France
French Town Struggles Over Departures for Jihad
Tag Archives: Islamic State
Belgium
As Terrorism Suspects Are Detained in Europe, Scope of Challenge Is Highlighted
Austria
Missing bomb plot teen arrested in Vienna
Islamic State
ISIS losing ground in symbolic Kobane battle
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Belgian police foil terror attacks on ‘grand scale’
Lebanon
Lebanese Army thwarts more suicide bomb plots
Belgian authorities launch counterterrorism raids, killing 2
Belgian authorities launched a series of counterterrorism raids earlier today. Two suspects were killed in a shootout. Early reporting, which has not been confirmed, says that some of the suspects were acting on orders from the Islamic State.
Iraq
Morocco cracks down on ISIS backers
Islamic State
The Impact Of The Oil Collapse On ISIS Is Severe
Iraq
Female Yazidi captives forced to give blood to wounded Islamist fighters: survivor
Free Syrian Army
Turkey Bans Publication of Reports on Syria Arms Delivery
Germany
Germany closer to confiscating Islamist IDs
Iraq
Kurdish men on a mission to save IS captives
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese police dismantle a prison’s ‘jihadist emirate’
US adds a leader of the Mujahideen Shura Council to list of global terrorists
In addition to serving as a senior MSC leader, Abdallah al Ashqar is on the jihadist group’s military committee, is a “foreign relations official,” and a weapons facilitator.
Iraq
Suicide bomber in Saudi border attack recruited family members to join ISIS: source
Al Nusrah Front
Jabhat al-Nusra tank commander sees little alternative to group
Afghanistan
Meet the shadowy figure recruiting for the Islamic State in Afghanistan
Islamic State uses a child to execute alleged Russian spies
In a new propaganda film released by the Islamic State, two alleged spies for the Russian Federal Security Service are executed by a child. This boy, who is an ethnic Kazakh, was previously featured in another Islamic State propaganda film.
Afghanistan
Islamic State ‘recruiting Afghan fighters’
Pakistani Taliban splinter group again pledges allegiance to Islamic State
A Pakistani Taliban splinter group released a nearly 17-minute video again pledging its allegiance to the Islamic State. The group primarily consists of low to mid-level former Pakistani Taliban officials from Khyber, Arakzai, Bajaur, Hangu, and Dir in Pakistan, and from Kunar, Logar, and Nangarhar in Afghanistan.
Islamic State
Pope Denounces ‘Deviant Forms of Religion’
IRGC
Iran eclipses US as Iraq’s ally in fight against militants
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese inmates get online, but at what cost to security?
Jihadists praise Paris attacks
Various jihadist groups around the world have commented on the terrorist attacks in Paris and have lauded the terrorists as “heroes.”
CENTCOM sites hacked, publish pro-Islamic State propaganda
Hacker(s) purportedly serving the Islamic State took over CENTCOM’s official Twitter feed and YouTube page on Monday.
Al Nusrah Front
Tripoli suicide bombers kept low profile
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
Lebanon entered dangerous security stage: reports
Iraq
Iraq may need three years to restructure and rebuild military: PM
Al Nusrah Front
Jihadi militants in Lebanon establishing ‘Islamic State of Qalamoun’ near Ersal