Italy Seizes ISIS-Made Meth Worth 1 Billion Euros
Italian police on Wednesday said they had seized a 14-ton haul of amphetamines made by the Islamic State group in Syria, calling it the biggest seizure of such drugs in the world.
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Syrian Fighters Increase Attacks on Civilians
The United Nations on Friday accused the Islamic State and others in Syria of exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic to step up attacks on civilians, describing the situation as a “ticking time-bomb.”
Read moreGermany Arrests Five in Suspected ISIS Terror Cell
German police have arrested five Tajik nationals on suspicion they belonged to an Islamic State terror cell planning attacks on U.S. forces stationed in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Death Penalty Row Scuttles US-UK Cooperation on Terror Suspects
Based on the Trump administration’s refusal to put the death penalty off the table, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked sharing information with U.S. authorities about two suspected members of the Islamic State group cell tied to the beheading of reporter James Foley.
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Mom of San Bernardino Shooter Pleads Guilty to Destroying Evidence
Rafia Sultana Shareef did not know her son and his wife would carry out a mass shooting – a deadly act of terror – the last time she saw them on the morning of Dec. 2, 2015.
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UK Woman Loses Challenge Aimed at Restoring Her Citizenship
A U.K. woman who as a teenager ran away to join the Islamic State group lost a legal challenge Friday aimed at restoring her citizenship, which was revoked on national security grounds.
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Iraq Tells Military to Minimize Reliance on US
The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic State group, two senior Iraqi military officials said, amid a crisis of mistrust between Washington and Baghdad after an American strike assassinated a top Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander.
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Turkey Is Sending Violent Extremists to Libya
Turkey is sending Syrian militants affiliated with groups including al-Qaida and the Islamic State Turkey to fight on behalf of the U.N.-supported government in Libya, according to two Libyan militia leaders and a Syrian war monitor.
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ISIS Rebuilds After US Drone Assassination
The Islamic State group’s self-styled caliphate across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of territory, the killing of its founder and an unprecedented crackdown on its social media propaganda machine.
Read moreIslamic State’s New Leader Identified
Intelligence services have identified the new leader of the Islamic State group as Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi, British newspaper The Guardian reported Monday.
Read moreUN Says Children of ISIS Must Be Repatriated
United Nations investigators on Thursday called for thousands of children of jihadists who fought for the Islamic State group to be repatriated from Syria.
Read moreKing of Jordan Warns of Islamic State’s Return
King Abdullah of Jordan on Monday warned that the Islamic State group was regrouping and is on the rise again in the Middle East.
Read moreCourt Chucks ‘Shockingly Low’ 17-Year Term for FBI Stabbing
Balking at the 80% discrepancy with federal guidelines, the Second Circuit threw out what it called a “shockingly low” 17-year sentence for a Staten Island man who stabbed an FBI agent in the name of the Islamic State group.
Read moreISIS Executes 11 Christians in Nigeria
Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group have released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 Christians in restive northeast Nigeria.
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Court Rules Turkey Violated Freedoms by Banning Wikipedia
Turkey’s highest court on Thursday ruled in favor of Wikipedia, saying the Turkish government’s two-year ban on the online encyclopedia constitutes a violation of freedom of expression, the state-run news agency reported.
Read moreTaliban Claim Monday Attack That Killed US Soldier
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a Monday attack on American troops that killed one U.S. soldier and according to the insurgents, wounded several more.
Read moreDoes the Islamic State’s New Leader Really Exist?
Just days after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a raid by U.S. special forces in October, the Islamic State group announced the name of the man who has replaced him as leader.
Read moreDefense Secretary Says Trump Demanded Navy SEAL Keep Status
One day after firing the Navy’s top official, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Donald Trump ordered him to let a SEAL accused of war crimes retire without being stripped of his status.
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EU Agencies, Service Providers Take Down IS Propaganda
A concerted crackdown on the Islamic State’s online propaganda machine has dealt a serious blow to the extremist group’s official news agency and communications channels, European law enforcement officials said Monday.
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