Tag: Islamic State
Islamism’s brutal face is back on display
Any notion that the worst days of Islamist terrorism are long behind us was brutally shattered at Kabul Airport on Thursday, as twin bombs ripped indiscriminately through Afghan civilians and U.S. and other foreign...
Counter-terrorism expert: ‘Taliban has alliances with Islamist forces in Syria’
Propaganda messaging by Al-Qaeda has risen dramatically in recent weeks, in line with the takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban fundamentalist forces, an Israeli counter-terrorist expert has warned.
Michael Barak, a senior researcher at the Institute...
Report: Jordanian intelligence foils ISIS attack on IDF troops
Jordanian intelligence agents have thwarted a potential Islamic State attack on Israeli troops on the border the two countries share, Jordanian daily Al Ra’i reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, Jordanian intelligence agents uncovered the plot...
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, terrorists have worked on attacks against us, against our partners, and they are...
Vienna terror suspect was jailed in 2019 for trying to join ISIS
The main suspect in Monday’s deadly terror attack in Vienna had been convicted on terror-related charges in April 2019 but secured an early release in December.
The suspect, identified as Kujtim Fejzulai, 20, was sentenced...
US to withdraw 2,200 troops from Iraq by end of month
The United States announced on Wednesday that it will withdraw 2,200 troops from Iraq by end of September, according to the top U.S. commander in the Middle East.
Troop presence will decrease from 5,200 troops...
Egyptian army foils ISIS terror attack in Sinai, kills 18
The Egyptian army announced that it foiled a terrorist attack on a military base in the northern Sinai village of Rabi’a on Tuesday that killed 18 of the attacking fighters, according to a report...
IDF’s mixed-gender battalion prepares for multiple threats
In recent days, an ISIS spokesman released a new audio message, which included a call for jihadist factions in the Sinai Peninsula and in Syria to step up attacks against Israel. ISIS also claimed...
Israel created and controls ISIS, says Chicago Islamic scholar
An American Islamic scholar based in Chicago said in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel on Sept. 11, 2019, that the Islamic State (ISIS) is now fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan because “you...
Two arrested for allegedly planning ISIS-inspired attack in Israel
Two residents of the Arab city of Tamra in the Lower Galilee have been arrested for allegedly planning an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency said on Thursday.
Medical student Amin Yassin,...