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September 6, 2018
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September 6, 2018
Articles on Middle East
August 9, 2020
Summary: Is it ideology, politics, poverty, early childhood trauma, loss of personal identity, or social inequality that drives some individuals to leave their lives and to […]
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July 8, 2020
Summary: Terrorist groups have become one of the most important security and political issues in the world in recent decades, and the name of ISIS is […]
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June 18, 2020
Summary: Actions taken by the US-led coalition against ISIS in recent months have led to a reduction in the territory in which ISIS are operating in, […]
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June 14, 2020
Summery: This article consists of two halves; in first half I have carried out descriptive analysis while in second half I tried to go with diagnostic […]
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May 29, 2020
Those who follow recent Iraqi history have frequently heard of Popular Mobilization Forces. The structuring, also known as al-Hashd al-Sha’bi in the local language, is financed […]
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May 16, 2020
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) which was initially classified as a local event in China and later as a slightly stronger flu has exploded worldwide, to such an […]
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May 8, 2020
As a global phenomenon which has profound consequences for people, institutions and governments, it has been argued that the word “terrorism” is interpreted in such way […]
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April 13, 2020
The Islamic State terror group (IS) has continued is worldwide attacks since its inception in 2014 and has gone on to carry out an unprecedented number […]
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March 31, 2020
These are trying times for everyone across the world. Eight Israelis have now succumbed to the coronavirus and another 41 patients are in serious condition. According […]
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March 23, 2020
I recently received a WhatsApp (March 21, 2020) to the Counter Terrorism experts here at the Islamic Theology of Counter Terrorism (ITCT) sent by its founder […]
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February 29, 2020
Summary There are hundreds of examples of child soldiers in the world. Children are used as suicide bombers, militants and infantry soldiers. Their innocence is shattered […]
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February 16, 2020
Following the declaration of the Islamic State’s (henceforth, IS) caliphate in June 2014, critics have attributed their behaviour to a combination of barbarism, and their self-appointed […]
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January 15, 2020
Abstract-Human security is now than ever threatened by sovereignty free actors. There has been a paradigm shifting international security. From embassy attacks to airplanes, strategic state […]
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November 23, 2019
Israel is a tiny country that exists in the Middle East surrounded by the old foes some of who are now friends and are the same […]
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October 27, 2019
The attempted systemisation of the process of radicalisation has undergone a significant paradigm shift. The study of the pathway to radicalisation – with reference to the […]
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September 29, 2019
Abstract~ Education is a fundamental human right, which must be respected by all. The 19th century jihad focused on education and religious values within the Sokoto […]
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August 24, 2019
Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has been an important trade and migration point for centuries. Egypt, which has an important place both in the history of the Jews […]
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July 8, 2019
One of the first structures that come to mind when talking about Syria’s armed opposition is the Al Nusra Front. An organization that has undergone […]
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June 16, 2019
Islam is a religion of peace; though there exist different cultures within. Implementing actions against violent extremism or jihadist tendencies demurs a formidable security challenge, due […]
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March 23, 2019
Summary: It certainly is a compelling task that which seeks to understand the development of two of the most powerful and influencing Islamist organization of the […]
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February 15, 2019
The term ‘terrorism’ has become a cliché now. Everywhere around the globe, preventing, eradicating, and fighting terrorism is a country’s top priority. In many countries, […]
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February 10, 2019
We see quite often that people cannot differentiate between a civilian and combatant, therefore they mix the concept about who is actually civilian and who is […]
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February 4, 2019
Summary: The United States, in an effort to contain the growth of radical political Islam, should consider policies that would strengthen the Lebanese state which is […]
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December 26, 2018
Kudos are to be awarded to the Turkish Security Services for their Brilliant Operations undertaken since early November 2018. We saw the reactions around the […]
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December 24, 2018
