Homeland Security News
Lawmakers call on police to investigate drone sightings; White House says most are ‘manned aircraft’
Borough President Vito Fossella and local elected officials plan to issue a call for the New York City Police Department to investigate the sightings of drones over Staten Island on Friday. That call for action follows reports of drone sightings all over the Tri-State area, most recently, in Orange County, New York. Meantime, A U.S.…
Read MorePolice: 61-year-old man arrested in connection with mailbox fires in Baltimore
A 61-year-old man has been arrested in connection to several fires across central Baltimore back in November. According to police, Benard Stepney, 61, of Baltimore, was arrested on Dec. 3 and is facing charges of second-degree arson, first-degree malicious burning and other fire-related charges. Police said that during an investigation, they learned through physical evidence…
Read MoreUS says it will support new Syrian leaders who protect women and renounce terrorism
The Biden administration said Tuesday it will recognize and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, destroys chemical weapons stocks and protects the rights of minorities and women. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the U.S. would work with groups in Syria and regional partners to ensure that the transition…
Read MoreIsraeli Warplanes Pound Syria As Troops Reportedly Advance Deeper Into The Country
Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense minister announced that his forces had destroyed Syria’s navy. Israel acknowledged pushing into a buffer zone inside Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad. But…
Read MoreAustralian Police Launch A Special Operation To Investigate Increased Antisemitic Attacks
Australian federal police launched a special operation to investigate an increase in antisemitic threats and violence since the war between Israel and Hamas began last year. Jewish leaders say prejudice against their community has reached unprecedented levels, with most incidents reported in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia’s largest cities where 85% of the nation’s Jewish population…
Read MoreAn Explosion In The Afghan Capital Kills The Taliban Refugee Minister, Officials Say
A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital on Wednesday killed the Taliban refugee minister, Interior Ministry officials said. The explosion struck inside the ministry and killed Khalil Haqqani, the refugee minister, officials said. He is the most high-profile casualty of a bombing in Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power three years ago. There was…
Read MoreAssad’s fall has Iran desperately searching for a new proxy
Syrian rebels forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee Syria for his life on Sunday. Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Assad asylum on humanitarian grounds. After 53 years of tyranny first begun by his father Hafez al-Assad, the end of the brutal Assad family regime in Syria had finally arrived. Iran and Russia now find themselves…
Read MoreCriminal Charges Unsealed Against Two Former High-Ranking Syrian Government Intelligence Officials for War Crimes against Americans and Other Civilians
An indictment was unsealed today in the Northern District of Illinois charging two high-ranking Syrian officials under former President Bashar al-Assad with war crimes. The indictment charges the former Syrian intelligence officials with engaging in a conspiracy to commit cruel and inhuman treatment of civilian detainees, including U.S. citizens, during the course of the Syrian…
Read More3 Men Arrested In Germany Over Suspected Preparations For An Islamic Extremist Attack
Two young men who sympathized with the Islamic State group and a suspected accomplice have been arrested in Germany for allegedly making preparations for an attack, authorities said Tuesday. The two German Lebanese brothers aged 15 and 20 from the southwestern city of Mannheim and a 22-year-old German Turkish man from the neighboring state of…
Read MoreIsraeli Warplanes Pound Syria As Troops Reportedly Advance Deeper Into The Country
Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, drawing to within 25 kilometers (15 miles) of the capital, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday. Israel denied its forces were advancing toward Damascus. Associated Press reporters in Damascus heard heavy airstrikes overnight and into Tuesday…
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