic and Philippe Verdon, with...Read Full Story

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritanian military forces killed 12 members of al Qaeda's North African wing and suffered two fatalities in fighting in the desert along the border with Mali, a Mauritanian security source said on Saturday.The clash is the latest sign of an escalation in the battle between Saharan countries and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the chief suspect in the kidnapping of seven foreigners, including five French citizens, in Niger on Thursday.The fighting continued on...Read Full Story

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate on Tuesday claimed responsibility for recent attacks on Iraqi judges, saying it was retaliating against death sentences being given to Sunni prisoners.Insurgents using bombs and silenced weapons launched an assault against Iraqi judges on August 17 in Baghdad and Diyala province, killing two and wounding six, judicial sources said.In a statement posted on a website often used by Islamist radicals, the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), a local al Qaeda...Read Full Story

A suicide bomber attacked a military barracks in eastern Mauritania early Wednesday but was foiled by troops who fired on his vehicle and blew it up, a senior military official told AFP.The would-be bomber tried to ram his four-wheel drive vehicle into the barracks before soldiers fired on the vehicle, sparking a "big explosion" which caused heavy damage, the official said.No other deaths were reported, though witnesses said three people were slightly injured.The incident in Nema, some 1,200...Read Full Story

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi court has sentenced the wife of a slain al-Qaeda leader to life in prison for her role in aiding insurgents' activities, a spokesman for the country's judicial council said Sunday.Hasna Ali Yahya, the wife of former al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was given life imprisonment Thursday, Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, spokesman for Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said."She was convicted last Thursday according to article four of the anti-terrorism law for...Read Full Story