A terrorist beheads someone to instill fear, to show that they are powerful and to coerce governments and the general population. They coerce governments to […]
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December 20, 2018
Summary: The history of tunnel warfare runs deep going back to ancient times and continuing up to the present from the Greeks, Romans, medieval Europe, Asia […]
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November 26, 2018
The Arabs of the Middle East have adopted several strategies in the last century to achieve unity and independence. This paper will briefly discuss […]
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November 13, 2018
In Israel, it appears that a war can be imminent. A number of Hamas terrorists and an IDF officer were killed during clashes with Hamas as the […]
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November 10, 2018
The use of mercenaries and private military contractors (PMC’s) to provide operational support and fight in combat in conflicts worldwide has expanded tremendously since […]
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November 6, 2018
An indispensable book in the toolbox of the national security or policy professional is Professor Farid el Khazen’s, The Breakdown of the State in […]
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November 2, 2018
History has witnessed that we humans tend to create, (more precisely) process problems and then spend years to solve them. Unfortunately, once the problem is identified, […]
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October 20, 2018
In recent days, there has been an escalation in Palestinian terror against Israel. A rocket hit the Southern Israeli city of Be’ersheva. This past weekend, […]
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October 17, 2018
Summary: The United States must support Lebanon’s Christians while developing alternatives to Iran backed Hezbollah to accommodate Lebanon’s large Shia population. If the United States neglects […]
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October 15, 2018
“If our fate is to be doomed to suffer, then we will not suffer alone” Thus, it was inscribed on the first incendiary blimp […]
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October 6, 2018
Summary: The latest wave of political Islamic terrorism that wrapped the world with the blood of innocents starts from 20th century to onward actually is an […]
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October 1, 2018
Wars create refugees. Most countries recognize the humanitarian obligation to provide at least a temporary home for victims displaced by war—especially civil wars like what has […]
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September 26, 2018
The act of rebellion against the democratically elected regimes in Islamic or non-Islamic countries is a core principle of political Islam, which is not associated with […]
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September 19, 2018
Seventeen year old Khalil Jabarin violently murdered Ari Fuld who left a wife and four children on Sunday the 16th of September 2018. Jabarin is now […]
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September 18, 2018
Letter to Baghdadi is an open letter to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as a theological refutation of the practices of Islamic State […]
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September 18, 2018
Hawala system (also known as ‘Hundi’ system in places like Pakistan, حِوالة in Arabic, as ‘xawala’ or ‘xawilaad’ in Somali, and as ‘underground banking’ in the banking sector) […]
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Reports on Middle East
News on Middle East
July 12, 2020
While the coronavirus has put the international community in the crosshairs of a crisis like no other since the founding of the United Nations 75 years ago, António […]
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June 16, 2020
A drone strike in northwestern Syria on Sunday evening killed two senior commanders from a group linked with Al-Qaeda, according to a Syrian opposition war-monitoring group. […]
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May 25, 2020
A year after the US-backed forces seized the last remnant of the territory under Islamic State rule in Syria, some 10,000 Islamic State (IS) fighters captured […]
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May 25, 2020
Cyprus will deport 17 migrants who are being held on suspicion of having links to extremist groups or involved in acts of terror, the country’s interior […]
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May 25, 2020
In the past month, since the start of Ramadan, Islamic State (also known as ISIS) has claimed responsibility for more than 260 attacks across Iraq, allegedly […]
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May 15, 2020
Facebook Inc on Tuesday reported a sharp increase in the number of posts it removed for promoting violence and hate speech across its apps, which it […]
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May 15, 2020
On Thursday, Iraq’s Nineveh Operations Command announced it had arrested 21 ISIS fighters and seized weaponry in the Qayyarah district south of Mosul. General Numan Abdul al-Zubai, commander […]
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April 11, 2020
Telegram, the cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service, has deleted and banned hundreds and hundreds of accounts, channels and numbers in the latest purge […]
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March 18, 2020
After years of urging its terrorists to attack major European cities, Islamic State is now advising them to steer clear due to the coronavirus. New IS al-Naba newsletter contains […]
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March 18, 2020
