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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 20th […]
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, […]
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 […]
The United States, in an effort to contain the growth of radical political Islam, should consider policies that would strengthen the Lebanese state which […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 to […]
The Arabs of the Middle East have adopted several strategies in the last century to achieve unity and independence. This paper will briefly discuss […]
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 […]
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, […]
This research looks into the background, methodology and beliefs of this deviated sect and those like it. It doesn’t aim to respond to their misconceptions, but just expose and make clear their fallacies and […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]