Kenya wants to secure its borders as Al-Shabab terrorists launched deadly attacks
Kenya has endured a grim start to the new year as extremist group al-Shabab launched attacks against targets including a school, a police post and...
Month: January 2020
British government condemned for offering to repatriate children from Syrian Islamic State camp
Human rights campaigners have condemned the British government for reportedly agreeing to repatriate children from Syrian camps on the condition they are separated from their...
Iraqi police forces arrested Islamic State religious official in eastern Mosul
Iraqi security forces on Thursday announced the arrest of a senior religious Islamic State official in eastern Mosul. Iraq’s Security Media Cell said in a...
Islamic State family rescue splits the government in Norway
Norway’s conservative coalition government is deeply split and may even fall over its majority’s decision to rescue two small children from a refugee camp in...
Al-Shabaab’s attacks come amid backdrop of West’s waning interest
Two significant attacks have been carried out by al-Shabaab in recent weeks. On 6 January 2020, the Somali-based terrorist group attacked a Kenyan military base...
Islamic State replaces Al-Qaeda as enemy number one in the Sahel
Brutal attacks that have killed nearly 300 people in less than two months have propelled the Islamic State to the status of the Sahel's most-feared...
Ahmed Samsam
Ahmed Samsam is a Danish man who is serving eight years in a Spanish jail for joining the Islamic State in Syria has claimed he...
Four children of Islamic State couple could return to the United Kingdom if mother stays in Syria
The children of parents who fled the country in 2014 to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) in 2014 could be repatriated from a Syrian...
Norway brings back Islamic State bride with two kids
The woman has been living in Syria since 2013, having changed several jihadi spouses in the process. In October 2019, the woman was charged with...
Swedish Islamic State returnees investigated for war crimes
The Swedish Prosecutor’s Office has announced ten new investigations into Islamic State members who have returned to Sweden in connection to allegations of war crimes...
Islamic State terrorists killed almost 100 soldiers in Niger
On Thursday, at least 89 Nigerien soldiers were killed in a massive assault on a military base near the borders with Mali. Following several days...
Rockets target Iraqi military base where Australian troops are stationed
Almost 300 Australian troops are stationed at an Iraqi military base targeted by at least two rockets on Wednesday morning. No casualties were reported in...