Reuters: At least 44 killed in Niger jihadist attack, authorities say
Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said. The attack occurred during afternoon prayers in the village of Fombita in the rural commune of Kokorou, which is near the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali known as the epicentre of a jihadist insurgency in West Africa linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. The defence ministry blamed the attack on the EIGS group, an Islamic State affiliate, in a statement late on Friday. Heavily armed jihadists encircled a mosque, where people had gathered for prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and carried out a "massacre of rare cruelty", it said. The attackers then set fire to a market and houses before retreating, the ministry said. Troops deployed to the scene provided a provisional death toll of 44 civilians, with 13 severely injured. Three days of national mourning have been declared.
Officials at the al Hol camp have long warned about a lack of rehabilitation facilities to de-radicalise the young who are recruited by ISIS as "the next cubs of the caliphate". Kane Ahmed, the commander of Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) troops for al Hol camp, told us: "The threat of ISIS has increased both inside and outside the camp... especially after the fall of the Syrian regime, it's gone up a lot and we see attempts by them to escape on almost a daily basis." The troops watch these camps through three round-the-clock CCTV rooms and often mount raids after receiving intelligence about IS operations. "We know they are receiving help from outside IS cells who smuggle weapons inside and help smuggle people out," the commander says. "They are recruited by ISIS as the next cubs of the caliphate," the commander warns.
The Telegraph: Poisonous ideas turn people into terrorists, not poverty or racism
CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: A new report entitled “The enduring role of ideology in terrorism and radicalisation” is a meticulously researched and timely riposte to Keir Starmer’s view that we are now facing a “changed” terrorist threat in the aftermath of the Southport attack. What the author of the report, Robin Simcox, found instead was the enduring power of ideas and beliefs. Many in the counter terrorism community fell in behind Starmer’s paradigm. According to them, factors such as environment, upbringing, misogyny, mental health and a fixation with extreme violence are the foremost factors in terrorist motivation. In other words, terrorists gravitate to their heinous actions because of what has been done to them by society, or what can be diagnosed by a doctor or discovered by a social worker, rather than what the terrorists themselves affirm as inspiration for their actions. While many of the people Simcox studied had some or all of these additional pathologies, he is clear that there is a remarkable consistency in the significance that terrorists of all types attach to political or religious ideology.
EU Observer: EU leaders dial down 'condemnation' of Israeli airstrikes
Commenting on the EU-summit deliberations on Gaza, British Middle East expert Edmund Fitton-Brown said: "That element of balance [deploring also Hamas] rescues the exercise from being completely counterproductive". The original statement on Hamas' 7 October attack said the EU "condemns [it] in the strongest possible terms", in what Fitton-Brown said was "a 10 out of 10 condemnation" in terms of diplomatic vocabulary. "I think they [EU leaders] have it about right on Syria - balancing criticism with encouragement and potential incentives," the British ex-diplomat, Fitton-Brown, said. But reading the draft summit communiqué on al-Sharaa more closely (which "strongly condemns" the sectarian violence), Fitton-Brown added: "I'm not sure the word 'strongly' is necessary."
Wall Street Journal: U.S. Directs a Second Aircraft Carrier to the Middle East
The Pentagon is dispatching another aircraft carrier group to the Middle East, a U.S. official said, as tensions rise in the region following the resumption of Israeli attacks on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Fighting is again taking place on a number of fronts in the Middle East. U.S. forces in the region have launched waves of airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi militia, which began firing missiles at Israel after a two-month cease-fire in Gaza broke down this week. Against that backdrop, the U.S. is sending the USS Carl Vinson carrier group to the Middle East from its current position in Asia-Pacific, the official said. The USS Harry S. Truman will remain in the region and overlap for at least several weeks with the Carl Vinson, the official said.
he Trump administration is mulling plans to sanction the international funders behind pro-Hamas protests, including prominent Qatari nationals who have vast financial holdings inside the United States, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the internal discussions told the Washington Free Beacon. The effort seeks to build upon President Donald Trump’s January executive order authorizing the deportation of foreign students engaged in often illegal anti-Semitic demonstrations on college campuses across the country. Instead of targeting the protests' participants, it would target their funders. The administration could, for example, slap sanctions on foreign individuals who provide groups like Students for Justice in Palestine with significant funding. In cases where those individuals enjoy U.S. visas, it could revoke them.
