Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
US airstrike in Baghdad kills militia leader behind attacks on American forces
The U.S. carried out an airstrike in Baghdad on Wednesday targeting a senior leader of an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq that was blamed for attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East, according to U.S. Central Command. A U.S. official told ABC News that the airstrike was part of the retaliatory actions President Joe Biden…
Read MoreTwin Bombings At Pakistan Political Offices Kill At Least 26 A Day Before Voting Begins
A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan killed at least 26 people and wounded more than two dozen others, officials said Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections are to be held. The first attack hit the election office of Asfandyar Khan in Pashin,…
Read MoreTeenager found guilty of Isle of Wight Festival terror plot
A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack after researching the Isle of Wight Festival as a potential target. The teenager from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was planning to attack people he believed had insulted Islam. He also shared terrorist publications with…
Read MoreAnother ship in the Red Sea has been attacked by a suspected Yemen Houthi rebel drone
A ship traveling through the southern Red Sea was attacked by a suspected Yemen Houthi rebel drone early on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest assault in their campaign targeting vessels over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack happened west of the Yemeni port of Hodeida, and the projectile caused “slight damage”…
Read More1 Person Killed And 2 Assailants Shot Dead During An Attack On A Turkish Courthouse
One person died and two assailants were shot dead in an attack on a courthouse in Istanbul on Tuesday, Turkish officials said. The alleged attackers, a man and woman, were killed during an “attempt to attack” a security checkpoint at the Caglayan courthouse at 11:46 a.m. (0846 GMT), Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on social…
Read MoreDrone attack kills six Kurdish-led fighters at US base in east Syria
A drone attack on the largest US military base in Syria has killed at least six allied Kurdish-led fighters. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said its commando academy at the al-Omar oil field in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour was hit in the early hours of Monday. It accused Iran-backed militias of launching the…
Read MoreUS strikes targets in Iraq and Syria after Middle East drone attack kills three soldiers
U.S. warplanes unleashed a barrage of 85 strikes Friday against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Force and militias in Iraq and Syria linked to Sunday’s attack in Jordan that killed three soldiers. The airstrikes used 125 precision munitions, according to U.S. Central Command. The targets included rockets, missiles, drones and logistics systems used by the militias…
Read MoreNYC woman convicted of using bitcoins to fund terrorism in Syria
Victoria Jacobs could spend up to 25 years in prison. The 44-year-old woman was found guilty of funneling funds to U.S.-listed terrorist groups in Syria, using cryptocurrency to evade detection. A Manhattan jury convicted Jacobs of three felony counts of providing support for an act of terrorism, as well as conspiracy, money laundering and criminal…
Read MorePakistan: At least 10 killed in attack on police station
At least 10 officers have been killed in an hours-long assault on a police station in Pakistan. The officers lost their lives after more than 30 militants launched the attack in the early hours of Monday. Four others were injured in the two-and-a-half hour battle, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial police chief told news agency AFP. It…
Read MoreCrypto exchange Binance sued by Hamas hostages, Oct. 7 victims’ families for allegedly ‘facilitating terrorism’
An American woman freed after being held hostage in Gaza and the families of two men killed in the Oct. 7 attack in Israel sued Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange, which they accused of providing a funding mechanism for Hamas. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court Thursday, also named Iran and Syria and is…
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