Security forces are closing in on the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, a senior Iraqi official said Sunday, showing a captured video of the terror chief teaching followers ...

The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership ...

WITH THE DEATH of Abu Musab Zarqawi, a great deal of attention has focused on Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born terrorist that Major General William Caldwell singled out as the “most logical” ...

“We suspect one of those killed is Abu Ayyub al-Masri. We are holding DNA tests to find out if he is,” Kamal told the AP. He and Johnson did not give further details. 'Critical target' Al-Masri, also ...

And I think Abu Ayyub al-Masri is fulfilling that role quite well. I think eventually, many years hence, if he still survives and if the al-Qaida organization in Iraq survives whatever the future of ...

U.S. military officials believe they've identified the new chief of al-Qaida in Iraq. They've released a photo and details about the terrorist background of Abu Ayyub al-Masri. The Egyptian, who ...

Indeed, this is big news. But here is one fact the press is not likely to trumpet: Abu Ayyub al Masri set up shop in Saddam’s Iraq roughly ten months prior to the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. His ...

BAGHDAD, June 15 -- U.S. military leaders Thursday unveiled a photograph of the Egyptian-born explosives expert they believe has been tapped as the apparent successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the ...