Islamic State (ISIS) – Page 15

Migrant with alleged ISIS ties was living in the U.S. for more than two years, officials say Jovokhir Attoev was released inside the U.S. in 2022. A year later, Uzbekistan put out a global notice that he was wanted for alleged ISIS ties. U.S. officials didn't arrest him until this year.

May 1, 2024 Julia Ainsley

(NBC) Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently arrested an Uzbek man in Baltimore with alleged ISIS ties after he had been living inside the United States for over two years, according to two U.S. officials. The man, 33-year-old Jovokhir Attoev, crossed the border […]

Somali imam arrested in Sweden on terrorism charges The 60-year-old imam has been leading the mosque since the early 2000s.

May 1, 2024 TEC News

(European Conservative) The 60-year-old leader of a mosque in Tyresö, Sweden, has been arrested on suspicion of direct participation in a terrorism organization. The Somali imam was heading a mosque on a volunteer basis, teaching children and youth on the premises of […]

‘We’re gonna kill’: Teens allegedly discussed bombs, guns in group chats

April 30, 2024 Clare Sibthorpe

(Sydney Morning Herald) A group of teenagers discussed carrying out a terrorism attack and a desire to kill before they were arrested in anti-terrorism raids last Wednesday, a court has heard. The conversations took place in group chats after the alleged stabbing […]

Parents of teenager who stabbed bishop at Sydney church speak publicly for the first time

April 29, 2024 Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop

(ABC-Australia) In the hours before a 16-year-old boy stabbed a bishop in an alleged terrorism attack at a Sydney church, his parents’ frantic calls to him went unanswered. Two days earlier, the boy was in tears over the sudden death of a […]

Teen facing terror-related charges as part of Wakeley church stabbing investigation was already on conditional bail for gun possession charges

April 27, 2024 Tony Ibrahim

(ABC-Australia) A 14-year-old boy trying to secure bail over terrorism-related charges appeared before the same court a fortnight earlier on gun possession charges. He was the youngest of five juveniles taken into custody on Wednesday, as a joint counterterrorism team investigated what […]

Minnesotan will be sentenced for fighting for ISIS: ‘I joined a death cult’ As federal authorities stopped groups of Minnesotans from traveling to ISIS territory a decade ago, Abdelhamid Al-Madioum escaped detection. His survival and return home was no less astonishing.

April 27, 2024 Stephen Montemayor

(Star Tribune) The Islamic State group’s territory was wasting away five years ago when a member from Minnesota desperately dug a trench around his young family’s tent to protect against airstrikes in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz. By then, Abdelhamid Al-Madioum […]

Michigan imam: People who support Jewish state of Israel are ‘savages,’ ‘barbaric’

April 27, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Daily Wire) An imam speaking in Dearborn, Michigan, this month claimed that Zionists, people who support the Jewish state of Israel, are “savages” and are “barbaric.” The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) translated the speech from Dr. Baqir Berry that was […]

France charges IS official’s ex-wife with crimes against humanity: report

April 27, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) France has charged the ex-wife of a top Islamic State official with crimes against humanity on suspicion of enslaving a teenage Yazidi girl in Syria, French media reported. A woman identified as Sonia M., the former wife of the jihadist group’s […]

Khairi Saadallah: The missed opportunities to stop Reading attacker An inquest into the deaths of Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, James Furlong and David Wails heard six weeks of evidence from witnesses including probation and immigration officials, police and MI5 officers.

April 26, 2024 Henry Vaughan

(Sky News) When three men were stabbed to death in Reading’s Forbury Gardens on Saturday, 20 June 2020, Nick Harborne instantly knew Khairi Saadallah was responsible. “Something inside me just went cold,” he told Sky News. The chief executive of the Reading […]

Influential former IS supporter Wassim Fayad drawn into probe of alleged Sydney teen terror network

April 25, 2024 Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop

(ABC-Australia) An influential former Islamic State supporter who was released from a supervision order last year was questioned in Wednesday’s police raids on an alleged terrorism network involving a group of Sydney boys. Excerpts from a police warrant seen by ABC Investigations […]

Teen terror suspects had Islamic State beheading and bomb-making videos, court told

April 25, 2024 Clare Sibthorpe and Jessica McSweeney

(Sydney Morning Herald) Two teenagers arrested in connection with the Wakeley church stabbing had graphic videos of Islamic State beheadings, with one also possessing bomb-making instructions, police allege. A 14-year-old, who stopped attending school in 2022, is among the five young people […]

Counter-terrorism investigation leads to conviction for sharing propaganda glorifying Daesh

