Militants using jails to recruit operatives
Taking advantage of gaps in surveillance, incarcerated militant leaders have been forming new outfits and recruiting members inside and outside prisons. Besides, pro-al Qaeda militant...
Terrorism
11 killed in east DR Congo attack
Bunia, DR Congo: Militants have killed at least 11 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Saturday, in the latest attack to...
Man behind thwarted terrorist plot on island arrested
Israeli intelligence services (Mossad) have located and arrested the man behind the thwarted terrorist attack against an Israeli businessman on the island. The man in...
Recruitment of children into terrorist groups
ACCORDING to the United Nations, despite global consensus against sending children into battle, there are 300,000 children under the age of 18 (both male and...
US sanctions ISIS leaders and Mexico-based human trafficking organisation
Last week the US Department of State designated 2 ISIS leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists for the abduction and enslavement of Yezidi women and...
Calls to outlaw Iran’s IRGC proliferate in West
Growing numbers of Western nations are joining calls to ban Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which trains its terrorist proxies and carries out attacks around...
West Bank violence is Iranian proxy war
The spate of terrorist murders on the West Bank are sponsored and inspired by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), according to Israel’s intelligence minister....
Qatar affirms commitment to combating terrorism
Qatar reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to strengthening international cooperation to prevent and combat terrorism and violent extremism through a comprehensive approach, stressing that the international...
Recruitment of children by armed groups in Syria is on the rise
When a 13-year-old Kurdish girl went missing on her way home from a school exam last month, after being approached by a man from an...
Syria, Palestine, Yemen biggest violators of child soldier recruits
The United Nations is sounding the alarm over the rising number of violations against children in Syria, including the recruitment of minors by the country’s...
Terror threats and instability in northern and central Africa
A swath of countries that border the Sahel in northern and central Africa are at increased risk of terror attacks, instability, and civil conflict. This...
Jordan arrests Islamists trying to smuggle weapons to West Bank
Four Jordanians allegedly belonging to Islamist movements were arrested last Thursday in Jordan while trying to smuggle weapons to Palestinians in the West Bank. Arabic-language...