Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
3 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 MoreMI5 forced to ‘pare back’ counter-terrorism work due to rogue states, says chief
MI5 has had to “pare back” its counter-terrorism focus because of the growing threat from Russia and other hostile states, the security agency’s boss has said. Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, said the agency has to look at its “finite” resources and make “uncomfortable choices”. “We now face much, much more aggression from…
Read MoreExtremist Rebels Linked To Is Kill At Least 9 And Kidnap 3 In Eastern Congo
Extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 9 people, including an 8-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl in eastern Congo and kidnapped several others, authorities said on Wednesday. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked civilians in Tenambo village in the North Kivu province on Tuesday evening, Colonel Mak Hazukay, spokesperson…
Read MoreHamas And Fatah Are Near An Agreement On Who Will Oversee Postwar Gaza
Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. It would effectively end Hamas’ rule and could help advance ceasefire talks with Israel. The rival factions have made several failed attempts to reconcile since Hamas seized…
Read MoreIsraeli strike near Damascus killed Hezbollah liaison with Syrian army
An Israeli airstrike on a car near Syria’s capital Damascus on Tuesday killed Salman Jumaa, a senior Hezbollah figure responsible for liaising with the Syrian army, a Lebanese security source told Reuters. Syria’s state news agency had reported the strike on the airport road but did not offer details on casualties. The Israeli military confirmed…
Read MoreThree persons charged in Sweden with preparation of IS-linked terrorist crime
Swedish prosecutors have charged three persons with preparation of terrorist crime with links to Islamic State (IS), they said on Monday. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement it had also charged the three, and one more person, with being members of a terrorist organisation, and that the suspected crimes took place between September…
Read MoreKosovo arrests eight linked to canal explosion as tensions with Serbia rise
Kosovo’s Interior minister Xhelal Svecla said on Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to its two main power plants, an incident Pristina labelled a “terrorist act” by neighboring Serbia. Police raided 10 locations, confiscating more than 200 military uniforms, six shoulder-fired rocket launchers, long weapons,…
Read MoreAmerican Warships Neutralize Houthi Missile Attack in Vital Shipping Lane
The U.S. Navy successfully intercepted seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Sunday. The attack targeted two American warships and three U.S. merchant vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden. According to U.S. Central Command, the USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane destroyed three antiship ballistic missiles, three drones, and an antiship cruise missile.…
Read MoreWho are the rebels who have seized control of Aleppo, Syria?
The group behind these dramatic developments, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has held a consequential but checkered role in the country’s long-running civil war. An Islamist group that the US and several other nations long ago designated a terrorist organization, it was known as Jabhat al-Nusra when it formed a formal alliance with Al-Qaida more than…
Read MoreIsrael-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect, halting deadly war in Lebanon
A ceasefire in between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon appeared to be holding after it came into effect at 4 a.m. local time Wednesday (10 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday). President Biden announced the ceasefire deal Tuesday, saying the U.S. and France had helped broker the agreement. Celebratory gunshots were heard in…
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