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ARD: Three teenagers sentenced for terror plans
According to the verdict, they sympathized with the terrorist group IS and planned attacks on main train stations, courtrooms and police stations - including in NRW. Specifically, there were plans to attack churches and synagogues last year. Those sentenced in Düsseldorf are a 16-year-old girl from Düsseldorf, a 17-year-old girl from Iserlohn and a 15-year-old boy from Lippstadt. The juvenile criminal trial was not open to the public: The young people had become radicalized with the ideology of this terrorist organization through Islamic State (IS) propaganda via the internet and social media. Ultimately, they were determined "to enter police stations or places of worship (churches, synagogues) during Ramadan 2024, in two months at the latest, while there are many people there, to set them on fire with Molotov cocktails and to use firearms and stabbing weapons to kill as many people as possible". According to the court, one of the accused had previously obtained bomb-making instructions for this purpose, which she made available to her co-defendant.
ARD: Neo-Nazi demonstration in Berlin ends prematurely
A right-wing extremist demonstration with around 850 participants ended prematurely in Berlin on Saturday. The march was supposed to start at 1 p.m. at Ostkreuz station, but the start was delayed further and further because the police had to intervene several times. The police registered 15 counter-protests along the planned route of the neo-Nazi march in Friedrichshain, with hundreds of people blocking the streets. In total, around 2,000 people gathered for loud protests against the neo-Nazi demonstration, which was registered by former Aachen AfD politician Ferhat Sentürk. According to a police spokesperson, several arrests were made because participants in the neo-Nazi demonstration did not comply with the ban on wearing masks or displayed banned symbols. According to rbb information, right-wing extremist music was also played. As an rbb reporter observed, there were occasional scuffles inside Ostkreuz station, during which the police had to intervene.
WELT: Minister of Education calls for tougher stance on antisemitic behavior by pupils
Federal Education Minister Cem Özdemir (Greens) has spoken out in favor of tougher measures against pupils who display anti-Semitism. "We sometimes have a situation in schools where Jewish children have to be taken out of classes to protect them. We should turn this principle around," Özdemir told the "Tagesspiegel" newspaper. "If parents agitate their children with anti-Semitic stuff, the parents must be summoned to the schools. In case of doubt, the child who behaves anti-Semitically must go." Özdemir went on to say that he was concerned about surveys showing massive gaps in knowledge, particularly among the younger generation. "It is unacceptable that more than one in ten Germans between the ages of 18 and 29 have never heard the term Holocaust and that 40 percent do not know that six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust," said the minister.
Sky News: Five jihadists found guilty of holding French journalists hostage
Nemmouche was sentenced to life in prison, and will serve a minimum of 22 years behind bars. Abdelmalek Tanem was given 22 years and Kais Al Abdullah was sentenced to 20 years. Meanwhile, Oussama Atar and Salim Benghalem, who are both referred to as integral figures in the Islamic State's operations and believed to be dead were sentenced to life in absentia. The trial in Paris heard that journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin, and Pierre Torres were terrorised during their 10 months in captivity between June 2013 and April 2014. The four spoke of relentless physical and psychological torture at the hands of ISIS. During their imprisonment, they were forced to watch the executions of other captives and endure beatings while surrounded by the screams of fellow detainees.
BBC: Firefighters in 'marauding terror attack' training
The Westminster terror attack of 22 March 2017 was one of three incidents in the past 10 years in London that have led to a greater emphasis on training for the capital's emergency services. This week, firefighters, police officers and paramedics have been taking part in an exercise in Colchester, Essex, to test their ability to respond.
Reuters: No indication of foul play but UK counter terrorism police lead Heathrow fire inquiry
British Police said there was no indication of foul play behind the fire which shut down Heathrow Airport on Friday, but added that its counter terrorism unit was leading inquiries given the critical nature of the incident. Huge orange flames and plumes of black smoke shot into the sky west of London at 2300 GMT on Thursday as a blaze engulfed a power substation about a mile and a half from the airport, forcing the sudden closure of Europe's busiest hub and disrupting global flights.