Britain’s five-year air war against Islamic State has quietly come to an end, with official figures revealing no bombs have been dropped since September – yet […]
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March 18, 2020
The United States announced that it is labeling the Islamic State group’s new leader a “specially designated global terrorist.” The State Department in a Tuesday press […]
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March 9, 2020
The Turkish interior ministry announced Sunday deporting two German nationals and one Swedish ISIS militant holding French citizenship as part of a program to extradite foreign […]
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March 9, 2020
Two U.S. service members were killed in Iraq during a mission to eliminate a stronghold of the Islamic State militant group, military officials said Monday. The […]
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February 21, 2020
A sinkhole reportedly containing almost 1,000 bodies, including around 30 Yezidis, killed by the Islamic State (ISIS) from mid-2014 to late 2017 has been uncovered in […]
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February 12, 2020
Palestinian Child Soldier Week seeks to raise awareness about the use of child soldiers in conflicts
A campaign to raise awareness about child soldiers used by militant groups in conflicts aims to highlight the plight of Palestinian children who are used by […]
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February 1, 2020
The leader of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this year. The New York Times said three current […]
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February 1, 2020
A man accused of killing two police officers while acting as the leader of an al Qaeda group in the Iraqi city of Fallujah was arrested […]
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January 30, 2020
Islamic State spokesman Abu Hamza al-Qurashi stated in a speech published by the terror group’s media arm Al-Furqan on Monday that ISIS was “declaring war” on […]
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January 30, 2020
Turkey has arrested 10 suspects linked to the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Ankara, security sources said Wednesday. Anti-terror police carried out raids at the […]
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January 30, 2020
Belgium’s Court of Cessation ruled on Wednesday that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is not a terrorist organization, ending proceedings launched in 2008 against a number […]
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January 30, 2020
U.S. defense officials believe they have unmasked the Islamic State terror group’s current leader, until now known by his nom de guerre, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. […]
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January 20, 2020
The Guardian has revealed the profile of the new Islamic State leader (emir) Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi, who was announced by IS last year. The Guardian […]
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January 3, 2020
A US drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump on Baghdad airport has killed a top Iranian commander, in a major escalation in regional tensions that […]
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December 24, 2019
A new BBC report says that there are growing indications that the Islamic State (IS) group is re-organising in Iraq, two years after losing the last […]
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December 10, 2019
A U.S. citizen who kept an Islamic State flag and a cache of weapons in his New York City apartment was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty […]
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November 6, 2019
The sister of former Islamic State group (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been captured in northern Syria, Turkish officials say. The 65-year-old, named as Rasmiya […]
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November 6, 2019
Several foreign tourists as well as a guide and a police officer have been stabbed in the Jordanian city of Jerash, a popular destination for visitors. […]
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October 31, 2019
ISIS announced the name of its new leader as well as a new spokesman Thursday after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a American-led raid in […]
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October 27, 2019
The CIA has targeted Islamic State militant group (ISIS) spokesperson Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir in a new operation that comes one day after the organization’s leader was […]
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October 27, 2019
From BBC News, CNN: The fugitive leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in a US military operation in northwest Syria, President […]
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October 26, 2019
A British man who trained to fight with Kurdish units against Islamic State has been found guilty of a terrorism offence in a retrial at the […]
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October 24, 2019
Short-form video platform TikTok has removed two-dozen accounts for posting propaganda for the Islamic State, Georgia Wells at The Wall Street Journal reported. Videos featuring ISIS fighters with […]
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August 29, 2019
Israel has released information on senior Iranian and Hezbollah operatives involved in the terror group’s precision-missile project in Lebanon. The group, which has been working on the expensive and […]
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August 29, 2019
WASHINGTON: The United States has designated three Palestinians and one Lebanese national for funneling money for Hamas, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a […]
