What Happened To Al-Qaeda?
Once leaders of the global jihadist movement, al-Qaeda have in recent years been eclipsed by so-called Islamic State. How did that happen - and what threat do al-Qaeda now pose?
A deadly al-Qaeda attack on an Ivory Coast resort town in March reminded the world that the terror network once led by Osama bin Laden has not gone away. But in recent years it has been eclipsed and diminished by the so-called Islamic State group. IS has attracted not just global attention, but fighters and funds too. So how depleted is the group which in 2001 triggered Americaβs βglobal war on terrorβ? In other words: what happened to al-Qaeda?
Presenter: Helena Merriman
(Photo: A fighter is seen standing in front of an image of Osama bin Laden, the late head of al-Qaeda, in the town of Rada. Credit: Getty Images)
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