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Memri
a day ago
- Politics
- Memri
Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Leader Sa'ad Al-Awlaki Calls On Hackers To Target Economies Of U.S., Gulf Countries
On June 8, 2025, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Sa'ad Bin Atef Al-Awlaki appeared in a video in which he called for attacks on U.S. government institutions such as the Senate, companies that support Israel or the U.S. military, including Microsoft and Elon Musk's businesses, and urged hackers to strike both the American and Gulf economies. He said: "I say to the Knights of Hacking, the so-called 'hackers' among the Muslims, and to all the free people on earth who reject killing and crimes: Go after the American economy, as well as the economies of the Gulf countries that support and finance the Jews and the Americans. Do not cease doing that. Do not despair. We all do what we can do best." To watch the MEMRI TV clip, click here or below:
Arab News
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Al-Qaeda in Yemen says senior official killed in blast
Dubai: A senior member of Al-Qaeda in Yemen has been killed in a bomb blast, according to a statement from the extremist group behind a string of high-profile attacks. Abu Yusuf Al-Muhammadi Al-Hadrami died when a motorcycle packed with explosives detonated near where he worked in Marib, east of the rebel-held capital Sanaa. Washington regards the group, known as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), as the Sunni Muslim militant network's most dangerous branch. Born in 2009 from the merger of Al-Qaeda's Yemeni and Saudi factions, AQAP grew and developed in the chaos of Yemen's war, which since 2015 has pitted Iran-backed Houthi rebels against a Saudi-led coalition. It has been responsible for multiple attacks, including the deadly 2000 bombing of the USS Cole off the coast of Aden, which killed 17 US military personnel. In 2015, AQAP claimed that two French gunmen who massacred 12 people in an attack on the Paris offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine were acting on its behalf. AQAP is now just one of many armed groups, including Daesh group jihadists and UAE-trained separatist militias, who are active in Yemen's non-rebel areas.
