The Islamic State will work on a global-local model of terror operations
After the death of its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi late last month, the Islamic State (IS) plans to work on a global-local model where the...
Year: 2019
Pakistani authorities need to walk the talk on terror funding
On November 1 2019, the US State Department released a report on terrorism. The Congress-mandated report was the official US assessment on the state of...
Iranian terror activity significantly increases risk of war
A senior Western official warns Sunday that Iran's nuclear activities and its aggressive attempts to get a foothold in the Middle East, especially in Lebanon...
Vietnamese court finds Australian national guilty of terrorism
A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced a 70-year-old Australian to 12 years in jail on terrorism charges, state media reported. The Tuoi Tre newspaper said...
US and Australian officials concerned over terrorist cryptocurrency use
Officials from the Australian and US governments have called for further action against the national security threats posed by cryptocurrencies. At a counter-terrorism conference in...
Moroccan authorities worried about return of Islamic State terrorists
Morocco’s Interior Ministry described the return of terrorist militants from hotbeds of tension in Syria, Iraq and Libya as “worrying” for the country and one...
US authorities added al-Qaeda Mali firebrand Amadou Kouffa to global terrorist list
Katiba Macina leader Amadou Kouffa is a founder of the JNIM alliance which is blamed for the majority of insurgent attacks in Africa’s Sahel region....
US authorities placed $10m bounty on two Al Qaeda leaders
The United States has placed a bounty of up to $10m on the heads of two Al Qaeda leaders in the Arabian Peninsula. The Department...
Israel announces dismantling Iranian smuggling network that serves Hamas, Hezbollah and the Quds Force
The Israeli Shin Bet announced that it has foiled more than 450 “major operations” over the past year in the West Bank. On Thursday, the...
Financing terrorism in Syria charges stick for French concrete giant Lafarge
A French court has let construction giant Lafarge off the hook for crimes against humanity despite working with terrorists like ISIL in northern Syria for...
Who is the new leader of the Islamic State terrorist group?
The so-called caliph of the Islamic State (ISIS), Ibrahim al-Badri (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi), was killed in an American raid in Syria on 27 October, and...
Russian authorities thwared activities of Islamic State supporters in Dagestan
The Federal Security Service (FSB) in cooperation with other agencies, has twarted activity of a cell of supporters of the Islamic State group who had...