Islamic State (ISIS)

Legal

France charged jihadist with genocide crimes against Yezidis This investigation aimed to address suspicions of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed in Iraq and Syria since 2012 against ethnic and religious minorities.

June 15, 2024   

(Kurdistan 24) The French anti-terrorism prosecution announced on Friday that a French jihadist who returned to her country in August 2021 from Syria is being tried on terrorist charges, including crimes of genocide against the Yezidi minority. Following an interrogation session on […]

Legal

St. Louis Park man sentenced to 10 years for joining, fighting for ISIS overseas Abdelhamid Al-Madioum has since said he 'joined a death cult' and has helped the FBI investigate terror cases around the country.

June 13, 2024   

(Star Tribune) One sleeve of Abdelhamid Al-Madioum’s orange sweatshirt dangled where his right arm once was as he walked into a Minneapolis federal courtroom Thursday a decade older than he was when he began devouring the terror propaganda that led him to […]

Immigration

8 suspected terrorists with possible ISIS ties arrested in New York, L.A. and Philadelphia, sources say The men from Tajikistan came to the U.S. through the southern border and their criminal [background] checks came back clean at the time they crossed, officials familiar with the matter said.

June 11, 2024 , , and   

(NBC) Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday. The suspects had been on the […]

Law Enforcement

Suspected IS supporter arrested at Cologne airport The suspect allegedly supported an offshoot of the Islamic State. He also reportedly unsuccessfully applied to work at Euro 2024-related events.

June 9, 2024   

(Deutsche Welle) A suspected supporter of the Islamic State (IS) was arrested a week before the start of the UEFA European football championship in Germany, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said Sunday. According to a spokesperson for the Karlsruhe authority, the suspect […]

News: Europe

Paris Olympics: ISIS circulates ‘detailed attack manuals’ on using drones to hit games Terrorism expert tells the National there is a good chance ISIS and other groups are plotting an assault on crowds

June 5, 2024   

(National-UAE) ISIS extremists have published “detailed” manuals for adapting drones to attack the Paris Olympics, a counter-terrorism expert has told the National. Matt Mooney believes there is a “moderately high” probability that there will be a drone attack using a home-made bomb […]

Crime

FBI director warns of jihadist attack in US, similar to Russian concert hall: ‘Heightened terrorist threat’ Wray tells Senate, 'We need funding to continue protecting America from terrorism'

June 4, 2024   

(Fox) FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that there is an increasing concern of a potential coordinated attack in the U.S., similar to the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) attack in March at a concert hall in […]

Legal

Organizer of deadly Mississauga restaurant shooting ordered men to ‘slaughter’ victims, court hears Mikail Aras testifies he was forced to pledge allegiance to ISIS before being told about shooting

June 4, 2024   

(CBC) The alleged organizer of a fatal Mississauga restaurant shooting in 2021 made a man pledge allegiance to ISIS before he told him he ordered two others to “slaughter” the victims, court heard Tuesday. Mikail Aras testified in Superior Court in Brampton […]

Law Enforcement

Pro-ISIS group posts ominous message showing Long Island cricket stadium set to host World Cup The International Cricket Council World Cup 2024 is next month on Long Island; a senior law enforcement official says there's no evidence of any specific plot or credible threat against the stadium

May 28, 2024 and   

(WNBC) Authorities plan to ramp up police presence at cricket watch parties and the FBI’s Nassau County office will work on security with NYPD and other local law enforcement partners leading up to next month’s ICC World Cup 2024 after a pro-ISIS […]

Government & Politics

ASIO boss Mike Burgess: Counter-terrorism laws ‘necessary’ to stop Australians from travelling to terrorist hotspots Mike Burgess says there have been 'general conversations' about declaring Gaza and south Lebanon areas of concern, but intelligence agencies have not been asked for formal advice.

May 20, 2024   

(NCA NewsWire) Australia’s top security boss says there has been a decline in the number of people who aspire to travel overseas to support terrorist groups since the height of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but travel bans are a “necessary tool” […]

Children & Teens

A fourteen-year-old girl originally from Montenegro was arrested for planning a terrorist attack in Austria Evidence was also found of activity on chat forums where the girl was sending photos of weapons she owns to 'like-minded people.' The plan was for her attack to be directed against 'infidels'

May 18, 2024   

(Vijesti) A 14-year-old citizen of Montenegro planned a terrorist attack on Jakominiplatz in the Austrian city of Graz, writes the Kleine Zeitung. After searching her house, the police found a knife and an ax and Islamic State propaganda material. The 14-year-old pleaded […]

Children & Teens

Mother facing jail for failing to tell police about son’s involvement in plot to bomb London Nabeela Anjum failed to tell police about what she knew of her son Sameer Anjum's cooperation with another terrorist.

May 14, 2024   

(Sky News) A mother is facing jail after she failed to inform police that her teenage son knew about a terrorist plot to bomb central London. Nabeela Anjum, 48, a biomedical scientist at St James’s Hospital in Leeds, tried to persuade her […]