Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
Terrorism suspect linked to 7/7 bombings set to be released from prison
A British terrorist linked to the 7/7 bombings is set to be freed despite remaining a “risk to national security”. Haroon Aswat, 50 – who was jailed for 20 years for plotting to form an extremist training camp – has been assessed by police as continuing to be a security risk. However, a High Court…
Read MoreTeenager admits sharing terrorist material online
A teenager has pleaded guilty to sharing Islamic State group (IS) videos and other material online on Telegram and TikTok. Leo Walby, 19, from Swanley, Kent, admitted six charges of dissemination of a terrorist publication between 10 July and 20 August 2024, when he appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday. He also admitted a…
Read MoreIranian Company and Two Iranian Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and for Scheme to Procure U.S. Technology for Iranian Attack Drones
A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Hossein Akbari, 63, and Reza Amidi, 62, both of Iran, and an Iranian company, Rah Roshd Company (Rah Roshd), with conspiring to procure U.S. parts for Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, also known as drones), conspiring to provide material support to the IRGC – a designated foreign terrorist…
Read MoreSupreme Court appears poised to revive terror victims suit against Palestinian groups
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold a law allowing Americans injured by acts of terror in the Middle East to take Palestinian leadership groups to U.S. courts for damages. In 2019, Congress amended federal terrorism law to let victim lawsuits move forward against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO),…
Read MoreTreasury Targets Hizballah Finance Team Sanctions Evasion Network
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating five individuals and three associated companies involved in a Lebanon-based sanctions evasion network supporting the Hizballah finance team. The Hizballah finance team manages a variety of lucrative commercial projects and oil smuggling networks, often in conjunction with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…
Read MoreDutch authorities arrest man for alleged bitcoin terrorism financing
A 32-year-old man from North Holland was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of financing terrorism through Bitcoin transactions and violating the Dutch Sanctions Act. The arrest was made and reported by the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD). Authorities searched the suspect’s residence, seizing mobile phones and other digital storage devices as part of the…
Read MoreN.J. man lied about ISIS ties on citizenship application, feds say
A Middlesex County man was indicted Thursday on charges he lied about sending money to the Islamic State group on a naturalization application, officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Gafur Abdudzhamilovich Aliev, 44, of Edison, was charged with making false statements and one count of perjury. Between 2018 and 2020, Aliev moderated or was…
Read MoreHamas agrees to Gaza ceasefire proposal, the group’s chief says
Hamas has agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received two days ago from mediators Egypt and Qatar, the Palestinian militant group’s chief said on Saturday.“Two days ago, we received a proposal from the mediators in Egypt and Qatar. We dealt with it positively and accepted it,” Khalil al-Hayya said in a televised speech. “We…
Read MoreHezbollah warns it could retaliate if Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue
The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group warned Saturday that if Israel’s attacks on Lebanon continue and the Lebanese state does not act to stop them, the group will eventually resort to other alternatives. Naim Kassem’s comments came a day after Israel launched an attack on Lebanon’s capital for the first time since a ceasefire ended…
Read MoreGerman and Austrian ministers cancel Syria trip because of possible terrorist threat
The two ministers had planned to speak with the interior and foreign ministers of Syria’s interim government and with representatives of UN agencies. The German and Austrian interior ministers have cancelled a planned trip to Syria because of a possible threat to their delegation, German authorities said. Germany’s Nancy Faeser had planned to visit Damascus…
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