The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency claims that the terrorist who carried out an attack in Vienna, Austria yesterday was a “soldier of the caliphate.” Amaq identifies him as Abu Dujana al-Albani. He was imprisoned in 2019 after he attempted to join the Islamic State in Syria, but was released early.
Missing bomb plot teen arrested in Vienna
Waiting to be smuggled into Austria
One of two teenage Austrian girls who traveled to Syria in April to join the Islamic State is said to have been killed there. A suspicious package at a Vienna subway station was detonated; it was later found to have contained hand cream. The national prosecutors’ association has asked the Justice Ministry to keep their […]
A court has extended the detention of Vienna-based extremist cleric Ebu Tejma a.k.a. Mirsad O., who was arrested on Nov. 28 with 12 other suspects during raids in Vienna, Graz, and Linz. Investigators are looking into allegations that Tejma headed a “Bosnian cell” in Vienna that supported jihadist activities in Europe and is also suspected […]
Germany Reportedly Concerned About Radicalization Of Chechen Diaspora
Some 900 police officers conducted raids in Vienna, Graz, and Linz after a two-year investigation into jihadist recruitment networks, arresting 13 people, including Abu Tejma, a Bosnian Serb preacher based in Vienna. The suspects are also thought to be involved in fundraising for the Islamic State. Austria’s interior ministry has said that about 150 people […]
Nations Ponder How to Handle European Fighters Returning From Jihad
Europe, facing multiple threats, still isn’t spending on defense
Former US and Austrian soldiers join fight against Islamic State in Syria
The small Alpine country has become an extremist hub, where Hamas enjoys support, Iranian intelligence maintains a significant presence, and jihadist groups such as the Islamic State are drawing members and planning attacks.
Schoolgirl jihadis: the female Islamists leaving home to join Islamic State fighters
After rumors on social media led the Interior Ministry to inform the parents of two teenage Austrian girls that they might have been killed in Syria, one of the girls apparently posted a message indicating they are both alive. The two sisters traveled to Syria in April, and are said to have married Chechen fighters. […]
Jihadist-related arrests across Europe, Asia
Syrian army, Al Nusrah Front fight on Golan where peacekeepers held
Islamist militants on rise in Austria: government
Austrian authorities arrested nine people with asylum status who are suspected of trying to travel to Syria to join jihadist groups. The suspects, who are all Chechens with Russian citizenship, were arrested near the border in Carinthia and Burgenland. In June, Austrian intelligence said an estimated 100 people had left Austria to fight for rebel […]
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Decision to End Syrian Arms Embargo Angers Russia
Rebel Leaders in Syria Ask for Weapons from the West
The Global Islamic Media Front released a German-language video in which Abu Usama al-Gharib (a.k.a. Mohamed Mahmoud), leader of the banned German Islamist group Millatu-Ibrahim, burned his Austrian passport; said he hated Austria, Germany, the EU, and the US; and threatened to bring “fire to you, your cities, your trains, your streets, your houses, your […]
UN set to implicitly recognize Palestinian state, despite threats
Austria – Saudi-backed religious centre stirs controversy
German Jihadists Target Youth on the Internet, Study Finds
One shady operator provides glimpse of supply line to Iran