(AP) A 29-year-old Connecticut man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal terrorism charge, more than three years after he was arrested at an airport while trying to travel to Syria to help the Islamic State group, officials said. Kevin McCormick, of Hamden, […]
(Deutsche Welle) The most recent arrest of two terror suspects in Germany has raised the specter of Islamist terror in Germany — despite intensified efforts to prevent such an attack in recent years. Two men had intended to kill “an unspecified number of people” […]
(NY Daily News) Ten high school friends from Argentina traveled to New York for several days of fun — but only five went home after accused terrorist Sayfullo Saipov ran them down with a rented truck, witnesses at Saipov’s trial recounted Wednesday. […]
(BBC) Shamima Begum has said she accepts that she joined a terror group when she fled Britain as a schoolgirl for Islamic State (IS) — and said she understands the public anger towards her. In interviews spanning more than a year, Ms […]
(AFP) Moroccan and Spanish authorities have broken up a jihadist cell linked to the Islamic State group and arrested its three members in a joint operation, Morocco’s security services said Wednesday. One of the “extremist elements” was arrested by special forces from […]
(Deutsche Welle) A court in the western German city of Koblenz on Wednesday began the proceedings against a German national accused of assisting the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) terrorist group in Syria and Iraq. What do we know so far about the […]
(AFP) A Madrid court ordered two Spanish women who married Islamic State (IS) fighters remanded in custody Wednesday on terror-related charges after they were flown back from Syrian detention camps with 13 children, legal documents showed. They arrived at Torrejon de Ardoz […]
(CTV) For Canadians, and millions the world over, the infamous black and white flag flown by ISIS is a symbol of terrorism, death and persecution. When an image of that very flag was sent in an email to parents in October by […]
(Brussels Times) A 29-year-old Belgian woman convicted of terrorism and released on parole was arrested on 4 January in Budapest while on her way to Turkey, according to a report in Het Laatste Nieuws, confirmed by the federal prosecutor’s office. One of […]
(NY Post) Members of a Belgian family whose relative was one of eight people killed when an ISIS-loving terrorist rammed into them on a bike path in 2017 described in Manhattan federal court Tuesday how their idyllic ride off the West Side […]
(AFP) A Turkish-Swiss dual national who stabbed a passer-by to death in a rare jihadist attack in Switzerland was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in a psychiatric institution. Named only as Omer A., the 29-year-old was found guilty of murder, attempted murder, […]
(AFP) Madrid has repatriated two Spanish women who were married to Islamic State group fighters, flying them home from jihadist camps in Syria with 13 children, the government said on Tuesday. They arrived at Torrejon de Ardoz military airport near Madrid late […]
(National-UAE) Austrian intelligence agents should have raised the alarm about a known ISIS supporter before he killed four people in a 2020 terrorist attack in Vienna, an inquiry has found. A counter-terrorism team failed to pass on evidence that Kujtim Fejzulai was […]
(CNN) Sayfullo Saipov, the man accused of using a rented truck to fatally strike eight people on a New York City bike path in 2017, became radicalized by watching ISIS videos online and still believes he had a religious obligation to carry […]
(Breitbart) A notorious Islamist hate preacher reportedly called for Muslims to target British troops in response to Prince Harry’s claims that he killed 25 people during the Afghanistan War. Anjem Choudary, an infamous convicted hate cleric in the United Kingdom, previously imprisoned […]
(AP) A woman who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20, joined the Islamic State group and had a child with one of its fighters says she still hopes to return to the United States, serve prison time […]
(AP) Two Iranian men have been detained in Germany following a tip from U.S. security officials that at least one of them could be planning an attack with deadly chemicals, officials said Sunday. Police and prosecutors said the brothers, aged 32 and […]
(NY Times) On Halloween 2017, Sayfullo Saipov plowed a rented pickup truck down Manhattan’s crowded West Side bicycle path, smashing into pedestrians and cyclists, killing eight people and injuring more than a dozen, the authorities said. Soon after Mr. Saipov was charged, […]
(AAP) The federal opposition has claimed the repatriation of the so-called ISIS brides has turned a western Sydney issue into a nationwide problem after one was granted bail in a NSW regional court. At the same time the former NSW counter-terrorism minister […]
(Canadian Press) A Quebec woman facing terrorism charges after returning to Canada from a detention camp in northeastern Syria last October has been granted bail. The details of Oumaima Chouay’s bail hearing or the reasons for her release Friday by a Quebec […]
(Canadian Press) A lawyer for citizens detained in northern Syria who want to return to Canada says the federal government will continue to create obstacles and reverse decisions unless it is ordered to bring them home. The Federal Court heard final arguments […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Less than three months after she was returned to Australia, one of the so-called “ISIS brides” has been charged after police said they had new evidence she had willingly entered Islamic State territory in 2014 and knew of her […]
(Sky News) A barber shop owner who sent thousands of pounds to Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria after claiming COVID grant payments has been jailed for 12 years. Tarek Namouz, 43, from Hammersmith in west London, had received the bounce-back loans […]
(Arab News) A row has broken out in the British cabinet after the UK’s deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, blocked Home Office plans to reform the country’s 650-year-old treason laws. Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Security Minister Tom Tugendhat had proposed new […]
(Middle East Eye) Samsam Ahmad’s children, eight and 12, were inconsolable. They had just found out that their school in the Swedish capital Stockholm was closed down, leaving their mother at a loss of how to explain why they would no longer […]
