(NY Post) Socialist mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani appears to defend al Qaeda fiend Anwar al-Awlaki — and blame America for turning the prostitution-loving cleric into a terrorist — in newly surfaced tweets. Al-Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents, […]
(National-UAE) The 20th anniversary of the July 7, 2005, attacks in London, on Monday, throws a spotlight on how the UK’s counter-terrorism approach changed, and how its focus on Islamist groups has deepened social divisions. The bombings, also referred to as 7/7, […]
(Sky News) Radicalised nine-year-olds, teenagers mixing incel culture with extreme right ideologies and a Muslim who idolises Hitler — this is just some of the casework of those tasked with deradicalising young extremists in the UK. Monday will mark 20 years since […]
(BBC) A charity has been formally warned and one of its trustees disqualified after an “inflammatory” sermon in the days after the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel. Language in the Nottingham Islam Information Point sermon, on 13 October 2023, included “the […]
(Jewish News) A student accused of expressing support for Hamas and the 7 October attacks two days after the massacre has appeared at the Old Bailey, denying two charges of expressing “an opinion or belief in support of a proscribed organisation.” Sarah […]
(NL Times) Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof will be summoned before the Rotterdam District Court in the criminal trial of an intelligence worker suspected of leaking state secrets to Morocco, the court said on Friday. The case concerns 65-year-old [Abderrahim] el M., […]
(European Jewish Press) The Belgian federal government has announced that the pro-Palestinian organization Samidoun will be added to the OCAD database — Belgium’s official registry for tracking terrorism, extremism, and radicalization, a move which is seen as a first step towards a […]
(DPA) A Syrian man has been detained after attacking people on a high-speed train in southern Germany with a total of five people hurt including three other Syrians, German police said late Thursday. The ICE express train, which was carrying 500 passengers, […]
(Brussels Times) The Brussels Court of Appeal ordered the Belgian state to pay additional penalties for not doing enough to bring convicted Nizar Trabelsi back to Belgium. The former Tunisian footballer was sentenced in Belgium in 2004 to 10 years in prison […]
(AP) A federal judge on Wednesday ended an order blocking the deportation of the family of the man charged in the fatal firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, noting government lawyers say the man’s relatives are not being rushed out of the country […]
(Yabiladi) Italian police have arrested a 24-year-old Moroccan national in Bergamo for promoting jihadist propaganda online. The man, who had over 5,000 followers on Facebook, is accused of inciting terrorism through reels and posts “glorifying armed jihad and suicide attacks carried out […]
(ANSA) A group of four migrants from North Africa who were deported from Italy in July 2022 on terrorism charges that a Perugia court subsequently found to be unsubstantiated and shelved are suing the Italian state for two million euros in damages, […]
(Reuters) A Danish national has been arrested in Denmark on suspicion of spying for Iran by collecting information on Jewish sites and individuals in Berlin, and will be extradited to Germany, German and Danish authorities said on Tuesday. German prosecutors said the […]
(Surrey Now-Leader) A man accused of slashing a Surrey bus rider’s throat on April 1, 2023, on behalf of the Islamic State will find out on July 10 when he’ll be sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. Justice Miriam Gropper […]
(TVP) A 17-year-old from the southeastern Podkarpackie province who promoted Islamic terror online has been charged with preparing a mass attack, say prosecutors. The youth is charged with preparing a mass attack against a group of people based on their religious or […]
(AP) An 82-year-old Colorado woman who was injured in a Molotov cocktail attack on demonstrators in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza has died, prosecutors said Monday. Karen Diamond died as a result of the severe injuries she suffered in the June […]
(NL Times) Terrorism in the Netherlands is primarily a “problem of homegrown origin,” according to a recent study examining the links between migration and terrorism. The report, shared Friday by Justice and Migration Minister David van Weel (VVD) with the Tweede Kamer, […]
(Courthouse News) A man facing federal hate crime and explosives charges pleaded not guilty on Friday to orchestrating an attack on Colorado residents who gathered in Boulder to raise awareness of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was arrested […]
(Press Release) A man who posted supportive messages on social media about proscribed terrorist groups as well as antisemitic posts has been jailed. Zakir Hussain, 30 (09.01.95) of Harlow, was arrested in March last year after officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism […]
(Algemeiner) New York City Mayor Eric Adams has accused mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani of spreading antisemitic views, citing Mamdani’s past remarks and anti-Israel activism as he starts his efforts to thwart the progressive insurgent. Adams’s repudiation comes in the aftermath of a […]
(Chicago Tribune) Nearly seven years after the feds raided his Northwest Side home, a Chicago IT specialist was convicted Friday of helping the Islamic State terrorist group through a media campaign that encouraged attacks, celebrated beheadings and other gruesome violence and taunted […]
(Brussels Times) A Syrian national, aged 28, was sentenced by the Liège Criminal Court on Friday to 40 months in prison and an €8,000 fine for participating in the activities of a terrorist group. The man’s activities, committed between September 2023 and […]
(AFP) German prosecutors said Friday they had filed charges against a Syrian youth and alleged Islamic State group supporter linked to a 2024 attack plot on a Vienna concert by US pop megastar Taylor Swift. The suspect, only partially named as Mohammad A., […]
(Brussels Times) Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem has shown no empathy or remorse during his trial in Stockholm for his alleged involvement in the execution of Muath Al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive in a cage in Syria, the lawyer for […]
(Fox) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 130 Iranian nationals throughout the United States in the last week, and 670 Iranian nationals are in ICE detention, as the Trump administration continues to increase arrests of Iranian nationals in the country illegally amid […]