April 25, 2024 Metropolitan Police

(Press Release) A man who shared propaganda glorifying Daesh and acts of terrorism on social media has today, Thursday, [25] April, been found guilty of terrorism offences following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Hamza Alam, 22 (27.07.01), of Romford, […]

Canada refused to repatriate woman from ISIS camp because she can’t be arrested: internal memo

April 25, 2024 Stewart Bell

(Global News) The last Canadian woman trying to return home from a detention camp in Syria for captured ISIS members is a national security risk because police lack evidence to arrest her, according to internal documents. A Public Safety Canada memo obtained […]

Germany charges seven suspected ISIS-K members over attack plots

April 24, 2024 Andrey Sychev

(Reuters) Germany has charged seven foreign nationals for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks on behalf of the Islamic State Province of Khorasan (ISIS-K), the federal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The suspects, identified as Turkmen citizen Ata A., Tajik citizens Mukhammadshujo A., Nuriddin […]

Paris Olympics: 16-year-old arrested after he said he wanted to ‘die a martyr’ at Games France previously raised its security alert to its highest level ahead of hosting this summer's Olympic Games amid concerns the event could be overshadowed by security incidents.

April 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by anti-terrorism police in France after he allegedly said on social media he wanted to “die a martyr” at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. A spokesperson said on Wednesday the boy was […]

Macron’s Olympics terror nightmare Pressure mounts on France, with Paris 2024 just 3 months away.

April 24, 2024 Antoaneta Roussi and Victor Goury-Laffont

(Politico) It seemed like a good idea at the time. French President Emmanuel Macron promised the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics on the banks of the River Seine in July would be a “moment of beauty, art, celebration of sports […]

FBI director has been sounding alarm on ‘heightened threat environment’: Is America listening? FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned lawmakers that the threat of terrorism has risen to a whole other level since Oct. 7

April 23, 2024 Bradford Betz and Jasmine Baehr

(Fox) Whether it’s terrorism, China, or an insecure border, the U.S. faces a litany of threats both internally and internationally, according to the FBI. FBI Director Christopher Wray has repeatedly warned of a “heightened threat environment,” and has pleaded with lawmakers to […]

10 terror plots foiled in Europe in 2023: Dutch security service

April 23, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) At least 10 planned terrorist attacks in Europe were discovered and halted by western security services in 2023, the Dutch security service AIVD said on Tuesday. People were arrested in the Netherlands in four of the foiled attacks, which ranged from concrete preparations to […]

Calgary terrorism suspect right to a speedy trial not violated, judge rules

April 22, 2024 Kevin Martin

(Calgary Herald) Calgary terrorism suspect Jamal Borhot has not been the victim of an unreasonable delay in his prosecution, a judge ruled Monday in determining his trial will proceed. Justice Corina Dario said that after a review of crown and defence submissions, […]

Feds don’t ‘care if they die,’ says lawyer helping Canadian children held in Syria Canadian children languish in Syrian camp: lawyer

April 22, 2024 Jim Bronskill

(Canadian Press) Five Canadian children are languishing in a squalid detention camp in northeastern Syria after Ottawa denied their mothers permission to come to Canada, says a lawyer fighting in court on behalf of the families. The development is the latest setback […]

Number of unofficial mosques in Rome being used as breeding grounds for Islamic extremists doubles in ten years A new report by Italy's interior ministry shines a light on the growing threat of Islamic extremism in the Italian capital

April 19, 2024 Thomas Brooke

(Remix News) The number of unofficial mosques in the Italian capital of Rome being monitored by Italy’s counter-terror agency has nearly doubled in the last 10 years as prayer sites preaching fundamental Islamic teachings encroach on Italian society. According to a new […]

Calgary terrorism suspect still waiting to know when judge to decide whether charges he assisted ISIS will be thrown out Jamal Borhot, 34, faces three charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist group. He is alleged to have gone to Syria to assist ISIS more than a decade ago

April 16, 2024 Kevin Martin

(Calgary Herald) The judge determining if terrorism charges against a Calgary man should be tossed because of unreasonable delay hasn’t heard all the arguments yet. Justice Corina Dario heard lengthy submissions Tuesday for the second day as to whether Jamal Borhot’s right […]

Poland says Tajik Islamic State activist deported

April 16, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Polish security services said Tuesday they had deported a Tajikistan citizen on suspicion of “terrorist activities” and links to the Islamic State group that claimed a deadly attack in Moscow last month. The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was “a […]

Church stabbing declared a terror incident as weapons history of teenage attacker revealed

April 16, 2024 Sally Rawsthorne, Patrick Begley and Matthew Knott

(Sydney Morning Herald) A 16-year-old boy who was previously suspended from school for carrying a knife and last year faced a weapons charge is at the centre of a counter-terrorism investigation after a frenzied knife attack on a bishop at the pulpit […]

