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Al Qaeda-linked cleric Mullah Krekar is slated for release from prison on Jan. 25, after serving time for issuing death threats against Prime Minister Solberg and several other people. Norwegian intelligence has sought to expel him, considering his Ansar al Islam group a threat to Norway, but he cannot be extradited to Iraq as he […]

An official in the Norwegian intelligence service PST admitted that the agency has underestimated the number of people who have traveled to Syria and Iraq to fight for extremist groups since the autumn of 2012; the number is now said to be as many as 140. Authorities believe that at least 20 of those foreign […]

The state security service PST disclosed that two Norwegians thought to now be in Syria, Abdul Hakim Sanchez Hammer and Abu Aluevitsj Edelbijev, have been indicted for Islamic State-related terrorism. Another man in Syria, Norwegian-Chilean Islamist Bastian Alexis Vasquez, faces similar charges. Authorities say some 60 people have traveled to Syria from Norway to join […]

Among the 83 terrorist groups listed by the United Arab Emirates is the Islamic Association of Norway (Det Islamske Forbundet i Norge). Officials with the state security service refused to comment on the possible existence of Islamic State sleeper cells in Norway.