Financial Times: Threat of state-sponsored cyber attacks could make UK terror insurer ‘obsolete
Pool Re chief executive Tom Clementi has warned that the UK’s specialist insurer against terrorism could become “obsolete or irrelevant” amid the growing threat of state-sponsored attacks. In an interview with the Financial Times, Clementi said that the evolution of terrorist activity had left the insurance sector unprepared to handle key sources of systemic risk, particularly from state-backed cyber groups.
UK Defence Journal: Terrorism arrests reach five-year high in the UK
The number of terrorism-related arrests in the UK reached its highest level since 2019, with 248 arrests recorded in 2024, according to new data released by the Home Office. The figures highlight an increase in counter-terrorism activity, reflecting what law enforcement officials describe as a high operational tempo in tackling both domestic and international security threats. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans, Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, attributed the rise in arrests to the intensity of counter-terrorism efforts.
Convicted violent terrorist Abu Hamza will die in a supermax prison after he failed to escape his life sentence in a US jail and return to the streets of Britain. Despite attempting to be released on compassionate grounds, a judge said the hate preacher and former London nightclub bouncer, 66, posed the greatest threat to the public he ever has.
Irish Times: Extremist right-wing groups growing international links, Irish risk assessment finds
International links between right-wing extremist groups are a matter of increasing concern to the authorities here, a new risk assessment conducted by the Department of Justice has found. While the report on the risk of terrorism and terrorism financing concludes that the terrorism risk for Ireland remains modest, it does highlight a number of concerns. One of these concerns relates to the emergence of extreme right-wing groups. “Increasingly there are other actors that resist easy categorisation, including growing levels of concern about right-wing extremism. The key trend in this area is growing evidence of transnational links between hyper-nationalist movements, facilitated by a toxic online environment on non-mainstream social media platforms. International links between right-wing extremist groups is a matter of increasing concern,” it states.
Reuters: Egypt makes new proposal to restore Gaza truce as Israeli strikes kill 65
Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told Reuters on Monday, as Palestinian health authorities said Israeli strikes had killed at least 65 people in the enclave in the past 24 hours. The proposal, made last week, follows an escalation in violence after Israel resumed air and ground operations against Hamas militants on March 18, effectively ending a two-month period of relative calm after 15 months of war.
Reuters: Israeli airstrike kills Hamas political leader in southern Gaza, Hamas says
An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza's Khan Younis killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel on Sunday, Hamas officials said, as residents reported an escalation in the Israeli military campaign that began on Tuesday. Pro-Hamas media said the airstrike killed Bardaweel, who is a member of the group's political office, and also killed his wife. Israeli officials had no immediate comment. In a statement, Hamas accused Israel of assassinating Bardaweel, whom it said was praying along with his wife, when an Israeli missile struck their tent shelter in Khan Younis.
BBC: Israel orders army to 'seize additional territories' in Gaza
Israel's defence minister has told the military to "seize additional areas in Gaza" and threatened to permanently occupy parts of it, if Hamas does not free all remaining hostages. Israel Katz said that the military would continue its ground operation in Gaza "with increasing intensity" until all of the hostages "both living and dead" were returned. It is thought 24 of the 59 hostages still held in Gaza are alive, but their fate remains in the balance after negotiations on the second phase of the ceasefire deal failed to progress.
Bloomberg: Israeli Strikes Degrade Hamas’ De Facto Gaza Government
Israel killed two members of Hamas’ de facto cabinet during a renewed Gaza offensive aimed at eliminating the Iran-backed militant group’s role as a military and governing force. That brought to 11 the death toll within the 20-person forum. Salah al-Badawil and Ismail Barhoum were hit in the southern Gaza Strip by air strikes on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces said. Hamas confirmed their deaths, saying they were among hundreds of fatalities from the new Israeli military campaign that followed the March 2 expiration of a Qatari- and Egyptian-mediated ceasefire.
Reuters: Truce shaky as Israel strikes Lebanon in response to rocket fire
Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, killing at least eight people and endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. That conflict marked the deadliest spillover of the Gaza war, and a blistering Israeli offensive after months of cross-border exchanges of fire wiped out Hezbollah's top commanders, many of its fighters and much of its arsenal. Hezbollah denied responsibility for Saturday's strikes, saying it had "no link" to the rocket launches and that it remained committed to the ceasefire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
New York Times: Lebanon, Ravaged by War, Needs Changes to Unlock Aid. That Could Be a Tall Order.