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August 29, 2019
WASHINGTON: The US on Thursday sanctioned Lebanon-based Jammal Trust Bank SAL and its subsidiaries for allegedly facilitating the financial activities of Hezbollah, according to the Treasury […]
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August 23, 2019
Visiting China’s special envoy for Syria Xie Xiaoyan on Thursday underscored the need for a continued fight against terrorist groups in Syria. At a press briefing […]
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August 12, 2019
A US Marine from Colorado who had been serving in Iraq was killed in combat over the weekend — just days after the Pentagon warned of […]
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July 18, 2019
The US has transported an American citizen who is alleged to have been an ISIS fighter back to American soil from Syria in order to face trial for […]
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July 4, 2019
Kurdistan region: Syrian Kurdish officials have stepped up security measures at the al-Hol camp in Hasaka, northeast Syria after a female Islamic State (ISIS) prisoner stabbed […]
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July 4, 2019
A second son of a Hamas co-founder has fled the Palestinian extremist movement, denouncing the group as a “corrupt” and “racist terrorist organisation” and “working for […]
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July 4, 2019
Syria: As many as 200 dead bodies have been found in a mass grave near the Syrian city of Raqqa, a local official and a war […]
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June 6, 2019
Egypt: At least eight Egyptian police officers were killed in a militant attack on security checkpoints in the northern Sinai peninsula, the Egyptian interior ministry said […]
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June 4, 2019
Tripoli: A lone gunman has killed four members of Lebanon’s security forces in the city of Tripoli on Monday night before blowing himself up, Lebanese state […]
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May 21, 2019
A jury in Manhattan found Ali Kourani, a Hezbollah operative who carried out surveillance of targets in New York, guilty of committing various crimes on behalf […]
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April 29, 2019
Islamic State’s (IS) chief Abu Bakr Baghdadi made his first video appearance in almost five years on Monday, vowing to continue the battle against the U.S. […]
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April 19, 2019
Washington: According to a recent report by Fox News, leaked Islamic State letters show that IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may be still alive and leading […]
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April 19, 2019
Washington: Despite losing its caliphate to U.S.-backed forces last month, Islamic State’s resurgence continues to gain momentum across Iraq and Syria, a new report said Friday. “ISIS is […]
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April 19, 2019
Washington: The number of suspected foreign IS fighters being detained by U.S.-backed forces in Syria has now surpassed 2,000, with a small number claiming to be […]
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April 8, 2019
Washington: The Trump administration is designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, taking an unprecedented step as it seems to increase pressure […]
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April 3, 2019
Syria: Tooba Gondal, the British jihadi known as ‘the ISIS matchmaker’ has been found in a refugee camp in northern Syria, it was reported earlier this week. Tooba Gondal, […]
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April 1, 2019
United Kingdom: A former head of counter-terrorism in the UK’s Foreign Office has said Irish ISIS bride Lisa Smith should be detained if she returns to […]
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March 23, 2019
Syria: ISIS has lost its final stronghold in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces announced Saturday, bringing an end to the so-called caliphate declared by the terrorist […]
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March 19, 2019
Syria: On Tuesday, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered the last area in ISIS-occupied Baghouz town of Deir ez-Zor, located at Iraqi-Syria border, where they gathered their vehicles […]
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March 8, 2019
Iraq: Iraqi authorities on Thursday uncovered two mass graves in the province of Salahuddin containing the remains of victims believed to have been executed by the Islamic […]
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March 6, 2019
Syria: A prominent French militant who joined the Islamic State group, Jean-Michel Clain, died over the weekend from wounds suffered in an earlier air strike that killed […]
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March 5, 2019
Syria: Thousands of people, including armed fighters, have left the last area held by ISIL in Syria, a spokesperson for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said today. Mostafa Bali of […]
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February 21, 2019
United Kingdom: British teenager Shamima Begum, who moved from London to Syria four years ago to join ISIS, has said she was “a bit shocked” to learn […]
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February 14, 2019
Iran: A suicide bomber killed at least 27 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and wounded 13 on a bus in a restive region of southeast […]
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February 13, 2019
