Anas al-Kandari (1981 – October 8, 2002) was a Kuwaiti terrorist. He died in a firefight on Failaka Island, with United States Marines on October 8, 2002. A U.S. Marine was also killed in the incident as was al-Kandari's fellow fighter Jassem...
Al-Kandari is a family name in Kuwait. Unlike some cohesive clans in the region that trace their lineage to a single ancestor, the Kandari name encompasses loosely connected families. Each branch may descend from different grandfathers, but most...
Ali Al Kandari (born 12 March 1985) is a Kuwaiti footballer. He currently plays for Kuwaiti Premier League side Al Kuwait.
Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari (born 3 June 1977) is a Kuwaiti citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in Cuba, from 2002 to 2016. He has never been charged with war crimes. The US...
Mohammed Al-Kandari was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district. Born in 1971, Al-Kandari studied medicine before being elected to the National Assembly in 2008. While political parties are technically illegal in...
Essa Ahmad Al-Kandari (Arabic: عيسى احمد الكندري; born 10 February 1963) is a Kuwaiti politician who has served in the National Assembly since 2023. He is also the current Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of National Assembly & Cabinet Affairs...
Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari (born 17 September 1973) is a citizen of Kuwait, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 (2008), was a writ of habeas corpus petition made in a civilian court of the United States on behalf of Lakhdar Boumediene, a naturalized citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, held in military detention by the United...
Snap general elections were held in Kuwait on 4 April 2024 to elect 50 of the 65 members of the National Assembly. The election came after the dissolution of the National Assembly elected in 2023 on 15 February 2024 due to an MP allegedly insulting...
Sulaiman Jassem Sulaiman Ali Abu Ghaith (Arabic: سليمان جاسم سليمان علي أبو غيث; born 14 December 1965) is a Kuwaiti regarded as one of al-Qaeda's spokesmen. He is married to one of Osama bin Laden's daughters. In 2013, Gaith was arrested in Jordan...