How to Save Syria From al Qaeda

by Leslie H. Gelb Feb 24, 2013 5:45 AM EST

The aim can’t just be to help the rebels and oust Assad; it must be to prevent extremists from... MORE

Al Qaeda’s Syria Offensive

by Bruce Riedel Feb 23, 2013 1:15 PM EST

The terror group’s Syrian front is not only attacking Assad, but building a base from which they... MORE

Al Qaeda’s Top Recruiting Tool: The CIA

by Jamie Dettmer Feb 20, 2013 4:45 AM EST

Jamie Dettmer on the top terror leader, once tortured by Americans MORE

‘I Infiltrated al Qaeda’

by Orla Borg, Carsten Ellegaard Christensen, Morten Pihl Feb 10, 2013 4:45 AM EST

Even Obama knew the name of the Danish double agent who never got his due for helping lead U.S.... MORE

The Moral Case for Drone Strikes

by Mark McKinnon Feb 7, 2013 4:45 AM EST

Mark McKinnon wrestles with the ethics of our new high-tech war machine. MORE

Obama and the Justice Department Memo

by Michael Tomasky Feb 6, 2013 7:12 AM EST

Whether a person gives up his due process rights when he joins an enemy army is a more complicated... MORE

CIA Ran Secret Base in Saudi Arabia

Feb 5, 2013 10:42 PM EST

To strike al Qaeda militants in Yemen. MORE

Timbuktu Women Singled Out

by The Telegraph Feb 4, 2013 4:45 AM EST

Al Qaeda and its allies have fled, but stories are emerging of the occupiers’ brutal treatment of... MORE

Taking Mali Back

by Trevor Snapp Feb 1, 2013 3:15 PM EST

As French and Malian troops pushed out jihadist occupiers, Trevor Snapp captured what they left... MORE

Algeria: al Qaeda’s Dying Gasp

by Philip Mudd Jan 24, 2013 4:40 PM EST

Ex–CIA counterterrorism official Philip Mudd on why Algeria’s terrorist attack shows a jihadist... MORE

Where’s the Benghazi Justice?

by John Avlon Jan 24, 2013 4:45 AM EST

There’s been no retaliation for the attack. That sends a dangerous message, says John Avlon. MORE

Algeria: We Will Fight al Qaeda

Jan 22, 2013 6:30 AM EST

Prime minister says Canadian organized attack. MORE