Russia Says U.S. Supporting ‘Terrorism’ in Syria
Russia has accused the U.S. of hampering efforts to defeat ultraconservative Sunni Muslim militant groups in Syria, where the jihadis were on the verge of total defeat in the east and faced renewed government offensives in the north and south. While the U.S. and Russia have launched separate campaigns against the Islamic State militant group […]
Report: Noticeable Decline in Pakistan’s Terror Fatalities in 2016
Pakistan has seen a considerable decline in number of terror fatalities in 2016, according to a recent report. Global Peace Index 2017, a detailed report containing data on terrorism released last week observed there were 736 terror attacks in Pakistan during 2016, which resulted in 956 deaths, a 12 percent decline in terror-related deaths from […]
Experts Say Extremism Can Be Fought by Involving Civil Societies
Fighting terrorism starts with building relationships between communities and security forces, according to Miles Taylor, Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The key to preventing terror attacks is to detect threats early, and the key to that “Is in our community,” Taylor said. And, that includes establishing a continuous connection with […]
Terror attacks kill 25,000 in 2016 UN report
MANILA, Philippines Over 25,000 people died and 33,000 injured in at least 11,000 terrorist attacks in more than 100 countries last year, according to the United Nations. Terrorists are losing physical ground in Syria and Iraq, but gaining virtual ground in cyberspace such as Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube, the UN said. “Terrorism is fundamentally […]
ISIS Reveals Top 5 Terror Attacks of 2017
The Islamic State militant group revealed Thursday a list of what it considered to be its most prominent attacks around the world this year and called for more deadly violence. ISIS, by most accounts, was effectively defeated as a warfighting force in 2017, but its ability to strike without warning in major cities across the […]
IS Bomb Kills More Than 20 Displaced People in Syria
At least 20 internally displaced persons were killed by a car bomb Friday in Syria — an attack blamed on Islamic State. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor put the death toll at 26, adding that 12 of the victims were children. Syrian state broadcaster SANA said that 30 others were injured at a […]
Boston Jihadi Plot Gets Top ISIS Leader in Syria Killed
It was dark and dank early on the morning of June 2, 2015, as a pelting rain slicked the roads and pinged off the windows of a townhouse in the bucolic blue-collar Boston neighborhood of Roslindale. The noise woke Usaamah Abdullah Rahim with a start just before 5 a.m., but he was happy to be […]
Scrambling to Track Islamic State Terrorists, Coalition Turns to Biometrics
As U.S.-backed forces made their final push into the city of Raqqa to liberate what had once been the Syrian capital of the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate, they faced a problem. Not only were the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holding IS fighters — some captured and some who had surrendered — they were also encountering […]
Bin Laden’s Son Orders Muslims to Attack Agents Of U.S.
The new face of Al-Qaeda and the son of the mastermind of the deadliest attack in U.S. history, Hamza bin Laden, released a new audio message on Tuesday, calling on Muslims around the world to avenge his father Osama’s death in 2011. In a 25-minute video titled “Osama The Fighter Against Invaders & Inciter of […]
World Economic Forum: Silicon Valley Must Stem IS Violent Content
The World Economic Forum’s human rights council report issued on Monday, warns that tech companies might risk tougher regulations by governments to limit freedom of speech if they do not stem the publishing of violent content by Islamic State and the spread of misinformation. The report urged tech companies to employ thorough monitoring on their […]