Pakistan: Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan to increase its role in the Islamic Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC), it was reported by some media on Wednesday. A […]
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February 7, 2019
Any transfers of suspected foreign jihadists and their relatives out of Syria should be transparent, Human Rights Watch told AFP, as camps in the northeast fill […]
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January 30, 2019
On 29th Jan, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a new worldwide threat assessment that highlights the presence of various militant groups in […]
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January 25, 2019
On Thursday the United States announced new sanctions targeting two Iran-backed foreign fighter militias in Syria and two airlines that help send weapons to Syria in […]
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January 21, 2019
Syria: On Monday, several sources reported a suspected VBIED blast near Shadadi, in Hasaka area of Syria, causing serious damage to U.S. convoy. Syrian Observatory for […]
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January 18, 2019
Yemen: Yemen’s Houthi militants are holding dozens of women without bringing them to trial or charging them with a crime, often torturing the detainees and blackmailing their […]
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January 16, 2019
Syria: A suicide bombing in the Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday targeted the joint Coalition-SDF patrol, killing four U.S. soldiers and wounding three others, Reuters […]
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January 13, 2019
Erbil: A Syrian Kurdish group has handed over a Belgian national it captured fighting with the Islamic State over to the Iraqi government, Brussels-based media reported on […]
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January 12, 2019
Egypt: A bomb attack against a church in east Cairo was averted thanks to the prompt action of a Muslim cleric, Imam Saad Askar who called the police. When […]
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January 12, 2019
Egypt: Egypt has arrested two German nationals on suspicion they tried to join an Islamic State group affiliate and deported one of them, Egyptian security sources said […]
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January 12, 2019
Israel: IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, while discussing security matters on Thursday, responded to the domestic criticism leveled against IDF, saying that more force and roadblocks […]
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January 10, 2019
Yemen: A bomb-laden drone flown by Yemen’s Houthi rebels flew into a military parade on Thursday outside of the southern port city of Aden, killing at […]
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January 9, 2019
Israel: Former Israeli National Security Advisor Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yaakov Amidror decried the specter of “Jewish terrorism” Wednesday, warning that attacks by Jewish youths on Arabs in […]
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January 9, 2019
Europe: The EU on Tuesday froze the assets of an Iranian intelligence unit and two of its staff and designated them as terrorists over Tehran’s role […]
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January 9, 2019
Switzerland: The Swiss government will review reports that the Palestinian curriculum promotes violence, antisemitism, and other themes that undermine a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel, […]
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January 9, 2019
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: The need to use modernized religious rhetoric to combat extremism was addressed during a seminar at the 33rd Janadriyah cultural festival in Saudi […]
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January 6, 2019
Syria: U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said in a statement that it has arrested five foreign Islamic State fighters in an operation in Syria. The arrested IS […]
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December 30, 2018
West Bank: At least two Israeli teenagers were arrested on Sunday morning on suspicion of involvement in a ‘Jewish terror’ plot whose details are currently under gag […]
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December 29, 2018
Egypt: Egyptian security forces have killed 40 suspected militants in three separate incidents in North Sinai and Giza, the ministry of interior said on Saturday, a day […]
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December 26, 2018
Israel: The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has conducted an unspecified number of strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria in recent years, according to a report […]
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December 23, 2018
The Coalition has liberated territory in Syria that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) formerly controlled, but the campaign against ISIS is not over, […]
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December 20, 2018
ISIS has executed nearly 700 prisoners in nearly two months in eastern Syria, a war monitor said on Wednesday, as clashes between US-backed forces and militants […]
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December 19, 2018
Washington: The U.S. military has announced that it is preparing a complete withdrawal of its forces from Syria, a move that marks an abrupt reversal of the […]
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December 19, 2018
A new AP report reveals that Iran-supported Houthis have been using thousands of child soldiers on the front lines in the Yemen war, raising concerns for […]
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December 17, 2018
