Illicit trade funding terrorism and wars
In 2019, the United Nations Security Council expressed concern that terrorists and organised crime organisations are benefitting from illicit trade as a source of financing...
Month: May 2022
FBI says ISIS scoped out George W. Bush’s house to assassinate him
An ISIS operative living in Ohio on a pending asylum application has been accused of plotting to assassinate former President George W. Bush and a...
Gaza terror groups said to be gearing up for Jerusalem Day attack
Terror factions in the Gaza Strip are preparing for the possibility of an escalation with Israel, including launching rockets, if Israel’s Jerusalem Day flag march...
Extremists kill dozens in latest attack in northeast Nigeria
Dozens of civilians have been killed in northeast Nigeria by Islamic extremist rebels targeting farmers and the local militia group, local authorities told The Associated...
U.S. sanctions Hamas official and financial network – Treasury Department
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Hamas finance official and a network of financial facilitators and companies that have generated revenue for...
Israeli forces arrest PA security officer suspected of terrorism
Israel Special Forces operated in the Jenin area on Tuesday and arrested Muhammad Husam al-Tubasi, a Palestinian Authority (PA) security officer who is suspected of...
Dutch arrest Syrian-born man suspected of war crimes
Dutch police arrested a Syrian-born man suspected of committing war crimes in 2013 while fighting as a member of pro-Damascus militia forces in Syria’s ongoing...
Daesh attacks kill 12 civilians in Iraq
At least 12 civilians were killed in a spate of attacks by the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq on Tuesday, according to local authorities, Anadolu...
Iraq army kills and detains dozens of ISIS terrorists in Saladin
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) forces, also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, on Sunday pounded ISIS hideouts in eastern Saladin province with artillery, killing several ISIS...
346 terrorist attacks recorded in Africa in 1st quarter of 2022
Deputy National Security Coordinator, Edward Kweku Asomani, says the African continent has experienced about 346 terrorist attacks within the first quarter of the year.
Kurdish villages in Makhmour remain empty in fear of ISIS activities
A large number of Kurdish inhabited villages situated in Makhmour have remained abandoned for the past five years in fear of Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper...
Exploiting a sandstorm, ISIS militants attack a site in Saladin
A member of the Sunni Tribal Mobilization was injured in an attack waged by a group of ISIS militants in the district of al-Shirqat, northern...