Uzbek national sentenced to over twelve years for helping aspiring Islamic State terrorist
An Uzbek national was sentenced Thursday in Brooklyn federal court to 12 1/2 years in prison for supporting a wannabe ISIS fighter. Azizjon Rakhmatov, 33,...
Year: 2021
Mike Pompeo called Iran a new home base for Al Qaeda terrorist group
The U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran for becoming a new ‘home base’ for Al-Qaeda. On Tuesday at the National Press club, Pompeo...
Boko Haram terrorists blocked Lake Chad trade routes
The Boko Haram insurgency has had devastating consequences on Lake Chad boat transporters, a socio-economic group that has been the locomotive of local trade for...
Is Al-Qaeda affiliate expanding terror attacks beyond Syrian town of Idlib?
The Hurras al-Din (Guardians of Religion) group affiliated with al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for a recent attack on a Russian base in Tal al-Saman in the...
UN official: Terrorists using pandemic to stoke extremism
The U.N. counter-terrorism chief warned Tuesday that terrorists are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic and appealing to new “racially, ethnically and politically motivated violent extremist groups.”...
Suspected Islamic State terrorist arrested in Spain after returning from Iraq and Syria
An alleged ISIS fighter who recently returned from the conflict zone in Syria and Iraq was arrested by Spanish police. The suspect is believed to...
Minnesota man pleads guilty to providing material support to Islamic State terrorist group
The Justice Department today announced the guilty plea of Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, 24, to one count of providing material support and resources, namely personnel and services,...
US designates ex-Kataib Hizbollah secretary-general as global terrorist
The United States has designated former Secretary-General of the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group as a global terrorist, informed the US State Department on Wednesday....
Suspect detained in Turkey for 2016 bombing that killed twelve Germans
Turkish authorities have captured a suspect in connection with a 2016 suicide bombing that left 12 German tourists dead in Istanbul, police in the southeastern...
Al-Qaeda calls on Muslims to target Israeli visitors to Arab countries
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula blasted the governments of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco for normalizing relations with Israel, calling on Muslims...
Jordan jails eleven for joining Islamic State planning attacks
A Jordanian court on Wednesday handed heavy prison terms to 11 people convicted of joining the Daesh group and of planning attacks against churches and...
Three U.N. peacekeepers killed and six others wounded in Mali terror attack
Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and six wounded in central Mali on Wednesday after a convoy struck an explosive device and came under fire,...