Defence says Calgary terrorism suspect’s case delay was unreasonable Jamal Borhot, 34, faces three charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist group

April 15, 2024 Kevin Martin

(Calgary Herald) The lengthy delay in getting Calgary terrorism suspect Jamal Borhot to trial was not caused by the complexity of the case, his lawyer said Monday. Defence counsel Pawel Milczarek, who wants Justice Corina Dario to enter a judicial stay in […]

Top Syrian officer faces war crimes charges in Swedish court

April 15, 2024 Johannes Ledel

(AFP) The highest-ranking Syrian military official to be tried in Europe on Monday appeared before a Stockholm court accused of war crimes during Syria’s civil war. Former brigadier general Mohammed Hamo, 65, who lives in Sweden, is accused of “aiding and abetting” […]

Three teens suspected of backing Islamic State arrested in Switzerland

April 13, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) Three teenagers from the northern Swiss cantons of Schaffhausen and Thurgau have been arrested for allegedly planning explosives attacks in the country. They are also suspected of supporting the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation. The detainees are a 15-year-old Swiss […]

German court hands Islamic State terrorist 5.5-year sentence

April 12, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) A German court has sentenced a 43-year-old Islamic State terrorist to five and a half years in prison, a court spokeswoman said on Friday. The man joined the terrorist group in Syria in 2013 and continued to support it in Germany, […]

Europe turning blind eye to Hamas and Hezbollah networks in its territory, experts say Analysts say terror groups operate largely unchecked, running charities, lobbying public opinion and recruiting supporters — and the legal means to stop them are scant

April 12, 2024 Gianluca Pacchiani

(Times of Israel) A stash of weapons was found hidden under a pine tree in southern Bulgaria last week. The arms were linked to four suspected Hamas members arrested in Germany and the Netherlands in December on suspicion of preparing an attack […]

[Four] teens arrested in Germany for allegedly plotting terror attack

April 12, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) German authorities have arrested four teenagers on suspicion of plotting a deadly Islamist terrorist attack in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, prosecutors said on Friday. The state’s Central Office for the Prosecution of Terrorism sought an arrest warrant for […]

Crown says most of delay to get Calgary terrorism suspect to trial falls at the feet of the defence Prosecutors say defence delay or exceptional circumstances in the case are the reason for the time elapsed since the accused's arrest in September 2020

April 11, 2024 Kevin Martin

(Calgary Herald) The nearly four-year period between the arrest and trial of Calgary terrorism suspect Jamal Borhot mostly lies at the feet of the defence, prosecutors say. In a written brief filed in Calgary Court of King’s Bench, crown lawyers Domenic Puglia […]

Germany charges suspected leader of Syrian rebel group

April 11, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) German prosecutors said Thursday they had filed war crime charges against the alleged leader of a rebel group which fought in Syria alongside Islamic State jihadists. Syrian Amer A., the suspected chief of the group Liwa Jund al-Rahman, is accused of […]

FBI fears ‘coordinated attack’ on US homeland

April 11, 2024 Jeff Seldin

(VOA) A surge of confidence by supporters of the Islamic State terror group — reflected in a series of online threats against Europe combined with its deadly attack on a concert hall in Russia — is giving security officials in the United […]

Idaho man accused of planning church attacks in support of ISIS pleads not guilty to terrorism charge

April 10, 2024 Cindy Von Quednow and Jack Forrest

(CNN) The 18-year-old accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS and planning attacks against churches in Idaho pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a federal terrorism charge, according to the court docket. Alexander Scott Mercurio pleaded not guilty to attempting to provide material support or resources […]

Dutch police looking for witnesses of ISIS beheadings in Syria

April 10, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Police in the Netherlands are looking for witnesses to help connect at least a dozen beheadings in Syria a decade ago to a suspected terrorist arrested in Zuid-Holland. The suspect, nicknamed Abu Khaled al Amni, applied for asylum in the […]

2 alleged Iraqi militants arrested in Germany, accused of keeping Yazidi girls as slaves

April 10, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) Two Iraqis accused of being members of the Islamic State group and keeping two young Yazidi girls as slaves as well as sexually and physically abusing them have been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday. The man and the woman, identified […]

Foreign terrorists targeting US ‘increasingly concerning’: FBI director The warning comes as experts predict ISIS will try to carry out a U.S. attack.

