Abdelhamid Abaaoud
Abdelhamid Abaaoud was a Belgian-Moroccan Islamic militant who had spent time in Syria. Abaaoud was also known as Abu Omar Soussi (meaning "Abu Omar of...
Month: February 2020
Reda Hame
Reda Hame is a computer technician who travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State and trained to fight under the ringleader of the 2015...
Saad Akhtar
Saad Akhtar is a man from Toronto, who is accused of killing a 64-year-old woman with a hammer in a seemingly random attack and has...
Hamza Elifalat
Hamza Elifalat is sentenced to 18 years in prison and required him to pay NIS 500,000 to the family of the woman he attacked and...
Man arrested on suspicion of terrorism offence by the Metropolitan police
Detectives from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command arrested a 49-year-old man on Tuesday, 25 February, on suspicion of encouragement of terrorism, contrary to Section 1...
French authorities jailed Islamic State terrorist trained by the leader of Paris attacks
A French court on Tuesday handed a 12-year jail term to a computer technician who travelled to Syria to join ISIS and trained to fight...
Islamic State-inspired knife attack exposes the vulnerability of the Maldives
The image of the Maldives as a tropical paradise received a significant jolt on February 4, when three foreign nationals—two Chinese and one Australian—were stabbed...
At least thirty nine Islamic State terrorists are killed in the latest operations in northern Iraq
Thirty nine ISIS militants were killed in landing operations carried out by Counter Terrorism Service in Saladin Governorate, northern Iraq. The Iraqi Security Media Cell...
Turkish authorities detained nine Islamic State terrorists in Ankara
Nine suspected Islamic State terrorists have been detained in an anti-terror operation in the Turkish capital Ankara, reports said Wednesday. The suspects were identified as...
Terrorist who stabbed Israeli woman resentenced to eighteen years in prison
A military court on Wednesday sentenced terrorist Hamza Elifalat to 18 years in prison and required him to pay NIS 500,000 to the family of...
What’s next for Hezbollah after the death of Qassem Soleimani?
The death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qasem Soleimani has caused aftershocks in the Middle East and farther afield. His assassination was surprising,...
Man from Toronto faces terrorism charge after deadly hammer attack
A man accused of killing a 64-year-old woman with a hammer in a seemingly random attack Friday has also been charged with a terrorism-related offence,...