Foreign sponsors of terrorism should be held accountable
Much attention has focused on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, and on foreign manipulation in social media targeting American voters. However, not
Month: February 2019
Three German organizations finance Palestinian group employing terrorists
Former senior official of terrorist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, now leads Al-Haq, Palestinian human rights NGO. German humanitarian org
US warns Lebanon’s Hezbollah not to funnel ministry’s money
A senior U.S. official has warned Lebanon’s Hezbollah against exploiting the position of the Health Ministry to funnel funds to institutions affiliated with the Shiite
Tunisian forces arrest terrorist sentenced to 48 years in prison
Counter-terrorism forces in Tunisia's Douar Hicher arrested a 30-year-old terrorist who got sentenced in absentia for 48 years. The Interior Ministry noted that he ha
Bahrain authorities re-sentences terrorist suspect to death
A Bahraini court re-sentenced to death a defendant charged with killing a security officer after a Cassation Court had annulled the ruling. In an unprecedented...
Vladimir Putin shows rare soft spot to rescue Russia’s ISIS children
Zalina Gabibulayeva has had five children, four husbands and two jail sentences. All her spouses were Islamist militants who are either dead or in prison,...
Moscow closely cooperating with Islamabad in fight against terrorism
Russia says it is closely cooperating with Pakistan in the fight against terrorism and advancing the peace process in Afghanistan. Speaking at weekly press briefing...
ISIS could take back Syrian territory in couple months
A draft version of a report from the Pentagon makes the stark warning that ISIS could easily regain control of Syrian territory in a matter...
France wants UN to address new threats from terror financing
France is preparing a UN Security Council resolution that would step up measures to counter threats from terrorism financing, the French ambassador said on January...
ISIS and Taliban will grow in strength if US pulls out troops
Donald Trump is already pulling US troops out of Syria, and is likely to pull them out of Afghanistan, too, assuming a tentative peace deal...
Islamic State terrorist group claims attack on Nigeria troops in Dikwa
Islamic State claimed fighters from its West Africa province affiliate attacked Nigerian military personnel in Dikwa in northeast Nigeria, while military sources told AF
Inside the hunt for the elusive ISIS leader who is the world’s most wanted man
Rumors ran rampant this past week – starting in Syria and spreading across social media in a matter of minutes – that notorious ISIS leader...