Khorasan Group

Coalition Airstrikes Kill Al-Qaida Leader In Syria, Pentagon Says

6:51pm October 18, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The U.S. military gave no details about the Thursday airstrikes they say killed Sanafi al-Nasr. The Pentagon said he was "a longtime jihadist experienced in funneling money and fighters for al-Qaida."

Supporters of the al-Nusra Front protest in Aleppo, Syria, on Sept. 26, days after airstrikes there targeted the al-Qaida unit called Khorasan. U.S. officials say some top Khorasan leaders were embedded with the Nusra Front, al-Qaida's arm in Syria.

Al-Qaida Reasserts Itself With Khorasan Group

6:17pm October 03, 2014

by Dina Temple-Raston

Some critics say the al-Qaida unit known as the Khorasan Group was bluffed up as an excuse for U.S. airstrikes in Syria. Intelligence officials and analysts say the group exists and is dangerous.

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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a historic resolution aimed at ending the flow of foreign extremists to the world's conflicts. President Obama thanked the council but warned that

U.N. Security Council Unanimously Passes Anti-Terrorism Resolution

5:35pm September 24, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The measure targets travel of militants abroad as well as recruiting and funding for extremist groups. It was adopted at a meeting chaired by President Obama.

Lt. Gen. William C. Mayville Jr., Joint Staff Director of Operations, speaks about airstrikes in Syria during a briefing at the Pentagon yesterday.

Al-Qaida's Khorasan Group Led By Hard-Core Fighters

7:28am September 24, 2014

by Dina Temple-Raston

The group, which was targeted by U.S. airstrikes in Syria last night, has been on the U.S. radar for a while. Intelligence officials say they have tracked its individual members for years.