On his first day in office, Lebanon’s new finance minister, Yassine Jaber, sat at his desk reading a color-coded report on the dire state of the ministry’s operations. Nearly everything was marked in alarming red.The computers were decades old — some still ran on Windows 98. Like much of the government, the ministry relied on mountains of paper records, allowing dysfunction and corruption to fester. “Things cannot continue as they are,” he sighed.
Naharnet: France to support Lebanon against US-Israeli pressures, report says
France is reportedly preparing a new diplomatic initiative aimed at consolidating a ceasefire reached in late November between Lebanon and Israel, and supporting Lebanon as Israel and the U.S. pressure the war-hit country into direct negotiations. Kuwait's al-Jarida newspaper claimed Monday that France's special envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit Lebanon soon to discuss the reconstruction and support the country as Washington seeks to form three committees to negotiate sticking points between Lebanon and Israel -- including the release of Lebanese prisoners, the remaining disputed points along the Blue Line, and the remaining 5 points where Israeli forces are still deployed.
Naharnet: Hezbollah MP throws support behind state, criticizes Lebanese rivals
MP Ali Fayad of Hezbollah said “the situation that Lebanon is going through in general, and the South in particular, requires wisdom and patience but at the same time firmness, resilience and courage.” “Each stage has its necessities and requirements, and the Lebanese have agreed that the government manage the national stance in the face of the Israeli enemy’s hostile actions and repeated violations,” Fayad said at the funeral of a slain Hezbollah member.
The National: Houthi leader offers support to Lebanon's Hezbollah amid renewed Israeli air strikes
The leader of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis offered the group's support to Hezbollah in Lebanon, where Israeli air strikes have resumed in the south of the country despite a fragile truce being in place since November. The recent flare-up of violence in Lebanon came just days into Israel's renewed offensive in Gaza last week, which shattered the relative calm in the enclave since a January 19 ceasefire came into effect. At least seven people were killed in southern Lebanon on Saturday, marking one of the highest single-day casualty tolls from Israeli air strikes since a fragile ceasefire was agreed to in November between Hezbollah and Israel, ending 14 months of conflict, including two months of full-scale war.
Security forces from Syria’s interim government said they began cracking down on loyalists to the former regime in the country’s northwestern Idlib governorate. The campaign to arrest fugitives and remnants of the Assad regime has focused on the town of Khan Sheikhoun, southern Idlib province - the site of the infamous 2017 chemical attack. A number of individuals who refused to hand over their weapons to the state were arrested, security forces said.
NBC News: 'You started this': Attacks on Alawites in Syria highlight deep divisions
Standing beside the bodies of two men lying on the ground, blood pooling around one of them, in the Syrian village of Qabo Al-Awamiya in the Latakia countryside, a woman shouts in despair: “God won’t forgive you.” “Are those your sons? God won’t forgive you,” one of the men she’s speaking to, who is out of frame and appears to be holding the camera, responds. “You started it,” he says, as he issues a chilling threat: “I swear, we’re going to crush every Alawite.” The exact circumstances surrounding the footage were not immediately clear. But it is one of more than 15 videos geolocated and verified by NBC News capturing the deadly violence that unfolded in Syria last week after fighters loyal to the ousted Assad regime attacked government forces on March 6, setting off a wave of revenge killings largely targeting the Alawite community, the small Islamic sect to which the Assad family belongs.
Times of Israel: Investigating their own killings: Alawites claim the new regime was behind massacre
On March 6, armed groups began entering Alawite villages in western Syria and killing the residents. On March 7, a local woman wrote to her friend abroad: “They killed four families here, women and children, I know their names. They stole cars and money and burned stores.” According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based organization that monitors human rights violations in Syria, over 1,500 Syrian civilians were killed in sectarian violence between March 6 and March 12. Most belonged to Syria’s Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shia Islam to which deposed president Bashar al-Assad also belonged. Before the civil war, there were around 2 million Alawites in the country, making up approximately 12 percent of the population.