April 9, 2024 Luke Barr

(ABC) Foreign adversaries and terrorist groups are sharpening their aim at the United States — targeting cyber operations, security and “mafia-like” tactics in an “increasingly concerning” way, FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a speech on Tuesday. At the American Bar Association […]

Iranian accused of writing spyware was wrongly deported: court

April 9, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) An Iranian software engineer who was accused of developing spyware and banned from the European Union for 20 years should not have been deported from the Netherlands, judges have ruled. Security services said the man, named in court papers as […]

Six children of Canadian mother to be repatriated from Syrian detention camp Six children to be repatriated from Syrian camp

April 9, 2024 Anja Karadeglija

(Canadian Press) Six children, but not their Canadian mother, will be repatriated to Canada from a detention camp in Syria. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon, who represents the mother, says Global Affairs Canada is planning the return of the children, who are between the […]

Questions over poll suggesting 46 percent of British Muslims support Hamas British Future think tank leader brands poll on Hamas [as] 'a fishing expedition'

April 9, 2024 Jenni Frazer

(Jewish News) A major poll has suggested just one in four British Muslims believe Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel on October 7 — but its findings have been questioned by the director of an influential British Future think tank. The […]

Security raised for Champions League ties after threat

April 9, 2024 Sean Seddon and Ruth Comerford

(BBC) Security is being increased at Champions League games after a media outlet supporting the Islamic State group published threats against venues. Ministers in both France and Spain confirmed enhanced security measures. A pro-IS media channel published several images of stadiums hosting […]

FBI arrests man who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and planned attacks on Idaho churches, DOJ says

April 8, 2024 Jack Forrest

(CNN) The FBI arrested a man on Saturday after he allegedly made plans to attack churches in Idaho and pledged his allegiance to ISIS, the Justice Department said. Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, was charged with attempting to provide material support or resources […]

Suspected IS terrorist arrested in Italy after flying from Eindhoven to Rome

April 8, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Police in Italy arrested an individual suspected of being actively involved in terrorist organization ISIS shortly after he managed to fly from Eindhoven Airport to Rome Fiumicino Airport on Monday morning. The suspect, identified only by the initials S.I., was […]

‘Death to America,’ ‘Death to Israel’ chants pour out of Muslim protesters in Michigan on last [Friday] of Ramadan Dearborn has become ‘hotbed for hate,’ according to 1 expert

April 7, 2024 Michael Lee

(Fox) Protesters in Dearborn, Michigan, shouted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” during an International Al-Quds Day rally held in the town. “Imam Khomeini, who declared the International Al-Quds Day, this is why he would say to pour all of your […]

US intel warns of potential terrorist threat at gatherings after Moscow attack ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in Moscow that killed at least 144.

April 5, 2024 Pierre Thomas

(ABC) Law enforcement officials expressed concern that radicals in the U.S. might respond to ISIS calls for similar attacks in the wake of last month’s deadly terrorist attack at a concert hall in Moscow. The U.S. intelligence bulletin warns that ISIS operatives […]

Christmas market attack plotter jailed for 30 years by French court

April 4, 2024 Arnaud Bouvier

(AFP) A French court on Thursday sentenced Audrey Mondjehi to a 30-year jail term for helping an Islamist militant who killed five people in a 2018 attack on a Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg. The 42-year-old was the main […]

German authorities uncover Hamas weapons cache in Bulgaria

April 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Novinite) German investigators have unearthed a suspected Hamas weapons stockpile in Bulgaria, as reported by Die Zeit. The discovery, confirmed by Deutsche Welle, Spiegel, and ARD, came after the arrest of Hamas-affiliated individuals in mid-December. A mobile phone seized during the arrest […]

Lawyer for Calgary terrorism suspect wants charges thrown out because of unreasonable delay Under the Supreme Court's decision in the Jordan case, the nation's top court said any trials which conclude more than 30 months after a person is charged are presumptively unreasonably delayed

April 2, 2024 Kevin Martin

(Calgary Herald) The more than 3 1/2 years it will take to get Calgary terrorism suspect Jamal Borhot to trial amounts to an unreasonable delay in breach of his Charter rights, his lawyer says. Defence counsel Pawel Milczarek has filed a notice […]

England fans warned of new terror threat for Euro 2024 with ‘dangers raised to new level’ ahead of tournament The Three Lions will be hoping to win the competition in Germany this summer

March 31, 2024 Jack Otway

(GB News) England fans have been warned of a new terror threat as the European Championships this summer creep closer. After the recent attack in Moscow, Germany Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has claimed dangers have risen “to a new level” just 75 […]

ISIS-K attack in Moscow draws fears of plots in US, Europe

March 31, 2024 Ellen Mitchell

(Hill) The deadly ISIS-K attack on a Moscow concert hall last week is raising concerns that plots by the terrorist group, once restricted to Afghanistan, could be carried out in the United States and Europe — and sooner than thought. Islamic State […]