Center for Strategic and International Studies

Sebastian Gorka to be Trump’s counter-terrorism chief with controversial views on Islam The staunchly pro-Israel defender of the Muslim ban is set to return to the White House without Senate confirmation

November 24, 2024 Ellie Sennett

(National-UAE) President-elect Donald Trump has picked Sebastian Gorka, a staunch defender of his so-called Muslim ban who has said there is [no] such thing as Palestine, to be his counter-terrorism chief at the National Security Council. Mr Trump called Mr Gorka “a […]

ISIS-K could slip through US border and carry out Moscow-style attack, US official warns

March 31, 2024 Ronny Reyes and Steve Helling

(NY Post) ISIS-K terrorists could cross America’s porous borders, and carry out an attack like the Moscow concert hall mass shooting that killed 143 people, a US counter-terrorism official and experts warned. The ultra-violent offshoot of the Islamic State terror group is […]

California man pleads guilty to attempting to aid Syrian terrorist group, DOJ says

January 8, 2024 Sergio Robles

(KTXL) A Russian national who was living in Sacramento pleaded guilty Monday to “attempting to provide material support to” a terrorist organization that operates in Syria, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. The office said 36-year-old […]

Hopatcong woman admits sending money, lending advice to Syrian terrorists

June 28, 2022 Lori Comstock

(NJ Herald) A Hopatcong woman admitted Tuesday she sent money and gave advice to terrorist organizations in Syria fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad’s regime, according to federal authorities. Maria Bell, 54, a former U.S. Army soldier in the 1980s, appeared before […]

Sacramento grand jury indicts Russian citizen on attempting to help Syrian terror group

February 19, 2021 Sam Stanton

(Sacramento Bee) A federal grand jury in Sacramento has indicted a Russian national on charges of attempting to provide material support to a Syrian organization the U.S. State Department has labeled as a foreign terrorist organization. Murat Kurashev, a Sacramento resident who […]

Citing complexities, judge delays Islamic State support case

January 5, 2021 Andrew Selsky

(AP) A federal judge on Tuesday granted the lawyer for a man charged with helping the Islamic State group maintain an online presence almost a year to prepare for a complicated trial involving classified information. Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, whose trial had been […]

Oregon case reflects extremists’ need of online presence

December 22, 2020 Andrew Selsky

(AP) A man supported the Islamic State group for years from a Portland, Oregon, suburb by helping the extremists maintain an online presence that encouraged attacks and sought recruits, federal agents and prosecutors said. Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, who was arrested in November […]

Mutating terror threat still looms over Europe

August 27, 2020 Didier Lauras

(AFP) The terrorist threat against Europe has mutated in the last half-decade as jihadist groups have seen their Middle East sanctuaries eroded, but analysts say the West must remain braced for more attacks. Both Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group — together […]

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