Osama bin Laden has instructed the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to hit targets inside the U.S., U.S. intelligence officials said this week. Al-Zarqawi is believed to be responsible for ...

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

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He joined Al-Qaeda in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and was subsequently detained for five years, preventing him from rising through the ranks of the jihadist organisation. In March 2011 ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Before January 2003, Zarqawi was little known. A few people were even aware of the one-legged Palestinian Ahmed Fadeel Al Khalayleh, born in Zarqa in Jordan, who was basically a semi-literate ...

Jordan's military court on Sunday sentenced al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to death for a second time for a failed suicide bombing attack along the Iraqi border a year ago.