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Two teens arrested for plotting terror attack on synagogues, Eiffel Tower — report Le Figaro reported that the two shared a fascination with ISIS and had connected through a group created on an encrypted messaging service.

August 27, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) Two teenagers, aged 15 and 17, of Muslim Arab origin, were arrested by French police late last month in Paris, on suspicion of planning an attack against synagogues and the Eiffel Tower in the French capital, French newspaper Le Figaro […]

Berlin court convicts Syrian youth over Taylor Swift bomb plot

August 26, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Berlin court on Tuesday convicted a Syrian teenager of contributing to an Islamic State-inspired plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. Three dates in the US pop megastar’s record-breaking “Eras” tour were cancelled last summer after authorities warned […]

McGill expert warns youth despair, ISIS resurgence, and AI fuel radicalization

August 22, 2025 Joe Lofaro

(CTV) A McGill University professor specializing in radicalization says a combination of youth despair about a lack of economic opportunities, the resurgence of ISIS, and internet addiction all play roles in how young people can feel tempted by various kinds of extremism. […]

Convicted ISIS kidnapper spotted in minimum-security prison Conservative public safety critic Frank Caputo has raised concerns after encountering a Calgary man, whom he believes to be an individual sentenced to 12 years for kidnapping on behalf of ISIS.

August 21, 2025 Alex Zoltan

(Juno News) Conservative public safety critic Frank Caputo has raised concerns after encountering a Calgary man, whom he believes to be an individual sentenced to 12 years for kidnapping on behalf of the Islamic State, in a minimum-security prison. Caputo brought national […]

Montreal teenager facing terrorism charges also accused of assaulting police officer

August 21, 2025 Joe Lofaro

(CTV) A Montreal teenager accused of planning a terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State is facing new charges after the RCMP allege he assaulted a police officer following his arrest. The 17-year-old boy was in court Thursday morning to face […]

Prison authority rebuts Spanish media claims about ‘pardoned’ terrorist La Gaceta alleged that after his release, the individual traveled to Spain through illegal immigration routes and resumed jihadist activities.

August 21, 2025 Adil Faouzi

(Morocco World News) The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) has firmly denied allegations published yesterday by the Spanish newspaper La Gaceta regarding a Moroccan national recently arrested in Spain. The DGAPR issued a statement on Thursday, rejecting claims that […]

Swedish jihadist appeals life term for Jordan pilot burned alive

August 21, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem on Thursday appealed a life sentence handed down in July over the 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State group in Syria. The Stockholm district court was the first to try a […]

Authorities charge man suspected of planning attack in Germany, possibly targeting Israeli Embassy

August 20, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AP) German prosecutors announced terrorism charges Wednesday against a man who they say may have planned to attack the Israeli Embassy in Berlin and intended to join the Islamic State group in Pakistan. The suspect, a Russian national identified only as Akhmad […]

‘On behalf of the Islamic State’: Security video shows terror attack on Surrey bus

August 20, 2025 Kristen Robinson

(Global News) Global News has obtained video surveillance entered as evidence at a recent B.C. Supreme Court trial that ended with federal prosecutors securing a terrorism conviction in a horrifying attack on a Surrey transit bus two years ago. Abdul Aziz Kawam, […]

Lerida suspect previously convicted in Morocco on terrorism charges

August 20, 2025 Sebbane Fatima Zahra

(Yabiladi) In a joint operation with Moroccan authorities, Spanish security forces have arrested two individuals of Moroccan descent in [Vallfogona] de Balaguer, Lleida. One of the suspects, a 26-year-old, has a history of imprisonment in Morocco due to activities linked to jihadist […]

RCMP charge Montreal minor who allegedly wanted to carry out terrorist attack

August 20, 2025 Joe Lofaro

(CTV) The RCMP said it has arrested a minor in Montreal who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and intended to carry out a “major” terrorist attack. The accused, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, was arrested Wednesday […]

Newmarket man agrees to terrorism peace bond over alleged youth plot to join ISIS The Newmarket man is accused of plotting to leave Canada to join ISIS while he was a youth.

August 19, 2025 Calvi Leon

(Toronto Star) A Newmarket man accused of plotting to leave Canada to join ISIS while still a youth has been ordered to sign a terrorism peace bond requiring him to remain in the country and avoid extremist material on social media, where […]

Convicted terror recruiter back in German Islamist scene Sven Lau, a convert once jailed for sending fighters and equipment to Syria, is again under surveillance after resurfacing among extremists.

