Iranian terrorist cell planned an attack on Albanian soil
Albanian police said on Wednesday they have discovered an Iranian paramilitary network that allegedly planned attacks in Albania against exiled members of an Iranian group...
Month: October 2019
Al Qaeda-linked group attempts to regroup in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s Islamist landscape unexpectedly expanded with a reported resurgence of al-Qaeda-linked Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami-Bangladesh (HUJI-B—Movement of Islamic Holy War-Bangladesh) terrorist group, which has been lying...
Concerns mount over Kyrgyzstan being breeding ground for terrorists
Russia's subway bombing, carried out by a suspected Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen, has again cast concerns on worldwide terrorism associated with the Central Asian nation of...
Car bomb targeted Syrian town held by Turkey-backed fighters
A car boobytrapped with explosives detonated Thursday, wounding four people, in a northeastern Syrian town taken by Turkish-backed forces from Kurdish fighters during Turkey's invasion,...
ISIS has begun using teenage app TikTok to post shocking clips of victims being beheaded
The Islamic State has turned to the popular video app TikTok, which is predominantly used by teenagers to share dance and music videos, to post...
US Envoy: More than 100 Islamic State prisoners escaped in Syria
US Special Representative for Syria James Jeffrey revealed on Wednesday that over 100 Islamic State (IS) prisoners managed to escape in Syria during the Turkish...
Attack on Saudi oil fields possibly staged by militants who fled Syria
On 14 September, Saudi Aramco's oil facilities were hit by drones, cutting Riyadh's daily net oil output in half and suspending the production of more...
NATO urges Turkey to focus on the Islamic State threat in Syria
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on Wednesday for a political resolution to the conflict in Syria and urged Turkey to focus on the threat posed...
German authorities prevented seven terror attacks since Berlin Christmas market atrocity
Security authorities have prevented seven terrorist attacks in Germany since the 2016 Christmas market terror attack that killed 12, says Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office....
Islamic State affiliate seeks to expand into Taliban-contested areas in Afghanistan
Afghan intelligence officials reportedly captured a deputy leader of the Islamic State-Khorasan (the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, also referred to as ISK) near the...
Islamic State attack killed six people in Salahuddin
On Tuesday, two top officers from the Iraqi federal police and four policemen were murdered as a result of a ISIS attack conducted in Iraq's...
Arab Israeli man sentenced to 16 years in jail for aiding Temple Mount terrorists
An Arab Israeli man was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Wednesday for assisting three gunmen who killed two police officers just outside Jerusalem’s...