Lebanon urging Hezbollah to prevent local Hamas cell from attacking Israel
Beirut Observer news site publishes list of operatives from Palestinian terror group who are allegedly planning to launch attack from southern Lebanon
Month: January 2023
Catholic priest murdered in Burkina Faso as country grapples with terrorism
Unidentified armed men killed a 67-year-old Catholic priest in northwestern Burkina Faso, which is witnessing “one of the fastest-growing displacement and protection crises globally” due...
Two radicalised by Al-Qaeda ideology confess crimes
Two youth, who have allegedly been radicalised by the ideology of Al-Qaeda and were planning to stage armed jihad in the country, have given confessional...
Two groups banned and four individuals declared terrorists in India
On January 4, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a notification stating that Aijaz Ahmad Ahanger alias Abu Usman Al-Kashmiri, a Kashmir-born terrorist who...
Somali government and Al Shabaab in unison deny any peace rapprochement
Both the Somali government and the jihadist organization Al Shabaab have denied any attempt at a peace rapprochement in a virtually simultaneous double denial of...
United States Donates in Weapons and Equipment to Support the Somali National Army
The United States presented $9 million in weapons, vehicles, medical supplies, and other equipment to the Somali National Army (SNA) in a ceremony on Sunday,...
U.S. Treasury freezes assets of ISIS financiers
The U.S. Treasury Department and Turkish government announced sanctions against key ISIS operatives responsible for finances and recruitment on Thursday.
Australian charged over travel to IS territory freed on bail
An Australian woman charged with willingly entering part of Syria that was under control of the Islamic State group was freed on bail Friday as...
Hamas terrorist boasts suicide bombings in book he wrote in jail
The armed wing of Hamas on Thursday published a book written by one of its commanders who was responsible for a series of suicide bombing...
Lebanon charges 7 suspects in killing of UN peacekeeper
Lebanon's military tribunal on Thursday charged seven suspects in last month's attack that killed an Irish peacekeeper when a group of armed local residents ambushed...
Death toll in Somalia twin bombings rises to at least 35
A doctor says the death toll in a pair of suicide car bombings in Somalia early on Wednesday has risen to at least 35
US offers reward for Shabaab militant over Kenya attack
The United States on Thursday offered a $10 million reward to find a leader of Somalia's Al-Shabaab militants over a 2020 attack on an air...