Kurdistan 24: 2,000 ISIS-Linked Iraqis in Syria Are a 'Time Bomb', Says Iraqi Official
A member of Iraq’s Fatah Alliance has sounded the alarm over the presence of more than 2,000 Iraqi nationals affiliated with extremist groups in Syria, warning that many hold influential positions within terrorist networks and pose a growing threat to Iraq’s national security. In an interview with Baghdad Today News Agency, Uday Abdul Hadi stated that these individuals fled Iraq after the military defeat of ISIS, particularly from western regions and Nineveh province, and found refuge in Syria, where they later regrouped. “After the liberation of Iraqi cities, especially in the western sector up to Nineveh and other areas, a number of ISIS leaders and fighters fled to Syria,” he said. “They joined peers of other nationalities before what is now known as the Syrian al-Hol Camp took shape, where thousands of ISIS-affiliated families of various nationalities were detained.”
Fox News: Christian watch group rises up to protect community amid growing violence in Syria
The growing violent attacks and killings in Syria under the Islamist rule of the new regime led by Ahmed al-Sharaa have put the country's Christian community on edge, with many fearing for their future. "The situation for Christians in Syria has reached a critical threshold, and I'd argue they're teetering on the edge of catastrophe," Jeff King, the president of International Christian Concern, told Fox News Digital.
Associated Press: US airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels kill at least 1 person, group says
U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels pounded sites across the country overnight and into Monday, with the group saying the one attack in the capital killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others. The American strikes on the rebels, who threaten maritime trade and Israel, entered their 10th day without any sign of stopping. They are part of a campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump targeting the rebel group while also trying to pressure Iran, the Houthis’ main benefactor.
The Times: US airstrikes kill Houthi leader after Red Sea ship attacks
American airstrikes in Yemen have hit Houthi headquarters for the tenth day in a row and killed a senior militant in the most extensive campaign against the group in years, according to the White House. The airstrikes continued into Monday after President Trump threatened to “annihilate” the group, which has targeted shipping in the Red Sea and launched missile and drone attacks on Israel.
A ballistic missile fired at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on Sunday morning was successfully intercepted by air defenses, the military said. There were no reports of injuries or damage in the attack, which triggered sirens across central Israel. The IDF said the missile was shot down before crossing the country’s borders.
Jerusalem Post: Pro-Iran axis hosts Western activists, Hamas leaders at Houthi conference
Prominent anti-Israel actors and terror leaders were hosted by the Houthis in Sanaa, Yemen, for a conference titled “Palestine: The Central Issue of the Nation – You Are Not Alone.” The four-day conference kicked off on Saturday in Yemen’s capital, with wide international participation from the pro-Iranian axis and beyond, including Hamas representative in Yemen Muath Abu Shamala, American political activist Jackson Hinkle, former South African politician and grandson of Nelson Mandela, Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, former Irish member of European Parliament Mick Wallace, American activist Christopher Helali, and Brazilian journalist Deb Escobar.
Yemen Online: Yemen’s Houthis ban mobile phones for leaders
The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have banned their leaders from carrying mobile phones and urged civilians not to share information about US airstrikes, Saudi outlet Al-Hadath reported on Monday, as the group faces increased attacks on its positions. The group, which US President Donald Trump returned to the list of terrorist organizations this year following its blockade of shipping in the Red Sea, has been under sustained US airstrikes in recent days.
Newsweek: Exclusive: Iraq Militia Issues Trump Ultimatum on US Troops
A senior official of a powerful Iraqi militia has told Newsweek that U.S. President Donald Trump must live up to his predecessor's commitment to withdraw troops from the country by the end of the year amid a series of escalations that have once again put the Middle East on the brink of a larger conflict. "Trump is obligated to withdraw his forces from Iraq by the end of 2025, and they must abide by their pledges to the Iraqi government," Firas al-Yasser, a member of the Nujaba Movement's Political Council, told Newsweek. "We know that the occupying American forces cannot withstand the advanced and modern strikes of the resistance."
Reuters: Trump's offer of talks with Iran aims to avoid military action, US envoy says
U.S. President Donald Trump's outreach to Iran's top authority, Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a possible new nuclear deal is an effort to avoid military action, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday. "We don't need to solve everything militarily," Witkoff told Fox News.
