(Philenews) Significant developments have occurred in two terrorism cases that have occupied both the Cypriot prosecuting authorities and foreign media. One concerns the 42-year-old Azerbaijani, Orkhan Asadov, whose case was filed with the Nicosia Criminal Court in the autumn of 2021 and […]
(Yle) The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has resumed processing of asylum applications from Syrians. Those applications have been in limbo since December due to dramatic changes in the security situation in Syria. Migri said on Friday that it had begun conducting asylum […]
(Swiss Info) What will happen to Swiss nationals who joined the Islamic State terrorist group and who are now imprisoned in northeastern Syria? Human rights experts, humanitarian groups, and even the US are calling for repatriation. Switzerland says it won’t support their […]
(BBC) The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were paused following the fall of the Assad regime. Asylum minister Dame Angela Eagle said the Home Office had “worked to lift the pause as […]
(GB News) A pro-Palestinian demonstrator who was arrested but not ultimately charged with terror charges after chanting support for the October 7 Hamas attacks has been identified as Mohammad al-Mail, a 27-year-old Kuwaiti national who was granted refugee status in Britain in […]
(Reuters) Instability in Syria could pose security risks for Europe, according to a draft internal EU counter-terrorism document seen by Reuters warning that the overall terror threat level remains high. European officials have been cautiously optimistic about Syria’s new leadership — which […]
(Sky News) “I travelled to Syria to make jihad. I won’t lie,” Londoner Hamza Parvez says through his cell grate. “A lot of mistakes were made — I’m bearing the brunt of those mistakes.” He is one of thousands of foreigners, from […]
(National-UAE) The child of a British woman from north London held in an ISIS detention camp in Syria died amid a stand-off over the family’s return to the UK. The woman, who is said by her MP to be in declining health, […]
(AP) Brett Holmgren got woken up early on New Year’s Day by alerts that a driver had plowed into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans. The rampage, which killed 14 people, was the deadliest attack on U.S. soil in years and […]
(Brussels Times) The next government must decide whether or not to repatriate Belgian fighters in Syrian prisons, the interim foreign affairs minister has stated. Following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (OCAM) has identified […]
(BBC) The UK is facing a “smouldering” terror threat level with children as young as 10 accessing extreme online material, one of the country’s most senior counter-terrorism officers has warned. Deputy assistant commissioner Vicki Evans, senior national co-ordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, […]
(Sky News) Counter-terrorism police fear that uncertainty over the future of Syria could fuel jihadi attacks in the UK. Border officials are on high alert for potential British ISIS supporters freed from jail who may try to return to Britain. Vicki Evans, […]
(AFP) A German court handed a 10-year jail term to a Syrian former militia leader on Wednesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed under former president Bashar al-Assad. The man, named only as Ahmad H., 47, had come to Germany […]
(Philenews) A top secret file of Syrians who arrived as migrants on the island years before the Assad demise and had suspected links with HTS, now ruling the country, has resurfaced following the group’s emergence as the key player in the new […]
(AP) Some European Union countries on Thursday doubled down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe, but said that it was too early to consider sending any of the hundreds of thousands of people who have […]
(Brussels Times) There are around ten Belgian citizens in the Islamist group that ousted Bashar al-Assad from power in Syria last week, according to Belgium’s interim Foreign Minister Bernard Quintin (MR). In a shock chain of events, the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir […]
(Breitbart) The Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that led the recent overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria has been tied to the terrorist beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty. Potentially undermining claims from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Mohammed al-Joulani that his organisation has […]
(European Conservative) Thousands of Syrians living in Germany took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate the ousting of the tyrannical (now former) President Bashar Al-Assad. Similar scenes played out in Sweden and in the UK, where refugees in London vowed to […]
(Cyprus Mail) Six Syrians suspected of financing terrorism have allegedly orchestrated the transfer of hundreds of thousands of euros, it emerged on Friday. Investigation into the matter by the republic’s authorities is ongoing, following the release and re-detention of a number of […]
(Philenews) Cypriot authorities are grappling with a complex and potentially far-reaching investigation tied to the Middle East and terrorism, which has come to light this month. This inquiry, spearheaded by the republic’s intelligence service and the Police Counter-Terrorism Office, is now under […]
(BBC) A “misguided” father-of-two who sent US dollars to a nephew who was fighting for an Islamist terrorist group in Syria has been given a community sentence. Restaurant worker Farhad Mohammad, [46], from Colchester, made payments totalling $350 (£270) suspecting his relative […]
(DPA) The 18-year-old Austrian gunman accused of attempting a terrorist attack on the Israeli consulate in Munich is believed to have had links to an Islamist group active in Syria, sources told dpa on Friday, as further details of the deadly incident […]
(NL Times) Two major international operations to break up the propaganda and communications channels of terrorist organizations were carried out this week, leading authorities in 13 countries to take action against servers, web hosting services and websites, Europol announced on Friday. The […]
