Islamic State terror risk to rise in south Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to lift martial law in 2020 on the southern island of Mindanao was met with a bang on December 22,...
Year: 2019
The decade when the Islamic State overtook Al-Qaeda and changed the face of radical Islam
In December, 2010, a disgruntled Tunisian street vendor by the name of Mohamed Bouazizi stood in the middle of traffic in front of the governor’s...
Pakistan arrested five al-Qaeda operatives in a night raid in Punjab province
The night raid carried out in collaboration with Pakistan Internal Services Intelligence arrested al-Qaida members who coordinated militant operations in the Multan region. According to...
Turkey allows Hamas to conduct terrorist activities from its territory including transfer of funds to finance terrorism
A Hamas delegation headed by Isma’il Haniyeh, head of Hamas’ political bureau, recently paid a visit to Turkey. The delegation was accompanied by Jihad Yaghmour,...
Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah has long targeted U.S. forces
The Iranian-backed Iraqi militia targeted by U.S. airstrikes on Sunday was among the Shiite groups that joined in the fight against Islamic State. But for...
Somalia reels from the latest deadly bombing
The al-Shabab militant group has been blamed for Somalia’s deadliest terror attack in more than two years. Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: Somalia grapples...
Alliance with Iran allowed the rise of Hamas
Officially formed in 1987-at the beginning of the first intifada-Hamas was built on a Muslim Brotherhood network that had existed in the Land of Israel...
Europe’s reluctance to take back Islamic State supporters could lead to a new crisis
A German woman suspected of supporting the Islamic State was repatriated from Syria along with her three children last month, in the first case of...
A 17-year prison term for attack on FBI agent with a knife is shockingly low
A 17-year sentence for a New York City man who sought to aid the Islamic State group by trying to kill an FBI agent is...
The Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar who turned terrorist
For years now, the Israeli defense establishment has been following Khalida Jarrar, a senior official in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)....
Defense Ministry of Germany: Terrorism poses growing threat in Africa’s Sahel
The security situation in Africa's Sahel is deteriorating, with terrorism threatening both soldiers and civilians, according to Germany’s Defense Ministry. The UN's peacekeeping mission has...
Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
The al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades is the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, a set of various Palestinian militant organizations that operate in the...