U.S. and Pakistani officials announced over the weekend that a CIA drone killed al Qaeda second-in-command Atiyah Abd al-Rahman in the mountainous frontier region of Pakistan on Aug. 22. Rahman, a ...

A banner accompanying an article on Atiyah Abd al Rahman in al Qaeda’s “Vanguards of Khorasan” magazine. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The 21st, and latest, online edition of al Qaeda’s ...

At 72, the ally of deposed Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir was a senior commander of the Janjaweed militia – a notorious armed group created by the government. “I reject all these charges. I am ...

An image of Atiyah Abd al Rahman, from his latest propaganda tape. Photo from the SITE Intelligence Group. The emir of al Qaeda has announced the death of Atiyah Abd al Rahman, a top leader who was ...

Abd-Al-Rahman led the Janjaweed militia responsible for the killing of over 300,000 people and displacing millions in Sudan’s Darfur region during a brutal campaign which also displaced close to three ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd ...