Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
Israel says it killed Hezbollah official who was set to be group’s next leader
Israel said Tuesday that it had killed the Hezbollah official poised to become the militant group’s next leader in an airstrike outside Beirut earlier this month. Hashem Safieddine was expected to succeed his cousin Hassan Nasrallah, one of the founding members of the Iran-backed Lebanese group, who was killed last month in a large-scale Israeli…
Read More2 US service members injured in Iraqi raid targeting ISIS leaders
Two U.S. service members were injured overnight in a raid in Iraq that targeted top ISIS leaders and killed “multiple” ISIS operatives, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “What I can tell you is that overnight, CENTCOM and Iraqi security forces conducted a partnered raid in Iraq targeting several senior ISIS leaders,” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen.…
Read MoreISIS-K threat grows as it targets disaffected Muslims with sophisticated propaganda
The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has ramped up its recruitment efforts in the past year, American officials and analysts say, rolling out a sophisticated propaganda campaign designed to persuade disaffected Muslims to carry out terrorist plots in the U.S. and other Western countries. The recent arrest of an Afghan accused of plotting an Election…
Read MoreGerman authorities arrest Libyan man suspected of planning attack on Israeli Embassy
German authorities said Sunday that they have arrested a Libyan national with suspected ties to the extremist Islamic State group who was allegedly planning a firearms attack on the Israeli Embassy. Police and other security forces detained the man on Saturday evening in Bernau, a town just outside of Berlin, and searched his home there,…
Read MoreIsrael Targets Hezbollah’s Financial Arm And Begins Striking Beirut
Israel’s military announced Sunday it is now taking aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah’s financial arm and will attack a “large number of targets” in Beirut and elsewhere. Explosions began in Beirut’s southern suburbs about an hour later. Evacuation warnings affected southern Beirut, the eastern Bekaa valley and parts of southern Lebanon. AP video showed strikes…
Read MoreMiddle East Latest: Hezbollah Says Its War With Israel Is Entering A New Phase
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group said Friday it is entering a new phase in its fight against invading Israeli troops, as the region continued to reckon with Israel’s claim that top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza the previous day. Hamas has still not responded to the…
Read MoreVenezuela detains three Americans, two others for alleged terrorism
Venezuela has detained three Americans and two others for alleged terrorist activities, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Thursday, marking an increase in the count of foreign prisoners in the South American country. The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has regularly accused members of the opposition and foreign detainees of conspiring with U.S. entities…
Read MoreSingapore foils teen terror plot weeks before planned attack in public housing area
A 17-year-old self-radicalised Singaporean was arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) mere weeks before his plan to carry out a terror attack in the Housing Board heartlands. The student, described in a Friday press release by the Internal Security Department (ISD) as a “staunch” Islamic State supporter, wanted to use either a kitchen knife…
Read MoreHamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza by Israeli forces, officials say
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Thursday. Sinwar has been credited as the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that led to the deaths of 1,200 people, the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s history. “The master murderer Yahya Sinwar,…
Read MoreA Howard County man talked about joining ISIS. Those chats landed him in jail on a terrorism charge.
Michael Teekaye first got on the FBI’s radar as a teenager in December 2019, when agents say he expressed an interest in extremist Islamic ideology on social media. Teekaye said in his first interview with the FBI he didn’t want to join the Islamic State anymore, that his desire had waned after feeling used by…
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