August 19, 2025 Rebeka Kis

(European Conservative) German authorities have again classified an Islamist preacher as a security threat, years after he was jailed for supporting terrorism and later claimed to have reformed. Sven Lau, 44, was once one of the most visible figures of Germany’s radical […]

In collaboration with Morocco, Spain arrests two individuals on terrorism-related charges in Lleida

August 18, 2025 Sebbane Fatima Zahra

(Yabiladi) The Spanish National Police announced on Monday, August 18, the successful arrest of two individuals suspected of having ties to jihadist terrorism in Vallfogona de Balaguer (Lleida). This operation was conducted in close collaboration with Moroccan authorities. According to “Europa Press,” citing […]

CAIR letter to Marco Rubio: We’re being targeted for Palestine advocacy MEE is the first to obtain the letter sent by the Muslim-American rights group, which asks the top diplomat to clarify recent remarks he made

August 15, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Middle East Eye) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to clarify comments he made on a radio show earlier this week, where he appeared to threaten the domestic non-profit group with a terror designation […]

Conservatives call for inquiry into ‘appalling’ government spending on Canadian ISIS women

August 15, 2025 Stewart Bell

(Global News) The Conservatives are calling for an inquiry into the government’s “appalling” expenditures on Canadian ISIS women returning home from Syria. A letter signed by Tory MPs on Friday asked the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security to convene […]

Wine, candy and room service: How Ottawa spent $170,000 on Canadian ISIS women

August 14, 2025 Stewart Bell

(Global News) Federal officials spent at least $170,000 bringing Canadian ISIS women home from Syria, according to internal government documents that show expenses for ice cream, candy and wine. The money was for costs incurred when eight women who had traveled to […]

Young British girl returns to UK from IS detention camp in Syria, authorities say The girl, who is thought to be around nine years old, was found at the Al Hol camp in northeast Syria, which houses the wives and children of IS fighters and supporters of the terror group.

August 8, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) A young British girl has been repatriated from a detention camp housing alleged Islamic State family members in [northeast] Syria, authorities in the region have told Sky News. The girl, who is thought to be around nine years old, was […]

Robert Jenrick ‘gagged by Home Office after exposing how Isis terrorists waltzed into Britain’ Critics have described this government intervention as efforts to 'suppress' debate regarding security risks associated with large-scale migration

August 3, 2025 Ed Griffiths

(GB News) Robert Jenrick was prevented from publicly discussing his claims that individuals connected to Islamic State had entered the UK through Channel crossings. The former immigration minister had written in the Telegraph that terror suspects had “waltzed right in” to Britain […]

Long Beach man charged with allegedly sending money to ISIS

August 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(KABC) A Long Beach man was arrested Friday morning for allegedly sending a dozen payments to ISIS. Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, 28, is charged in Los Angeles federal court with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, a felony carrying […]

Sweden jihadist jailed for life over Jordan pilot burned alive

July 31, 2025 Nioucha Zakavati and Mussa Hattar

(AFP) A Stockholm court on Thursday handed down a life term to Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem over the 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State group in Syria. The Swedish court was the first to try a […]

Lost in limbo: Calls for repatriation of Swiss jihadist detainees in Syria grow louder

July 31, 2025 Annegret Mathari

(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 […]

Syrian man charged with attempted murder in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing

July 29, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AP) Germany’s top prosecutor has filed charges against a Syrian man in connection with a stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial in February that seriously wounded a Spanish tourist. The suspect sought to use the alleged crime to join the militant Islamic […]

Violent videos draw more French teens into ‘terror’ plots, say prosecutors

July 29, 2025 Clara Wright and Camille Kauffman

(AFP) One 14-year-old was allegedly planning to blow up an Israeli embassy, while a 16-year-old was convicted of having plotted to attack far-right bars incensed by “injustice.” French prosecutors are alarmed at an increasing number of young teenage boys seemingly plotting “terror” […]

US repatriates child from Rojava ISIS detention camp

July 29, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Rudaw) An American child who spent their entire life inside a displacement camp for individuals linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) in northeast Syria (Rojava) was brought home last week, the State Department announced Tuesday, urging other countries to follow suit for […]

Acquaintance of suspect in Taylor Swift concert plot convicted at trial in Austria

July 25, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AP) An Austrian court on Friday convicted an acquaintance of the main suspect in last year’s foiled plan to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna on terrorism charges unrelated to the plot and sentenced him to two years in prison. The state […]

Outrage among Germany’s imams: Seyran Ateş’ warnings against ‘Islamisation’ dangerous Seyran Ateş, imam of the only liberal mosque in Germany, warned of Islamisation in Europe. Imams are now speaking out, accusing her of using 'dangerous' language.