West Bank: The IDF arrested dozens of Hamas members in the West Bank over the weekend in what the army said was a preemptive action in an […]
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December 16, 2018
Israel: Israeli defense officials said over the weekend that the latest wave of terrorist attacks can probably be contained, and that while copycat drive-by shooting attacks are a matter […]
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December 14, 2018
A chemistry professor at Sweden’s Lund University dispatched a team of mercenaries into an Islamic State (IS/ISIS) war zone to free one of her doctoral students […]
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December 14, 2018
Syria: A series of successful attacks by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has forced the remaining ISIS fighters in Hajin to withdraw to a few positions […]
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December 14, 2018
West Bank/Jerusalem: Two Israeli soldiers were shot dead Thursday at a bus stop on a main road in the Israeli-controlled part of the West Bank, the […]
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December 6, 2018
Iran: At least three people were killed in a bomb attack in Iran’s southeastern port city of Chabahar on Thursday, state TV reported, adding that many others […]
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December 5, 2018
According to the 2018 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) deaths from terrorism fell for the third consecutive year, after peaking in 2014. The annual Global Terrorism Index, […]
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December 3, 2018
Yesterday the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria said that Abu al Umarayn, a senior Islamic State figure, has been killed in an airstrike. Umarayn and […]
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December 3, 2018
Iraq: On November 30, the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) announced that its agents had arrested Jamal Khalil Taha Znad Mashhadani, a prominent commander of ISIS who […]
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December 3, 2018
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued global travel advice for various countries with regards to terror attacks for this holiday season. Australia The FCO […]
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November 30, 2018
Syria: On Friday the U.S. supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the capture of Osama Abu Iyad, assistant of ISIS caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The announcement was […]
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November 30, 2018
Some recent publications released by Al-Qaeda and ISIS linked groups appear to have adopted the slain Saudi commentator Jamal Khashoggi as a ‘martyr’. The latest edition […]
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November 30, 2018
France: A shadowy businessman from the Lebanese diaspora was sentenced in Paris on Wednesday to seven years in prison for being a lead member of a crime […]
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November 29, 2018
Lebanon: During a conference on counter-terrorism, Lebanon’s General Security director explicitly praised terrorism, saying that terrorism that terrorizes the enemy is not only a right but […]
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November 28, 2018
Syria: The Austrian Islamic State fighter Mohammed Mahmoud, also known as Abu Usama al-Gharib, has been reportedly killed in a Coalition airstrike on an ISIS prison in […]
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November 26, 2018
Syria: A joint force of the US-led coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) captured a prominent leader of the Islamic State (IS) in Deir al-Zor Province in […]
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November 24, 2018
Australia: Sydney terrorist Ahmed Merhi has begged Australia to help him after he was sentenced to death by hanging in Iraq. Merhi, 27, was convicted for being a […]
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November 22, 2018
USA: The U.S. military will begin putting observation posts in northern Syria to help Turkey secure its border from the threats wandering through the war-torn country, the U.S. […]
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November 22, 2018
Since 2015, the Middle East and North Africa – MENA – has been the least peaceful region in the world. Youth in the region were once […]
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November 22, 2018
USA: According to the Washington think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), there are as many as 230,000 Salafi jihadist fighters in nearly 70 […]
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November 20, 2018
On Tuesday U.S. Treasury announced new sanctions over oil shipments to Syria including two Iranians, a Russian, a Syrian, an Iraqi and a Lebanese. Two of the […]
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November 18, 2018
It has become “the new normal,” a structural part of 21st-century life. And the jihadist threat against the West is just as strong now as ever. […]
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November 16, 2018
On Sunday 11th November, ITCT launched a new feature called the Threat Meter, designed to keep the public and professionals updated about the latest terrorism trends […]
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November 14, 2018
Washington DC: The US State Department on Tuesday designated Jawad Nasrallah, son of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, a terrorist and accused him of […]
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November 11, 2018
Israel: An Israeli Special Operations Forces entered the Gaza Strip in a vehicle and assassinated a senior commander of the al-Qassam Brigades and another senior operative in […]