(JNS) Imam Mohammad Tawhidi, an Islamic scholar and thinker, has dedicated his life to fighting Islamic extremism. Physically attacked for his positions and forced to flee his home in Australia when it was vandalized by extremists, it is perhaps no wonder he […]
(AFP) Two men who received the longest prison terms for allegedly aiding in the 2016 terror attack in the French resort city of Nice have appealed their conviction, prosecutors told AFP on Monday. Their appeal came weeks after French judges ordered prison […]
(Local) Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says the new government is yet to finalise its position on the issue of Danish children who remain at prison camps in Syria. Rasmussen, who spoke in favour of repatriating the children before the election, said […]
(Bowling Green Daily News) A Bowling Green resident facing federal terrorism charges after being accused of traveling to Syria and joining the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is seeking the dismissal of his criminal case. Mirsad Ramic, 32, is under […]
(AFP) A Danish court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser to 16 years in prison for plotting a bomb attack in the Scandinavian country. It is the longest sentence imposed to date for crimes of terrorism in Denmark, life in […]
(NY Daily News) A Queens man who tried to sneak into Syria to join ISIS was sentenced to more than 12 years behind bars, after he denounced the terrorist group in front of a federal judge Tuesday. Parveg Ahmed, 27, talked up […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss justice authorities say they have indicted a Turkish national for supporting terrorist groups and depicting prohibited violence. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) accuses the 26-year-old defendant of encouraging a teenager in his support for the ideology of […]
(PennLive) A man accused of stabbing an Allenwood Federal Penitentiary corrections officer in the eye in 2020 will not be permitted to plead no contest to two of the charges against him. U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann Monday ruled justice […]
(National-UAE) Lawyers of victims of the 2016 Brussels bombing attack on Monday said they had been “taken hostage” by defendants’ repeated walkouts and protests against security measures since the opening of the trial this month. Lawyers of four defendants — Mohamed Abrini, […]
(GB News) BBC Sounds have announced their “highly anticipated” podcast on ISIS bride Shamima Begum will be available in the new year. The Shamima Begum Story, from BBC Radio 5 Live, will be available on Wednesday, 11 January, and will also broadcast […]
(AP) Baran Ramadan Mesko had been hiding with other migrants for weeks in the coastal Algerian city of Oran, awaiting a chance to take a boat across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Days before the 38-year-old Syrian Kurd was to begin the […]
(AAP) Jailed after planning a Syria trip to fight for ISIS and thrown back behind bars for owning a prohibited firearm, a Sydney man will now be watched carefully after release. On Friday, the NSW Supreme Court made an extended supervision order […]
(Swiss Info) Three Swiss terror suspects who went missing in north-eastern Syria in January are being held in detention camps run by Kurdish authorities, the Swiss foreign ministry has confirmed. The three men, reportedly from Geneva, Lausanne and Orbe, went missing following a rescue […]
(Toronto Star) Using aliases and social-media fronts, Khalilullah Yousuf was allegedly the driving force behind fundraising efforts to help the desperate and downtrodden Palestinians of the Gaza Strip. But FBI investigators allege the 34-year-old North York man, who was arrested Wednesday, used […]
(Breitbart) A 29-year-old radical Islamic extremist on trial for the murder of a Portuguese man has admitted to carrying out the attack to “defend the prophet” and “punish” Switzerland. The 29-year-old Swiss-Turkish dual national is on trial for murdering a 29-year-old Portuguese […]
(NY Daily News) A Queens man and co-conspirators from New Jersey, Canada and Virginia were nabbed for transferring over $35,000 to support ISIS, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Wednesday. Abdullah At Taqi, 23, of East […]
(AP) A French court on Tuesday convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in the French Riviera city of Nice. The judge’s […]
(NL Times) On Tuesday, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) demanded four and three years in prison against two of the nine men arrested in Eindhoven on suspicion of terrorism in September last year. The OM requested acquittal for the other seven suspects […]
(Hungary Today) In 2015, Salah Abdeslam, one of the perpetrators of the 2015 Paris attacks and its sole survivor, brought several migrants from Hungary to Western Europe, where they were all involved in terrorist attacks. As revealed in a recent article in […]
(National-UAE) A stand-off has enveloped the long-awaited 2016 Brussels bombing trial which has faced a rocky start as the main defendants of the triple suicide attacks that killed 32 people have refused to comply with the security procedures put in place. Six […]
(Press Release) A west London barber has been found guilty of sending thousands of pounds to fund terrorist activity in Syria, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Tarek Namouz, 43 (01.09.79) of west London, was arrested in May 2021 […]
(National-UAE) The presiding judge of the Brussels bombing trial on Thursday intervened to call for improved relations between the parties involved after one of the defendants accused a policeman of strangling him. The incident was said to have been in retaliation for […]
(AFP) A Moroccan man sentenced to life in prison for an attempted terror attack on a Paris-bound train in 2015 that was foiled by passengers had his appeal rejected Thursday by a French court. Their heroics were later immortalised in the Clint […]
(Canadian Press) The Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not obligate Ottawa to repatriate Canadians held in Syrian camps, a government lawyer told a Federal Court hearing Tuesday. Family members of 23 detained Canadians — six women, four men and 13 children […]
(Canadian Press) A Federal Court is slated to begin two days of hearings today into the Liberal government’s refusal to repatriate 19 Canadian women and children who are being held in northeastern Syria. Family members for the six women and 13 children […]
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