New ISIS ‘caliphate’ in the mountains of Afghanistan
ISIS is not defeated. Quite the reverse: having lost most of its former lands in Syria and Iraq, it is taking root elsewhere. There is...
Month: June 2019
Mukhtar Robow
Robow was born on 10 October 1969 in Hudur, in the Bakool region southern Somalia. He studied at a local Qur'anic school, and later continued...
Ahmed Abdi Godane
Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was the Emir (leader) of Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group based in Somalia with ties to Al...
Abdul Rauf Azhar
Abdul Rauf is a commander of the militant Jaish-e-Mohammad, administered portion of the state of Kashmir and also in Afghanistan. The younger brother of Jaish-e-Mohammad...
More that 80 people are killed including 16 Cameroonian soldiers in Boko Haram terrorist attack
More than 80 people were killed, including 16 Cameroonian soldiers, during an attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in the north of the country, the...
National Investigation Agency searches continue for second day in ISIS Kerala-TN module case
The National Investigation Agency on Thursday continued raids in Coimbatore for a second day in connection with the ISIS Kerala-Tamil Nadu module case. After carrying...
Islamic State terrorists carried out rare attack in Shingal region
The Islamic State on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack against the Shingal Resistance Units (YBS) in Sinjar, an armed group affiliated with the Kurdistan...
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in North Africa after Al-Ashmawi
North Africa has been an arena for rivalry between the Islamic State group (IS) and its affiliates and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and...
Islamic State in Afghanistan aims to attack US troops
The Islamic State group in Afghanistan is a “very worrisome” threat to the United States, and U.S. counterterrorism efforts have yet to shrink its extremist...
Tunisian who shared info about ISIS-affiliated brother sentenced to 10 years in jail
The Court of First Instance in Tunis sentenced a Tunisian to 10 years in prison and his wife for six months. The two are accused...
Terror arrests drop after surge in wake of Manchester and London attacks
The number of people arrested for terror offences in Great Britain has dropped by 40% in the last year, compared with the 12-month period which...
Attacks on Christians in Burkina Faso a publicity stunt for Islamic groups
Last month in northern Burkina Faso there were attacks on a church and on a procession of Catholics. These have raised fears of religious strife...