ISIS ambush kills several Syrian soldiers in eastern Syria
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) continued their hit-and-run attacks this week, targeting Syrian Arab Army (SAA) checkpoint in the eastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate....
Month: July 2019
Indonesian terrorist group planning attacks on Chinese ships
China’s Ministry of Transport has increased the security alert level for Chinese ships sailing through the Malacca Strait to level three, effective from July 2....
Terrorist groups use the Telegram app to groom female terrorists
Terrorist groups have found a cheaper way to recruit militants: through encrypted chat rooms on text-messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp, a terrorism expert said...
Five men accused of plot to wage private war for the Islamic State
Tokyo police have accused a former university student and a man in his 20s of planning to travel to Syria in 2014 to become Islamic...
Iraqi ISIS sleeper cells revived and plotting terror attacks
The ISIS terrorist organization doesn’t pose a serious threat to Iraq, however, its sleeper cells are dangerous, according to Iraqi officials and security experts. Iraqi...
Australian police detained man who said that he was the commander of ISIS in Australia
The self-declared commander of Islamic State in Australia was a teenager when he began telling his followers “we are terrorists”, sought out guns and explosives...
Islamic State claimed the Niger attack that killed at least 18 soldiers
Boko Haram's Islamic State-backed faction on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on an army camp in western Niger earlier in the week that killed...
Female cops told to submit to the Islamic State or be raped
A 34-year-old man in Sweden has been convicted of uttering threats after telling two female police officers to submit to Islamic State or face being...
Turkish authorities detained two Russian women suspected of joining the Islamic State
Turkey's state-run news agency says two Russian women who are suspected of being Islamic State militants and are allegedly listed as wanted by Interpol have...
Arrival of UAE-backed forces stokes tensions on Yemen’s Socotra
The arrival last week of hundreds of UAE-backed Yemeni forces on Socotra has fuelled protests and further divided residents of the small island. On one...
Man from Lebanon held in Australia over Sydney terror plot
Three men were arrested on Tuesday over an Islamic State group-inspired plot to attack a variety of Sydney targets including police and defense buildings, courts,...
The future of the Islamic State and Khorasan front
Today, the Islamic State’s Khorasan front poses a challenge to the regional peace and stability and has added to the already deteriorating regional security situation....