(WLBT) An Iranian man described as a suspected terrorist by federal authorities had been under scrutiny in Texas years earlier for allegedly attacking his wife, according to court records obtained exclusively by 3 On Your Side. Moreover, Yousef Mehridehno’s designation as a […]
(Jerusalem Post) Zohran Mamdani blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government, and the Knesset for the “ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine,” a day after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, in a post shared to X/Twitter. “I mourn the hundreds […]
(AP) A man accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at a group of people demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 hate crime counts. Mohamed Sabry Soliman was initially charged with […]
(AFP) A Syrian migrant accused of stabbing four people outside a bar in the German city of Bielefeld was a member of the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Mahmoud M., 35, is accused of randomly attacking customers […]
(AP) Czech authorities have detained five teenagers for being radicalized online by the militant Islamic State group and charged two of them with terror-related crimes over an attempt to set fire to a synagogue, officials said Wednesday. Břetislav Brejcha, the director of […]
(Stockton Record) Federal agents arrested a Central Valley man Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to provide aid to ISIS in the form of guns, equipment, and money, authorities said. Ammaad Akhtar, 33, of Stockton, has been charged with attempting to provide material […]
(CBS) In its latest crackdown against illegal immigration, federal agents arrested 11 Iranian foreign nationals in 48 hours, including one watchlisted individual — part of a series of targeted operations spanning eight states and nine cities nationwide. Among those arrested by U.S. […]
(Free Beacon) In his first broadcast interview since his release from detention, Mahmoud Khalil blamed the United States’ “unconditional support” of Israel for the recent string of anti-Semitic attacks. “What is happening is a direct result of the U.S. unconditional [sic] support […]
(Daily Signal) A member of Congress introduced a bill Tuesday asking the secretary of state to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations as a foreign terrorist organization. The Council on American-Islamic Relations brands itself as a 501(c)(3) Muslim civil rights and advocacy group […]
(Globe and Mail) Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa remains very concerned about possible Iranian government activities in Canada after former justice minister Irwin Cotler warned Tehran may have activated sleeper cells in this country. Speaking to reporters in The Hague […]
(NY Post) Jewish New Yorkers were “stunned” and “disgusted” in the run-up to Tuesday’s mayoral primary by bizarre pro-Zohran Mamdani text messages claiming to come from a friend of a slain Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack victim. The shady sender told a […]
(Al-Jazeera) Greek police have arrested an Azerbaijani national suspected of spying on a NATO base on the island of Crete. Local media reported on Monday that the man was detained the previous day on suspicion of espionage. Authorities are reportedly investigating whether […]
(Philenews) Cypriot authorities are convinced the Azerbaijani national arrested on Saturday by police headquarters was operating in Cyprus to gather intelligence against Western interests. Details of the case presented to Philenews, along with evidence and testimonies secured by the Crime Detection Department, […]
(Globe and Mail) Former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler, who is on an Iranian hit list, says he fears Tehran may have activated sleeper cells in Canada to carry out acts of violence against opponents of the regime. Mr. Cotler, a noted […]
(Local) French prosecutors have charged and remanded in custody a 17-year-old Islamic State group sympathiser suspected of planning attacks on synagogues, sex shops and public gatherings, the national anti-terror office said on Sunday. “He was not yet at the stage of carrying […]
(Sky News) Palestine Action will be proscribed as a terrorist organisation, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said. The action has been taken after the activist group claimed responsibility for breaking into RAF Brize Norton last week. Footage released online by Palestine Action […]
(NY Post) Customs and Border Protection is warning agents about possible terrorist “sleeper cells” in the US after more than 700 Iranian nationals were let into the US after crossing illegally under the Biden administration, according to a leaked memo obtained by […]
(Fox) Attorney General Pam Bondi was questioned Monday during a House budget hearing about Iranian nationals who entered the country illegally during the Biden administration after the Trump administration warned the conflict with Iran raised threat levels in the United States. Rep. […]
(NY Post) The Department of Homeland Security issued a terrorism alert on Sunday — warning of possible Iranian attacks against the US following the American airstrikes against Tehran’s nuclear program. DHS warned officials to be on the lookout for Iranian-led attacks over […]
(Fox) Over 1,500 Iranian nationals who illegally entered the U.S. at the southern border were arrested during the Biden administration, and nearly 50% of them were released back into the country, according to a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) source. […]
(France 24) A French court on Saturday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted for his part in the 2016 killing of a police couple at their home in front of their young child. In 2023, Mohamed Lamine Aberouz, a Franco-Moroccan, […]
(Philenews) Two additional arrests have been made in the United Kingdom in connection with an ongoing terrorism investigation in Cyprus, according to reliable sources from Phileleftheros, with the individuals detained and allegedly directly related to the case. Cyprus authorities’ investigations surrounding the […]
(Philenews) Cypriot police have thwarted an Iranian plot to attack Israeli citizens in Cyprus, according to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. An Azerbaijani suspect linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has been arrested and charged with terrorism offences. The suspect, believed to be […]
(BBC) A British man has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of spying and terror-related offences. The BBC understands he is thought to have carried out surveillance for Iran on the RAF Akrotiri base on the island. Local media say he is […]
(CNN) The Supreme Court on Friday said that the families of victims of terrorist attacks in Israel may sue the Palestinian Authority in a decision that will likely make it easier for victims of other overseas attacks with ties to Palestinian groups […]
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