July 25, 2025 Zara Riffler

(Euronews) Since demonstrations in Berlin and Düsseldorf turned violent when supporters of Syria’s new government clashed with pro-Kurdish demonstrators, discussions surrounding radical Islamism in Germany have been on the rise. At the protests last weekend, people celebrated the wave of attacks on […]

In the heart of Berlin: Hundreds celebrate massacres of Druze The crowd, including Syrian refugees, chanted for rape, murder, and ethnic cleansing in a chilling public rally.

July 24, 2025 Javier Villamor

(European Conservative) In front of Berlin’s Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall), the seat of the city’s mayor, nearly 400 men — many of them reportedly Syrian refugees — publicly celebrated the recent massacres committed against the Druze community in Syria. Eyewitnesses report […]

Islamist terror plot thwarted in Austria An 18-year-old has been arrested for allegedly planning attacks against Western targets — yet another alarming case of teenager radicalisation.

July 22, 2025 TEC News

(European Conservative) An 18-year-old man with Macedonian roots has been arrested in Austria on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks against “Western institutions.” The radicalized youth, reportedly born and raised in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district of Upper Styria, was apprehended on Sunday, July 20th, […]

Germany: Incredible 99% of serious terror cases were foreigners and Islamic extremists Nearly every single serious terror case in Germany in the last year was for Islamic and foreign extremism, with very few exceptions

July 22, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Remix News) Despite claims of the alleged grave threat of “right-wing extremism” presented by the media and the political left in Germany, the data tells another story. In the first half of 2025, a staggering 99 percent of new proceedings initiated by […]

In first for Canada, woman convicted for ‘family support’ role in ISIS

July 21, 2025 Stewart Bell

(Global News) A Montreal woman was handed a one-day sentence on Monday after admitting she traveled to Syria in 2014 to join the Islamic State. Oumaima Chouay is the first of several Canadian women who were captured in Syria during the war […]

Tajik man sentenced to 5.5 years for recruiting for ISIS in Netherlands

July 21, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A 31-year-old man from Tajikistan was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Monday for recruiting members for Islamic State (IS) across multiple countries, including the Netherlands, to allegedly prepare attacks. The Rotterdam court said the man […]

Man who travelled to Syria to ‘fight for jihad’ convicted of terrorism offence

July 18, 2025 Ella Bennett

(LBC) A man has been found guilty of travelling to Syria to fight with a terrorist group linked to al Qaida for jihad. Isa Giga, 32, resigned from his job as a technical support consultant … at a technology firm and bought […]

Islamic extremist, 18, admits planning gun attack

July 18, 2025 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A teenage Islamic extremist has pleaded guilty to planning a terrorist gun attack. Muhammad Billal, 18, was arrested on 11 February and charged with two counts of preparation of terrorist acts, relating to an alleged gun attack plan and travelling to […]

Vienna teen on trial for alleged IS terror plot Prosecutors say the teen pledged allegiance to Islamic State and planned a summer 2025 attack using explosives, guns or knives.

July 17, 2025 TEC News

(European Conservative) A 15-year-old boy accused of planning a terrorist attack on Vienna’s Westbahnhof station is due to appear before the Vienna Regional Court on Monday under tight security. The teenager, described as a suspected supporter of the Islamic State (IS), has […]

Prevent scheme needs to ‘rapidly’ adapt to online world, review finds after failures in Southport case Lord Anderson KC was appointed as the new independent commissioner for Prevent in January and the long-awaited report into the scheme was published on Wednesday, outlining 10 recommendations to improve the anti-extremism programme.

July 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) The Prevent scheme needs to “rapidly” adapt to the online world “where so much radicalisation takes place,” an independent review has found. The anti-extremism programme has been under increased scrutiny after two recent terror incidents involving Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana […]

Mohammed Mahfuz Ahmed: Man jailed after TikTok threats sparked terror alert at football stadiums The prosecution said Mohammed Mahfuz Ahmed, 26, from north Lincolnshire, made a statement of 'direct encouragement to commit acts of terrorism.'

