Not long after a Dutch national arrived in Syria to join the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group, he posed next to a crucified body in a photo that later circulated on social media. Two French nationals did the same, instead posing with a severed head.
Clashes intensified on Thursday afternoon between extremist opposition groups Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and the recently formed “Fathbito” (Be Steadfast) Operations Room, in Arab Said, just west of Idlib City—the third day of fighting between the two.
A French jihadist went on trial Thursday on terror charges amid accusations that he oversaw executions in Syria as a senior figure in the Islamic State (IS) extremist group.
An al-Qaeda branch in northwest Syria has confirmed that a US drone strike earlier this month killed one of the group’s most senior leaders, a veteran Jordanian jihadi who had been the brother-in-law of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
It is dead wrong to assume that if Israel abandons its plan, most Muslims would give up their desire to destroy Israel and replace it with an extremist Iran-style Islamic state.
TRAC’s London Analyst, Sophia Badawy has been monitoring escalating tensions between Hayy’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Tanzim Huras al-Din over the past week. After the formation of Tanzim Huras al-Din led Stand Firm Operations Room, Hayy’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has started a series of arrests on its former commanders who became part of Tanzim Huras al-Din’s Stand Firm Operations Room. Now, there is growing speculation that Tanzim Huras al-Din has already managed to take control of HTS’ Central Prison, Al-Kansarwah factory, and that the group is preparing to storm the administrative capital of HTS in Idlib, Syria. If found to be true, Abu Mohammad al-Joulani’s was right to fear that Tanzim Huras al-Din was a threat to his seat of HTS power.
The U.S. State Department issued its annual report outlining country reports on terrorism to provide a global snapshot of the threat landscape, highlighting counterterrorism progress in several key areas while acknowledging that numerous challenges lie ahead.
Over the course of the past several weeks, more Western nations have taken steps to repatriate their citizens and children of Islamic State fighters or their family members who may have been born in the caliphate.
Shamima Begum and other UK jihadists jailed in the Middle East should be allowed back into Britain in order ‘to break the cycle of extremism’, a report says.
Over the course of the past several weeks, more Western nations have taken steps to repatriate their citizens and children of Islamic State fighters or their family members who may have been born in the caliphate.