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US allies pledge support for Iraq, but no military action
US allies pledge support for Iraq, but no military action
Antisemitism on rise across Europe ‘in worst times since the Nazis’
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict spills into Europe with protests, anti-Jewish slogans
Paying Ransoms, Europe Bankrolls Qaeda Terror
Anti-Semitism on the march: Europe braces for violence
The public prosecutor is investigating Abu Bilal Ismail, a Danish imam from the Grimhøj mosque in Aarhus, after he recently told worshipers at the Al Nusrah mosque in Berlin that they should kill Jews “to the very last one” and “[m]ake them suffer terribly.” Ismail has also encouraged Danes to travel to Syria for jihad. […]
Guiding Germany’s Young Muslims Off the Road to Jihad
UN asks Europe to take Syrian refugees as region saturated
Islamists Seek Support in German Prisons
Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Too European?
The Interior Ministry said authorities have stepped up security at airports after a request by the US triggered by fresh concerns that al Qaeda may be trying to smuggle bombs on board airliners to the US. The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has warned that Islamist terrorism has become the number one threat to […]
Europe employs outreach program to rehabilitate Islamist extremists
Western help, boosted cooperation behind security successes
Authorities charged Kreshnik B., a German citizen from Frankfurt am Main, with membership in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Following his return from Syria, he was arrested on suspicion of planning attacks. Authorities are investigating the German Brigade of Millatu Ibrahim, whose leader, Denis Cuspert a.k.a. Deso Dogg a.k.a. Abu Talha al-Almani, […]
Jihadists back from Syria are ‘deadly danger’ to Europe, Germany warns
German police arrested French jihadist Tewffik Bouallag in Berlin as he arrived on a flight from Istanbul. Bouallag, a native Frenchman, reportedly fought in Syria with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and is thought to have returned to Europe to recruit fighters for Syria or to plan attacks.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham continues to highlight the deaths of foreign jihadists in both Iraq and Syria.
A Lebanese man identified as Ismail I. was charged with membership in a terrorist organization after returning from fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in Syria; his brother Ezzeddine I. and a German identified as Mohammad Sobhan A. were charged with supporting a terrorist organization. At the time of his arrest, […]
US says troop plan only guarantees NATO Afghan mission until end-2015
Hagel: Afghan anti-terror planning still underway
Hezbollah cutting costs as Iranian aid dries up
UN experts’ report shows Iran’s deceptive procurement tactics
In Iraq and Syria, a resurgence of foreign suicide bombers
Police arrested a Somali man in Kehl in possession of a fake Kenyan passport and a fake Swedish visa last week; he said he was applying for asylum. Authorities are building an additional wall to protect the interim storage of nuclear materials at the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant against terrorist attacks.
Security Eroding in Northern Afghanistan after German Withdrawal
A court is investigating Ismail I., 24, a Lebanese national suspected of fighting last year in Syria for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and two of his accomplices; he was allegedly sent back to Germany by ISIS to procure money and supplies for the group. A court sentenced a Somali pirate chief […]
European jihadists form ISIS brigades in Syria
Khamenei: Iran will never give up its nuclear program
The Interior Ministry outlawed the “Waisenkinderprojekt Libanon” (Orphan Children Project Lebanon) as the group serves as a front for Hezbollah fundraising, recruits fighters for Hezbollah, and supports families of suicide bombers. The ban was announced after a five-year investigation. Security forces also raided the group’s properties in six states. The group’s membership is estimated at […]
Ukraine Crisis Exposes Gaps Between Berlin and NATO