The Islamic State used Facebook in bid to scam people desperate for face masks
In mid-March, as the first shelter-in-place orders were issued across the U.S. and desperate public health officials scrounged for medical grade face masks, an online...
Month: August 2020
Islamic Muthanna Movement
The Islamic Muthanna Movement is a Syrian Salafist rebel group based in Daraa that had been active during Syrian Civil War. After its formation in...
US authorities announced disruption of three terror groups cyber financing campaigns
U.S. authorities have seized millions of dollars and hundreds of virtual currency accounts used to funnel money to al-Qaida, Islamic State (IS) and Hamas’s military...
Terrorism suspect linked to beheadings of two Canadians arrested in the Philippines
A leading terror suspect who has been linked to beheadings of hostages, including two Canadians and a Malaysian, has surrendered after being wounded in battle,...
Two police personnel killed and one injured in terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nowgam
Two police personnel were killed and one other suffered injuries in the attack by terrorists near Nowgam bypass here on Friday ahead of the Independence...
The Iraqi army arrests more than twenty Islamic State terrorists
The Iraqi forces blocked the road on a large infiltration of ISIS militants from the Syrian border. A security source told Shafaq News Agency that...
Afghan authorities released 80 of final 400 Taliban prisoners
The Afghan government has begun releasing the last Taliban prisoners from a final batch of 400 who the militants want freed before they agree to...
US authorities seized millions of dollars from Islamic State and Al-Qaeda’s cryptocurrency accounts
The Justice Department says it has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts that militant groups, including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, relied on to...
Islamic State fanatic accused of plotting lone wolf terrorist attacks
An alleged supporter of so-called Islamic State accused of planning a terror attack has told a court he was researching the group, claiming it was...
Five suspected terrorists with alleged ties to Jamaah Ansharut Daulah arrested in Riau
The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested five suspected terrorists with alleged ties to Islamic State-linked terrorist group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) in Kampar...
Rhode Island Islamic State terror supporter sent home by Boston judge
A Rhode Island man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for threatening to behead a conservative blogger over her anti-ISIS views is the latest...
The female Hamas terrorist living large in Jordan
In a 2006 interview with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Esther Shushan described the Aug. 9, 2001, Hamas suicide bombing at Jerusalem’s Sbarro pizza restaurant that...