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November 9, 2018
On Friday Islamic State released issue no. 155 of its weekly al-Naba magazine. In the issue, IS claims 100 attacks over the past week in different […]
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November 6, 2018
Syria: Two new videos that have recently surfaced on Jihadi forums show that the elite Jihadi military unit Malhama Tactical, also sometimes called the Black Water […]
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November 6, 2018
Pakistan: Pakistani Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul said Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi saved his country from terrorism and extremism. In an interview with […]
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November 2, 2018
Egypt: At least seven Coptic Christians were reported dead and fourteen others wounded when unidentified assailants opened fire on a Coptic bus near El-Adwa village near Minya […]
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October 30, 2018
The US-led Coalition reports more than 180 airstrikes in the past week, almost all against ISIS remnants in eastern Syria. That’s more strikes than Combined Joint Task […]
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October 25, 2018
A U.S.-led coalition airstrike leveled a Syrian mosque yesterday among other buildings used by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to attack the Syrian Democratic […]
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October 23, 2018
On Tuesday U.S. Department of Treasury and Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) announced new sanctions on Afghan Taliban facilitators and their Iranian sponsors. United States of America, […]
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October 21, 2018
Jordan: Israel is taking part in a multi-national intelligence force, based in the Jordanian capital Amman, alongside Arab states Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE in order to […]
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October 20, 2018
Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial watchdog, has given Iran until February to crack down on terrorism funding or risk further sanctions on its […]
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October 19, 2018
On Thursday the U.S. Department of State announced rewards for key leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). According to U.S. State Dept. announcement: The […]
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October 16, 2018
Washington: On Tuesday the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions on Iran’s Basij paramilitary force, pointing towards the group’s […]
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October 15, 2018
U.S.: On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the formation of a “Transnational Organised Crime Task Force”, designating the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as […]
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October 15, 2018
On Monday, a pro al-Qaeda group released issue # 4 of al-Haqiqa magazine. The magazine consists of 30 pages and includes an exclusive interview of Tehrik-e-Taliban […]
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October 15, 2018
Israel: A Hamas post in the southern Gaza Strip was bombed by IDF after two people were spotted placing an explosive device along the border fence, the […]
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October 14, 2018
Iran: A member of the Iranian military has been arrested over suspicion for his involvement in Ahvaz attack in September of this year, Iranian news outlet […]
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October 12, 2018
On Thursday, Islamic State linked Media group al-Abd al-Faqir Media released issue no. 1 of a new magazine titled “Youth of the Caliphate”. The magazine consists […]
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October 12, 2018
Islamic State released al-Naba magazine issue no. 151 in the wee hours on Friday. For full copy of al-Naba no. 151, send an email at […]
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October 12, 2018
On Thursday, Ṣawt al-Islām (Voice of Islam) Media of Ḥizb al- Islāmī al-Turkistānī, also known as Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), released a new video titled “Lovers of […]
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October 11, 2018
Kurdistan: The US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) on Thursday released details of two joint operations where they assisted Iraqi and Kurdish forces in arresting ten […]
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October 11, 2018
Israel: On Thursday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it has destroyed a Hamas terror tunnel that infiltrated Israel from Gaza. IDF says it estimates $3 million […]
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October 8, 2018
Israel: Dar’am Jabareen, a resident of Umm-al-Fahm and an Israeli citizen, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison by the Jerusalem District Court for moving around 300,000 […]
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October 7, 2018
On Saturday Ḥizb al- Islāmī al-Turkistānī, also known as Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), released new edition – issue no. 24 – of its ‘Islamic Turkistan’ magazine. […]
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October 7, 2018
West Bank: On Sunday a 23 year old Palestinian terrorist identified as Ashraf Walid Suleiman Na’alwa shot dead two Jewish people in the same factory where […]
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October 6, 2018
Malaysia: Malaysian police said on Saturday said that their counter-terrorism unit has arrested eight men, seven foreigners and one Malaysian, for their suspected links with the Islamic State […]