(Press Release) A man who sent money to his nephew in Syria knowing it was to fund his terrorist activity has been convicted of terrorism offences, following an investigation by specialist officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Through their investigation, detectives […]
(ITV) A self-employed businessman sent more than $600 to his nephew who considered becoming a suicide bomber after he was shot while fighting in Syria, a court has heard. Farhad Mohammad, 45, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of making […]
(ABC) Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of Victoria Jacobs, an Uzbekistan native who is charged with using cryptocurrency to fund Syrian-based terrorist groups and launder supporters’ contributions. It is the first-ever terrorism financing trial in the New York State […]
(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 […]
(Fox) Heavily armed law enforcement officers swarmed the Philadelphia home of a teenager who was plotting to launch a national terrorist attack, authorities said. The suspect, an unnamed 17-year-old, was in contact with a global terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda and […]
(NL Times) So far, the Netherlands has permanently revoked 20 people’s Dutch citizenship due to a conviction for a terrorist crime (6) or in the interest of national security (14), Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz reported in a letter to parliament. The state has […]
(ABC) A New York City woman has been charged with using cryptocurrency to provide financial support to terrorist groups in Syria, a rare prosecution involving virtual currency to fund terrorism. The 11-count indictment charged Victoria Jacobs, 43, who was known as Bakhrom […]
(NJ Herald) A 55-year-old Hopatcong woman was sentenced to two years and 10 months in federal prison after admitting she concealed financial funding and guidance she provided to terrorist organizations in Syria that were fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, according to […]
(AFP) A French jihadist has been killed fighting Syrian regime forces in northwestern Syria, his faction announced on Monday. The extremist used the pseudonym Abu Hamza, but his real name could not be verified. Firqatul Ghuraba, a group of foreign jihadists in […]
(Breitbart) French authorities have arrested a beekeeper recently expelled from Malaysia where he was allegedly using profits from honey sales to finance terror groups in Syria. The 42-year-old, nicknamed “Abu Bee,” was arrested on October 11 by officials from the French anti-terrorist […]
(Brisbane Times) An Australian man charged with terrorism offences allegedly cut off the tracking device he had been ordered to wear and booked a one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia to fly out that night. Omar Saghir, 40, was arrested in July 2021 […]
(Brisbane Times) An Australian man already accused of funding an overseas fighter to travel to [Syria] to join terrorist groups battling government forces has also been charged with advocating for a terrorism act. Omar Saghir, 40, was arrested on July 16, 2021, […]
(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 […]
(Reuters) Australia on Friday listed the entire Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, calling the move a deterrent to political and religious violence and bringing Australia in line with the United States, the European Union and Britain. Australia had for […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) The entirety of Palestinian group Hamas has been listed as a terrorist organisation by the federal government as Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says the Coalition has no higher priority than national security. Reaction to the decision has been […]
(National Post) A Canadian man who fought for the Islamic State — and starred in two of the terror group’s propaganda videos before quitting and disappearing — has been held captive by a militant group in Syria for more than a year, […]
(Deutsche Welle) German federal prosecutors on Thursday said they had indicted four men on suspicion of supporting Islamist extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra. One of the men is also accused of joining the group and traveling to Syria to fight with the breakaway […]
(AAP) A Brisbane father of three who allegedly called for a Muslim jihad in Syria to “cleanse the lands of tyrants and their collaborators” will remain behind bars. Omar Saghir, 39, has been charged with the preparation of foreign incursions as part […]
(AAP) A Brisbane man has faced court charged with preparation for foreign incursions as part of a group involved in travelling to Syria to engage in hostile activity. Omar Saghir, 39, appeared briefly in the Brisbane Magistrates Court by video link on […]
(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 […]
(Bergen Record) A Sussex County woman allegedly sent money and lent advice to members of a terrorist group fighting in Syria to overthrow the regime of President Bashar Assad, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Maria Bell, 53, a former U.S. Army soldier from Hopatcong, […]
(Radio France) Twenty-nine people accused of financing jihadists in Syria via cryptocurrency were arrested by police, according to a statement put out by the French anti-terrorism prosecutor (PNAT) on Tuesday. This network has been “active since 2019 and is mainly based on […]
(Middle East Eye) A senior French fighter has been detained by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in a new round of arrests by the militant group in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province. Omar Omsen, the leader of the Firqatul Gharaba brigade, was taken into […]
(IPT) Social media posts by Corpus Christi naval air station shooter Adam Alsahli indicate he supported key figures linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and attended a school in Saudi Arabia that has a decades-long link with Al-Qaida figures. Alsahli opened fire at […]
(Deutsche Welle) More than 60 Germans are fighting in Idlib, the last stronghold of foreign fighters in northwest Syria, according to reports by the German broadcaster SWR on Sunday. SWR reviewed transcripts of instant messages sent by the fighters and determined that the […]
(AP) The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retribution and a photo of two men carrying more jihadi […]
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