Ayman al-Zawahiri

Al Qaeda chief urges kidnappings of Westerners for prisoner swaps - SITE

Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has appeared in an audio interview calling on fighters to take Western hostages and exchange them for jailed jihadists, the monitoring service SITE Intelligence Group said on Sunday.

Jul 25, 2016, 04:58 AM IST

Osama bin Laden's son threatens revenge for father's assassination: Monitor

The son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.

Jul 10, 2016, 16:07 PM IST

Al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri warns US not to execute Boston bomber, others

The US will suffer the "gravest consequences" if Boston marathon bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev or any other Muslim prisoners are executed, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri warned in a video message circulated in social media on Friday.

Jul 01, 2016, 23:18 PM IST

Al-Qaeda wanted to swap PM's abducted son for Zawahiri's women

Pakistan's former premier Yusuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani claims to have been kidnapped by al-Qaeda to force the government to free some women family members of the terror group's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Jun 28, 2016, 16:12 PM IST

Al Qaeda chief vows allegiance to new Taliban leader: SITE

The pledge came in a 14-minute audio message posted online, the US-based SITE Intelligence Group said.

Jun 11, 2016, 18:50 PM IST

My son is innocent, claims father of arrested al Qaeda operative

Father of a suspected al Qaeda operative, who was arrested recently in Delhi, has claimed that his is "innocent" and that the he would try to save his son.

Dec 18, 2015, 13:03 PM IST

Al-Qaeda is active in India, operative nabbed in Delhi

Some media reports claimed that not one but two terror suspects have been nabbed.

Dec 16, 2015, 10:12 AM IST

Al Qaeda calls for lone wolf attacks on West

Zawahiri hailed the past month's attacks by Palestinians against Israelis in Jerusalem. 

Nov 03, 2015, 10:38 AM IST

Al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri declares war on Islamic State

Setting to rest speculations about a possible tie-up between the two dread terrorist groups, al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri blasted ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and said that he was not the leader of all Muslims.

Sep 11, 2015, 15:29 PM IST