Prominent Islamic State leaders killed by the army forces in Iraq
Despite concerns that the sharp drawdown of international troops over the past year might negatively impact counterterrorism activities, Iraq has announced the killing of several...
Month: March 2021
US authorities warn of Al-Shabaab aircraft attacks in Kenya
The US government has issued a new warning to civilian airlines flying in the Kenyan airspace to watch out for possible attacks by militant groups,...
Africa has become a jihadist playground
In an unprecedented public warning in early February, Bernard Emie, the head of France’s Directorate-General for External Security, reported, “From Mali, [Islamist] terrorists have worked...
Wannabe Islamic State jihadi bride released on bail despite collecting 1000 images of dead bodies and beheadings
Commonwealth prosecutors will seek to appeal a court's decision to grant bail to a young Melbourne woman accused of communicating with and assisting ISIS terrorists.
Suspected Islamists killed nine civilians in central Mali
Suspected Islamist militants riding 4x4 vehicles and armed with machine guns killed nine civilians in attacks on three villages in central Mali late on Sunday,...
Car bomb blast killed seven security forces in western Iraq
The bomb exploded while forces were trying to defuse it, Almaalomah reported. The explosion came after the Iraqi Army and popular forces entered a hideout...
Large amounts of weapons and ammo left behind by Islamic State terrorists found in Homs
Competent authorities found large amounts of weapons and ammo hidden within one of the old houses in al-Hamedyia neighborhood which was taken by terrorist groups...
Turkish police authorities detained five Islamic State terrorists in operations in Istanbul and Kocaeli
Turkish security forces detained at least five Daesh terrorists suspects in Turkey's Kocaeli province, a local authority said Monday. According to the Kocaeli Governor's Office...
Islamic State terrorists target a village south of Baqubah with mortar shells
A government official in Diyala reported that eight mortar shells landed on a village on the outskirts of Buhriz town, 7 km south of Baqubah....
Islamic State terrorist group exploiting security gaps to step up violence
The Islamic State terror group appears to be exploiting security gaps across Syria and Iraq to reposition its forces and help fuel an increase in...
UN court to try Hezbollah terror suspect for Lebanon attacks
A fugitive Hezbollah suspect will go on trial in June accused of three attacks on Lebanese politicians in the mid-2000s, a UN-backed tribunal announced on...
Islamic State terrorists killed two people in eastern Iraq
At least two people were killed Sunday in an attack by the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, according to police sources...