Lebanon mourns dozens of victims from twin suicide bombings
Schools and universities across Lebanon were shuttered Friday as the country mourned victims of twin suicide bombings that struck a crowded neighborhood south of the capital.
Read More...Schools and universities across Lebanon were shuttered Friday as the country mourned victims of twin suicide bombings that struck a crowded neighborhood south of the capital.
Read More...A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John,” according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages was […]
Read More...Syrian state TV reported that government forces have broken a siege imposed by the Islamic State group on a northern military air base since 2013.
Read More...A barrage of missiles slammed into an overcrowded suburb of the Syrian capital, killing at least 40 people on Friday, activists said, as world powers convened in Vienna for talks on how to resolve the country’s conflict.
Read More...Thousands of young men have joined ISIL, the terrorist group spreading throughout parts of the middle east. They’re hoping to find something promising, however the reality is extremely different, which causes more and more members to defect.
Read More...Officials say a young male suicide bomber killed 27 people and wounded 96 in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Yola.
Read More...Terrorist acts by ISIL and other militant groups have in one way or the other had an effect on millions in Egypt. Despite security forces achievements against the militants, many Egyptians live in constant fear of attack, driving investors and tourists away. Egyptians are bearing […]
Read More...Iraq’s air force says it struck a convoy carrying Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group.
Read More...Across the Middle East the terrorist collective ISIL continues its reign of destruction.
Read More...The U.S. is abandoning its goal of training a new force of moderate Syrian rebels and will focus on equipping and supporting established rebels groups already fighting against the Islamic State group inside Syria, officials said Friday.
Read More...Russian warships in the Caspian Sea fired cruise missiles as Syrian government troops launched a ground offensive Wednesday in central Syria. This was the first major combined air and ground assault since Moscow began its military campaign in the country last week.
Read More...The presidents of Russia and France, which both started bombing Syria this week, held talks Friday about their military operations as they tried to overcome differences on whether Syrian President Bashar Assad should stay in power.
Read More...The Pentagon said it would begin talks Thursday with Russian military officials on ways to avoid U.S. and Russian forces firing on each other in Syria as tensions escalate over Russian airstrikes that apparently are serving to strengthen Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Read More...A civil war now more than four years old. A refugee crisis out of control. Where is Syria heading?
Read More...As government and militia groups continue to battle the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, it is the civilians who are most affected by the terror of militant groups.
Read More...ISIL is not just destroying historic sites. The group is also taking prisoners, and sometimes torturing and killing them on camera. Amid the fight against ISIL, what happens when ISIL fighters themselves are caught?
Read More...Islamic State militants released photos on Tuesday showing the destruction of a Roman-era temple in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra. UNESCO has called this destruction to be a war crime.
Read More...An online image released Wednesday purported to show the Islamic State’s affiliate in Egypt had beheaded a Croatian hostage.
Read More...Six months after 17 people were killed in terror attacks in Paris, thousands of soldiers have been deployed across France in an anti-terror operation.
Read More...The Turkish government is determined to continue fighting terrorism full force as operations continue both in Northern Iraq and across the Turkish – Syrian border. Turkey has targeted both ISIL and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in recent attacks.
Read More...ISIL gave Iraq’s Christians an ultimatum: cooperate or suffer harsh consequences. Many of them feared that even if they complied, they would eventually be killed. So they fled. Now living as urban refugees in Jordan, they cling to the church and push away thoughts of […]
Read More...Xinjiang police say the majority of violence and terrorism-related criminal cases in the region are influenced by the concept of “Hijirat”, the so-called “Jihadi Migration.”
Read More...23-year-old Tursun becomes excited when he recalls his experience of leaving home to attend high school in another part of China. He told the reporter that they ( him and five other students) went to school and it was “amazing” inside. Their dormitory was nicer […]
Read More...Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday that it has broken up planned Islamic State attacks in the kingdom and arrested more than 400 suspects in an anti-terrorism sweep, a day after a powerful blast in neighboring Iraq killed more than 100 people in one of the […]
Read More...The 25-year-old Memetili was an undergraduate student majoring in medical studies in a Xinjiang university. His relatively normal student life was completely changed when he was approached by people trying to teach him “religious knowledge.” The “textbooks,” however, were videos and audio guides made by […]
Read More...Counterterrorism investigators are trying to figure out why a 24-year-old Kuwait-born man, who by accounts lived a typical life in suburban America, attacked two military facilities in a shooting rampage that killed four Marines.