CBS News: Trump administration is seeking "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program, Waltz says
The Trump administration is seeking the "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program as it ramps up a U.S. military campaign in the Middle East, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said Sunday on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan." "Iran has to give up its program in a way that the entire world can see," Waltz said. "It is time for Iran to walk away completely from its desire to have a nuclear weapon, and they will not and cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapons program. That is its weaponization and its strategic missiles program."
Middle East Monitor: Iran FM dismisses direct talks with US ‘until some things change’
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said yesterday that Tehran has decided that it will not engage in direct negotiations with the United States regarding its nuclear programme until “until some things change”. “The nuclear agreement in its current form cannot be revived because it is not in Iran’s interest,” Araghchi told local media, adding that Tehran “can no longer return to the terms of the nuclear agreement, although the agreement can still serve as a basis and model for negotiations.”
Yahoo! News: Video shows Pakistan gunmen's old warning to China, not after train siege
Following a deadly train siege in southwest Pakistan in March, a video supposedly showing the gunmen threatening violence against China surfaced online. The separatist group that claimed the attack has regularly targeted Beijing's interests in Pakistan's Balochistan province but the footage shows an earlier threat from May 2019.
Guardian: ‘He only wanted revenge’: the bloody insurgency in Balochistan gaining lethal momentum
No one knows how Kamran Hasan became a militant. The history-loving 23-year-old had returned home from Islamabad, where he worked as a chartered accountant, and had his hopes set on a degree in education. But then in June, he disappeared. A brief phone call to his father came days later. “He told me, ‘I am going to the mountains,’” says his father, Mohammad Akram, who knew that meant only one thing: his son was joining the militant insurgency that had rocked their home region of Balochistan for decades. “I begged him no, asked if it was reasons of money or family that led him to take this step. But he did not give any more details and disconnected the call.”
NDTV: "'Zero Tolerance' Policy": Amit Shah Praises Efforts To Tackle Terrorism In J&K
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reiterated Modi government's zero tolerance policy towards terrorism and lambasted previous dispensations for being 'soft on terror'. Amit Shah, while replying to the debate on the working of Ministry of Home Affairs in the House, listed out some path-breaking decisions of Modi government including abrogation of Article 370 and how it brought lasting peace in the valley.
NDTV: "We Shoot Terrorists Right Between The Eyes": Amit Shah In Rajya Sabha
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday in a sharp jibe at Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi while speaking in the Rajya Sabha on counter-terrorism operations and development in Jammu and Kashmir. "If someone is sitting with kaala chashma (black glasses) on, how is it possible to show them the development,?" Shah asked.
Terrorist groups are attempting to manipulate students in various educational institutions to further their objectives. A senior officer told News18, "They want the ban on them lifted and they want to implement the same operational model in India." Several terrorist organisations in Bangladesh are pressuring the government to revoke the ban imposed on them, according to intelligence sources.
Business Standard: Police foil Hizb ut-Tahrir procession in Dhaka, detain 7
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) today (21 March) detained seven individuals for organising a procession under the banner of the banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in the capital's Dhanmondi. The procession began after the Jummah prayer from Baitul Aman Jame Masjid in the Dhanmondi-7 area, according to Shah Mostafa Tarikuzzaman, assistant commissioner of Dhanmondi Zone.
Eurasia Review: Morocco Breaks Up Islamic State Cells Preparing Terror Attacks
Moroccan authorities have arrested more than a dozen Islamic State operatives, disrupting an attempt by extremists based in the Sahel to sow terror in the North African kingdom. The arrests in February came after raids on nine Islamic State group (IS) cell locations across the country, including in major cities such as Casablanca and Fez. Security authorities confiscated materials needed to make remotely controlled bombs along with knives, rifles and handguns with their serial numbers removed.
A “hedonistic’ German sailor accused of smuggling the alleged mastermind behind the Dural caravan “terror plot” out of the country has been granted bail after appearing in court for the first time. Thomas Goertz faced Darwin Local Court on Monday on one charge of people smuggling. Judge Fong Lim granted him bail until his next court appearance in May.
Yahoo! News: Teen jailed for sharing extremist content
A 19-year-old man has become the first Australian convicted of sharing violent Islamic State content on social media. The man admitted in the Perth District Court he had shared videos of beheadings produced by the terrorist organisation, as well as audio recordings encouraging extreme violence and contempt for people based on their religious beliefs or ethnicity.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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