Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’

Victims of terror attacks are a symbol of the constant need to guard freedom and the rule of law against threats, King Felipe VI of Spain said Monday at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of one of Europe’s deadliest extremist attacks. “Remembering, just like justice and truth, is a commitment that cities make to…

Italian police have arrested three Palestinians based in central Italy who they said were planning attacks in an unspecified country, a police statement said on Monday. The three men living in l’Aquila, about 120 km (75 miles)northeast of Rome, had set up a cell linked to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, it said. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs…

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) announced the death of its leader, Khalid Batarfi, on Sunday, the SITE Intelligence group said. In a statement, AQAP did not give a cause of death, according to SITE. It named Sa’d bin ‘Atef al-Awlaki as his successor, the monitoring group added. “Allah took his soul while he…

A powerful al-Qaida-linked group that dominates much of rebel-held northwestern Syria released Friday one of its founders after he spent months in jail on suspicion of having links with forces outside the country. The release appears to be a move by the militant group’s top leader to appease the public as many have been protesting…

A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday set off explosions ahead of a vessel in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said. No one was hurt on the ship, which continued on its way, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Operations center, which watches over Middle East’s waterways. The private security firm…

Swedish police on Thursday apprehended four people on suspicion of preparing a terrorist crime tied to violent Islamist extremism, the Sapo security service and prosecution agency said. “We see links to serious organised crime and also international connections that we tie to the terrorist organisation Islamic State,” a Sapo spokesperson told Reuters. The spokesperson gave…

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it prevented an attack on a synagogue in Moscow that was plotted by an Islamic State cell, Russian state news agencies reported. FSB said that the members of the organization had been planning “to commit a terrorist act against one of the Jewish religious institutions in Moscow”,…

Former Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have warned they might return to fighting if they don’t get more support from the authorities. The ex-fighters, who now live in camps in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, say they are frustrated that for months their essential needs had been ignored. Some told DW that they were better off…

Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli Middle East expert and Princeton political science student, loved posting on X, formerly Twitter. Her social media posts praised protesters in Syria for their “immense courage,” called out authoritarianism in Russia, and even lauded anti-corruption protesters in her native Israel. And then, on March 21, 2023, the posts stopped. Tsurkov, 37,…

The four teenagers (aged between 15 and 18) arrested on Sunday on suspicion of terrorism likely wanted to carry out an attack on an unnamed concert venue in Brussels and reportedly even had a concrete date for their plans. In two investigations by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Dendermonde Prosecutor’s Office, four people…