July 16, 2025 Duncan Gardham

(Sky News) A man has been jailed after posting threats on TikTok that sparked an international alert that ISIS was planning attacks on football stadiums hosting Champions League games. The Spanish interior ministry announced an “extraordinary” security response for the match featuring […]

Suspect on trial over plan to attack Swift concert in Vienna

July 14, 2025 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Nearly a year after three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were cancelled for fear of a terrorist attack, the trial of a suspected Islamic State supporter began in Berlin on Monday. The now 15-year-old is alleged to have helped with preparations […]

ISIS bride Maria G. faces trial after return to Austria The Salzburg woman is accused of promoting ISIS's radical aims and boosting the morale of her jihadist husbands.

July 14, 2025 TEC News

(European Conservative) Austrian prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against Maria G., an Austrian national who left the country as a teenager to join ISIS in Syria. The Salzburg Public Prosecutor’s Office announced on Monday that she has been charged with crimes committed […]

IS fighter Steve Duarte sentenced to life

July 14, 2025 Unlisted Author

(RTL) At the State Court on Monday morning, the judges handed down a life sentence to Steve Duarte, Portuguese national and former Luxembourg resident, in absentia. Prosecutors had requested the maximum punishment, and the court agreed. Duarte, who lived in Luxembourg until 2014, […]

‘Serious blunder’ led to missed chances to stop Rochdale imam’s murder, inquiry finds Mohammed Kadir, who murdered Jalal Uddin in 2016, was known to counter-terrorism police and had been identified as a person of high risk and significant concern. But action was not taken to investigate him.

July 10, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) A “serious blunder” by officials meant they failed to disrupt a murder plot against an imam by Islamic State (IS) extremists, an inquiry has found. Father-of-seven Jalal Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in Rochdale in February […]

Three Islamic State terrorists from Luxembourg sentenced to 15 years in prison However, trio unlikely to ever serve their sentence, as they are all presumed to have been dead for several years

July 10, 2025 Glenn Schwaller

(Luxembourg Times) Three Islamist terrorists from Luxembourg who left the country to go and fight for the Islamic State group have been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a court in the capital on Thursday. However, it remains highly unlikely that […]

Detroit man Jibreel Pratt pleads guilty in ISIS terror case

July 8, 2025 Robert Snell

(Detroit News) A Detroit man on Tuesday admitted concealing cryptocurrency donations he planned to make to the Islamic State and faces up to 10 years in federal prison. Jibreel Pratt, 26, pleaded guilty to two counts of concealing material support to a […]

Bombshell report exposes attempts by Muslim Council of Britain group to censor UK media The Muslim Council of Britain's Centre for Media Monitoring complained about reports labelling 'Jihadi John' a terrorist

July 7, 2025 Jack Walters

(GB News) The Muslim Council of Britain’s media monitoring unit “acted in bad faith” by trying to suppress accurate reporting about terrorism and risks curtailing press freedom, a bombshell report has claimed. Policy Exchange tonight released its 94-page report, titled “Bad Faith […]

Macron moves to shut down suspected Muslim Brotherhood institutions in France French president under pressure from political allies to toughen his stance on group

July 7, 2025 Sunniva Rose

(National-UAE) The French government on Monday said it would take new measures to tackle the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence in France, including the disbanding of endowment funds and a new asset-freeze mechanism. An official 74-page report on the Muslim Brotherhood “required more ambitious […]

Dutch prosecutors seek 8 years for Tajik man accused of recruiting for Islamic State

July 7, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Dutch prosecutors have demanded an eight-year prison sentence for a 31-year-old man from Tajikistan accused of recruiting Dutch citizens and others in multiple countries to join Islamic State groups. The man, identified as Abdusamad A., is alleged by the Public […]

Switzerland indicts 2 men on terrorism-related charges

July 7, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AP) Swiss federal prosecutors on Monday announced an indictment of a Kosovar and a Swiss-Macedonian dual national on terrorism-related charges and spreading the ideology of the banned extremist group Islamic State. The 36-year-old Kosovar and the 33-year-old dual national, who were not […]

Italy arrests 24-year-old Moroccan over alleged ISIS-related posts

July 2, 2025 Latifa Babas

(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 […]

Surrey bus stabber convicted in terrorist attack Abdul Aziz Kawam found guilty of attempted murder for the benefit of terrorist group, assault using a weapon for benefit of terrorist group

June 30, 2025 Tom Zytaruk and Anna Burns

(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 […]

Teen arrested in Poland suspected of a mass attack plot supported Islamic terror, say prosecutors

June 30, 2025 Unlisted Author

(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 […]