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  • Al-Qaeda leader blames US for Ukraine invasion in new video

    Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri made an look in a pre-recorded video to mark the eleventh anniversary of the dying of his predecessor Osama bin Weighted down.

    Al-Zawahri says within the video that “U.S. weak spot” was once the rationale that its best friend Ukraine become “prey” for the Russian invasion.

    The 27-minute speech was once launched Friday in line with the SITE Intelligence team, which screens militant process. The chief seems sitting at a table with books and a gun.

    Urging Muslim cohesion, al-Zawahri mentioned the U.S. was once in a state of weak spot and decline and cited the affect of the wars in Iraq and  Afghanistan introduced after the 9/11 terrorist assaults. Bin Weighted down was once the mastermind and financier in the back of the assaults.

    “Right here (the U.S.) is after its defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan, after the commercial failures brought about via the 9/11 invasions, after the Corona pandemic, and after it left its best friend Ukraine as prey for the Russians,” he mentioned.

    Bin Weighted down was once killed in a 2011 raid via U.S. forces on his compound hideout in Pakistan.

    Al-Zawahri’s whereabouts are unknown. He’s sought after via the FBI and there’s a $25 million praise for info resulting in his seize.

  • 5 with hyperlinks with jehadi crew affiliated to Al Qaeda arrested in Assam

    Through PTI

    GUWAHATI: 5 individuals were arrested, together with a Bangladeshi nationwide, for alleged hyperlinks writh a jehadi crew primarily based within the neighbouring nation which is thought affiliated to the Al-Qaeda in Indian Sub continent (AQIS) from Assam’s Barpeta district, Director Common of police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta mentioned on Saturday.

    In accordance with an intelligence file shared through the Particular Department of the state police, the Barpeta police apprehended the 5 individuals from spaces beneath the Howlyand Kalgachia police stations, Mahanta mentioned.

    In line with the police, the Bangladeshi nationwide, known as Md Suman alias Saiful Islam, had indoctrinated 4 others in a bid to broaden Barpeta as a base for jehadi paintings for AQIS.

    Paperwork and digital units have been recovered from their ownership, the DGP added.

  • Yemen: 5 UN personnel kidnapped via suspected militants

    5 United International locations personnel have been kidnapped via suspected al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen, Yemeni officers mentioned on Saturday.

    They have been taken within the province of Abyan past due Friday whilst returning to Aden, Yemen’s transient capital, after a box challenge, the UN showed.

    “The United International locations is in shut touch with the government to safe their liberate,” mentioned Russell Geekie, spokesman for the highest UN legit within the nation.

    The UN Secretary-Normal’s spokesperson mentioned they have been conscious about the case however refused to remark “for evident causes.” He didn’t elaborate.

    The Yemeni executive known the kidnapped UN personnel as 4 of its nationals and one foreigner.

    They labored with the UN Division of Safety and Protection, it mentioned, including that the federal government was once operating to safe their liberate.

    What are the kidnappers’ calls for?

    Tribal leaders mentioned they have been in talks with the kidnappers to safe the employees’ liberate.

    The kidnappers, they mentioned, call for a ransom and the discharge of a few militants imprisoned via Yemen’s across the world known executive.

    What’s the location in Yemen?

    The rustic, some of the poorest within the Center East, has been convulsed via civil struggle since 2014.

    It all started with Iran-backed Houthi rebels taking keep watch over of the capital Sanaa, and the northern portions of the rustic.

    The across the world known executive was once ousted and compelled to escape to the south.

    A Saudi-led army coalition intervened within the civil struggle and has been combating the Houthis since 2015.

    The struggle has left 1000’s of other people useless, displaced tens of millions of others, and resulted in serious shortages of meals and different very important items in Yemen.

    US sends fighter jets to UAE

    The USA Air Drive on Saturday mentioned F-22 fighter jets had arrived at an airbase within the United Arab Emirates.

    Previous this month, Washington promised to deploy a guided-missile destroyer and fighter jets to help the UAE. This was once after the Houthis introduced a chain of missile assaults towards the UAE, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition.

    The assaults, according to a chain of flooring defeats in Yemen, have opened a brand new entrance within the seven-year struggle.