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President of the Quilliam Foundation Noman Benotman. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Noman Benotman: Manchester Attack is an International Terrorist Operation

by Mohamed Shafei | Jun 4, 2017 | World

London – President of the Quilliam Foundation Noman Benotman stated that Manchester suicide attack on May 22 is the most violent attack by extremists on Britain in 12 years. He deemed the attack a first degree international terrorist operation according to the...

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Salman Abedi, 22, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert.

Manchester Suspect Returned from Libya ‘Days’ before Attack

by Mohamed Shafei | May 25, 2017 | World

London- British and French interior ministry sources revealed on Wednesday that the suspect of Manchester suicide bombing Salman Abedi, 22, moved between two Arab states before returning to the United Kingdom – French Interior Ministry said that the bomber most...

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HM Prison Frankland and Long Newton Prison, in county Durham (Alamy)

UK to Build Own Version of “Guantanamo Bay” for Extremists

by Mohamed Shafei | May 14, 2017 | World

London –The British parliament is currently looking into a draft-law that allows the building of a maximum-security prison for extremists and prisoners linked to terrorist attacks and propaganda. The new prison, which was effectively named “Britain’s Guantanamo Bay”...

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A boy walks past the demolished site of a compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad May 2, 2012. Osama bin Laden was killed a year ago, on May 2, 2011, by a United States special operations military unit in a raid on his compound in Abbottabad. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed

Syria: Zawahiri Deputy Killed in a Raid

by Mohamed Shafei | Feb 28, 2017 | Middle East

London – Al-Qaeda deputy leader Abu Khayr al-Masri was killed in a drone strike along with other jihadists near the city of Idlib – extremists mourned him on the social media websites. “Abu Khayr Masri is Abdullah Muhammad Rajab Abdulrahman and is considered the...

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Sheikh Abdul Rahman © Reuters

Founder of Gamaa Islamiya Dies in Prison in U.S.

by Mohamed Shafei | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

London – Omar Abdul Rahman, spiritual leader of Gamaa Islamiya, died in his prison in the United States, sources confirmed. Kenneth McKoy of the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C., said Abdul Rahman died at 5:40 a.m. He suffered from diabetes and coronary...