THE WEEK India - February 16, 2025

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MAN WHO RECRUITED 9/11 ATTACKERS

THE WEEK interviews Mohammed Haydar Zammar, the man who recruited the hijackers behind the 9/11 attacks. A former key member of both Al Qaeda and Islamic State, Zammar is currently imprisoned in a Kurdish-controlled jail in Syria.

Also read: North East Syria is enduring a silent tragedy. With a new president in Damascus, the region struggles with the influx of internally displaced people. Numerous lives have been lost to war, terror attacks and, lately, Turkish drone strikes

BUDGET: Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated more funds to put money in people’s hands, boosting consumption while reinforcing key sectors

Untold stories: The tale of an elephant taken from Kochi to Rome, where it became a favourite of Pope Leo X

@Leisure: A little red house could soon land on the moon, thanks to a Swedish artist and a Japanese lunar exploration company

THE RECRUITER

THE WEEK speaks to Mohammed Haydar Zammar, the man who recruited the hijackers responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Once a key member of AI Qaeda and Islamic State, Zammar is now in a Syrian prison under Kurdish control. Kurdish authorities say he used to work with President Jolani

8 mins

A LITTLE PIECE OF HELL

Northeast Syria is enduring a silent tragedy. With a new president in power in Damascus, the region struggles to cope with the influx of internally displaced people. Numerous lives have been lost to war, terror attacks and, lately, Turkish drone strikes

10+ mins

REBEL TO RULER

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, who has reverted to his original name Ahmed al-Sharaa, was appointed Syria's interim president on January 29. Jolani, who leads the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist group formerly affiliated with AI Qaeda, played a key role in the swift takeover of Syria in early.

2 mins

Water worry

Water contamination most likely cause of GBS outbreak in Pune

5 mins

Dazzling in Davos

Maharashtra secures record investment at Davos, but opposition claims MoUs were inked mostly with Indian companies

4 mins

MONEY POWER

Not just in Delhi and Bihar, the BJP hopes to get electoral gains in the four states going to the polls in 2026

5 mins

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

India's 'viksit' dreams cannot be achieved by making its masses splurge in malls or on e-commerce sites. That will come only through taking on the world through exports

5 mins

Budget blues of a different kind

What is Caprolactam?\" asked the missus as we settled down before the TV.

4 mins

CHARGING AHEAD

Electric vehicles are on an unstoppable march thanks to good products, falling prices and improving charging infra

5 mins

Cornerstone of a robust portfolio

MANY EXPERTS HAVE highlighted asset allocation as the cornerstone of successful investing.

2 mins

THE PONTIFF'S INDIAN PET

When an elephant was taken from Kochi to Rome and eventually became a favourite of Pope Leo X

9 mins

Textiles as shared legacy

Aparna Sen takes the stage showing a video clip of her first film as a child actor.

2 mins

Lunar lodging

A little red house will probably land on the moon in four months, thanks to a Swedish artist and a Japanese lunar exploration company

4 mins

I write about sad things, but I am not a depressed person

On a chilly morning in Gurugram, as I sit down to chat with Amitav Ghosh about his latest book Wild Fictions, my first question is about the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, which seems almost prescient since Ghosh had written about a wildfire approaching LA's Getty Museum in his 2019 novel Gun Island.

3 mins

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