Read More...British Prime Minister David Cameron led somber tributes on Tuesday as Britain commemorated the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings in London.
Read More...KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban suicide bomber struck the entrance to the Afghan parliament on Monday and gunmen tried to storm the heavily guarded compound, setting off a gunbattle with police that left two people dead and at least 30 people wounded as lawmakers were […]
Read More...A suicide bomber blew himself up near Egypt’s ancient Karnak temple in the southern city of Luxor on Wednesday, security sources and witnesses said, the second attack in just over one week targeting Egypt’s vital tourism industry.
Read More...A suicide bomber blew himself up in the parking lot of a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers, killing four people in the second such attack in as many weeks claimed by the Islamic State group.
Read More...Growing concern over ISIL’s efforts to recruit young girls and women from around the world. Promises of a welcoming community and an Islamic utopia are just part of their the group’s pitch.
Read More...Islamic State militants have seized another town in Iraq’s western Anbar province less than a week after capturing the provincial capital, a tribal leader said Friday, while in neighboring Syria the group’s fighters killed dozens of pro-government forces in the ancient town of Palmyra.
Read More...The Islamic State seized full control of the historic city of Palmyra in central Syria on Thursday, just days after it captured a provincial capital in neighbouring Iraq, suggesting momentum is building for the ultra-hardline group.
Read More...Many of the bin Laden documents reference jihad, attacking America, and purported negotiations between al Qaeda, its allies in the Pakistani Taliban and representatives of Pakistani intelligence.
Read More...For some analysis into the crisis in Iraq, CCTV America spoke with Thomas Sanderson, the co-director and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a research policy think tank here in Washington.
Read More...After days of fierce fighting, the Islamic State is now in control of Anbar, Iraq’s largest province. It pushed government troops and Sunni militias out of a Ramadi only 110-kilometers from Baghdad. It’s a massive setback for Iraq, and the U.S. led coalition trying to […]
Read More...The Obama administration announced new bounties Wednesday worth up to $20 million for four Islamic State terrorists, bringing the total reward for all the terrorists on the State Department’s most-wanted list to $375 million. Here’s how that breaks down.
Read More...The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was offering rewards of up to $20 million for information on four leaders of Islamic State: Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, and Tariq Bin-al-Tahar Bin al Falih al-‘Awni al-Harzi.
Read More...A man whose social media presence was being scrutinized by federal authorities was one of two suspects in a shooting at a Texas cartoon contest featuring images of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, and the Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack.
Read More...Islamic extremists suspected in a bomb attack in a Pakistani market that killed more than 100 people had also planned an attack against the Vatican in 2010 that was never carried out, an Italian prosecutor said Friday.
Read More...How do you prevent young people from being radicalized or from traveling to join extremist groups abroad? And how do you turn the tide of radical ideology?
Read More...Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and President Barack Obama will discuss the fight against Islamic State on Tuesday at a White House meeting likely to be dominated by Iraqi requests for U.S. arms and tension over Iran’s role on the battlefield.
Read More...French special forces on Monday freed a Dutchman held hostage since being kidnapped in 2011 by extremists in Mali, the government said. There was no immediate word on the fate of two other men abducted at the same time.
Read More...Hundreds of Kenyans protested in solidarity for the 147 students who were killed in last week’s terrorist attacks. A tragedy that they believe could have been avoided had security forces responded better.
Read More...The Dutch justice ministry says about 190 people have traveled from the Netherlands to fight in overseas “jihadi conflicts.” Of these, 35 have returned home and 30 have been killed.
Read More...Aircraft from the Saudi-led alliance launched airstrikes on a Houthi special forces base in Sanaa late on Monday.
Read More...Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi vowed Monday to protect the people living in Islamic State-controlled territories from any retribution or rights violations when their lands are retaken by government forces.
Read More...Kenya launched air strikes against Islamic militants in Somalia following an extremist attack on a Kenyan college that killed 148 people, a military spokesman said Monday.
Read More...The small Arabian Gulf state of Kuwait has tightened security following the rise of ISIL in the region. Gains by the extremist group in neighboring Iraq as well as the discovery that “jihadi John” was born in the country has heightened concerns both inside and outside […]
Read More...The hunt is still underway for the man who allegedly masterminded the attack. Mohammed Mohamud has a bounty of more than two hundred thousand dollars on his head. Little’s known about him, though he once worked at a school in Garissa.
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