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September 30, 2018
Yemen: On Sunday Houthi militants in Yemen claimed a twin attack targeting Saudi Arabia and UAE. In a statement Houthi spokesperson said that they killed several […]
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September 28, 2018
Germany: German Police special forces have arrested a 21-year-old Syrian Muslim who was planning to carry out a chemical terror attack in Israel, German media reported on […]
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September 28, 2018
Islamic State released new issue of its weekly al-Naba magazine on Friday. The Al-Naba issue # 149 carries photos of the five attackers Islamic State says […]
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September 27, 2018
Lebanon: Lebanese security forces on Thursday said a Palestinian refugee allegedly linked to Islamic State group over two poisoning plots, one of Lebanese army water and […]
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September 27, 2018
Sinai: Egyptian Army is training and arming Bedouins to fight against the Islamic State in Sinai, according to media reports. The Times of Israel reports: In […]
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September 27, 2018
West Bank: On Wednesday Palestinian Authority launched an arrest campaign in West Bank, targeting Hamas members and supporters, making over 50 arrests. Several homes were raided […]
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September 26, 2018
Islamic State’s Al-Furqan Media released new audio statement of its spokesperson Abu Hassan Al-Muhajir on Wednesday. In the statement, Abu Hassan Al-Muhajir doubles down on IS […]
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September 26, 2018
Bahrain: Authorities in the Gulf monarchy of Bahrain said on Tuesday that at least 169 people have been arrested for working with the Iranian intelligence to start […]
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September 25, 2018
Syria: Kurdish officials have said the international community is shirking its responsibilities by not taking back captured foreign members of Islamic State terrorist group, currently being held […]
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September 25, 2018
Jerusalem: The Israel Security Agency (ISA, or also known as Shin Bet) has confirmed that its intelligence agents, with the help of Israeli Police, have arrested […]
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September 25, 2018
Syria: A senior commander of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Al-Qaeda affiliated group, was gunned down by unidentified gunmen in Syria’s Idlib, it was reported on Tuesday. […]
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September 24, 2018
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Thursday the need to continue implementing security plans and strategies that depend on preemptive strikes against terrorism and […]
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September 21, 2018
Baghdad: A top aide to the leader of the Islamic State has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Iraqi court on Wednesday, becoming the […]
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September 21, 2018
Sao Paulo: A man designated by the U.S. Treasury Department as a high-ranking Hezbollah financier has been arrested by Brazilian federal police after neighbouring country Paraguay […]
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September 21, 2018
On Friday, the global Jihadist group Islamic State released latest edition of weekly Al-Naba magazine, issue no. 148. Unusually, there’s very little coverage of Wilāyat […]
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September 19, 2018
Washington: Iran remains the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, the Trump administration said Wednesday in an annual report that also highlighted another drop in terrorist attacks […]
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September 18, 2018
UK: Joe Robinson, a former British soldier who volunteered with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in 2015 to fight against Islamic State in Syria, was […]
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September 17, 2018
UK: According to a press release put out by the Islamic Theology on Counter-Terrorism (ITCT), which appeared in Israel’s Jerusalem Online, ITCT’s Founder and Executive Director Noor […]
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September 16, 2018
A 45 year-old American Israeli activist Ari Fuld was murdered by a 17 year-old Arab terrorist in Israel today on 16th Sept 2018. The 17 year-old […]
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September 16, 2018
West Bank: A 40 year-old Israeli man was stabbed multiple times outside a shopping mall by a teen Palestinian from the West Bank village of Yata […]
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September 15, 2018
United Nations: The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office hailed the notable efforts made by the government of UAE to counter terrorism and violent extremism […]
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September 15, 2018
Afghan Taliban has released new issue for the month of September of the monthly Nawa-e-Afghan Jihad magazine. It consists of a total of 132 pages. Some […]
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September 15, 2018
A new report by Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, a British non-profit set up by former British PM Tony Blair, has revealed that 121 groups […]
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September 15, 2018
14th September 2018: Islamic State released issue # 147 of its weekly al-Naba magazine. As usual, the new issue contains the infographic from the latest episode […]
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