Posts Tagged: Islamic state
Three Killed in France in Shooting, Supermarket Hostage-Taking
Three people were killed in southwestern France on Friday when a gunman held up a car, opened fire on police and then took hostages in a supermarket,...
Netanyahu: Israeli Intelligence Helped Australia Stop Airliner Attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Israeli intelligence services had prevented the downing of an "Australian airliner" as part of wide-ranging international intelligence-sharing but gave...
Egypt Files Murder Charges Against Man Held for Coptic Church Attack
Egypt's public prosecutor has filed murder charges against a man accused of killing 11 people in an attack on a Coptic church and a Christian-owned...
Syrian Army Forces, Iran-Backed Militias Advance in Israel Border Area
Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in a...
ISIS Threatens US With Attacks in Retaliation for Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
Islamic State threatened attacks on US soil in retaliation for the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, one of the...
New York Charges Times Square Bomb Suspect With Terrorism; Official Says Attacker Watched ISIS Propaganda Online
New York officials on Tuesday said they charged a Bangladeshi man with terrorism, accusing him of setting off a pipe bomb a day earlier in...
During Surprise Syria Visit, Putin Orders Pullout of ‘Significant Part’ of Russian Forces From Country
President Vladimir Putin ordered "a significant part" of Russia's military contingent in Syria to start withdrawing on Monday, saying Moscow and Damascus had achieved their...
The Islamic State in Egypt — and at Israel’s Doorstep
JNS.org - Over the last several months, Islamic State has seen its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria evaporate at the hands of a US-backed coalition. With...
Is ISIS Dead? Not Really
As the city of Raqqa -- the capital of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) -- falls to the Free Syrian Army, the question is what the aftermath...
Spain Hunts Van Driver Who Mowed Down Barcelona Crowd, Killing 13
A manhunt was underway for the driver of a van that mowed through crowds of tourists on Barcelona's most famous avenue on Thursday, killing at...
Russia’s Terrorist Double Game
In April, a Muslim Russian national from Kyrgyzstan detonated an explosive device in St. Petersburg's subway system, killing 14 people and injuring many others. The...
Israeli Legal Rights Group Files Lawsuit Against Twitter for ‘Aiding and Abetting’ ISIS Attacks
JNS.org -- A Tel Aviv-based legal rights organization has filed a lawsuit against Twitter, claiming that the social media giant aided and abetted the Islamic State terror group in...
Brotherhood Members Gather in Washington to Attack Egyptian Government
Roughly two dozen Egyptian leaders opposed to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, some with Muslim Brotherhood connections, signed a declaration last week in Washington endorsing a civil constitution that separates...
Two East Jerusalem Residents Indicted for Planning ISIS-Inspired Attacks Against Israelis
Two residents of East Jerusalem were charged on Monday with planning an ISIS-inspired attack on Israeli security forces in the country’s capital, the Hebrew news...
