Terrorists continue to adapt their methods and narratives to exploit global events, digital technology, and societal vulnerabilities. The EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (EU TE-SAT) 2024, published today by Europol, provides a detailed overview of the evolving terrorism landscape in the European Union in 2023.
In today’s changing world, terrorist actors are continuously adapting their narratives, outreach and activities in response to the most recent geopolitical and socioeconomic developments.
Read more…
Source: Europol
Sign up for Counter-IED Report Newsletter
Related:
- Drones and Violent Nonstate Actors in Africa
August 5, 2021
The risk of militarization of drone technology in Africa represents a new asymmetric tool that violent nonstate groups may deploy to extend the reach of their lethality, reshaping the African battlefield. In late 2016, the Islamic State (ISIS) reached an important milestone during the battle to secure the city of Mosul in Northern Iraq. In what ...
- ISIS attacks increase In Syria and Iraq due to ‘well-entrenched’ insurgency – Pentagon
August 4, 2021
Islamic State (ISIS) attacks in Iraq and Syria increased between April and July as they continue to operate a “low-level” but “well-entrenched” insurgency in rural areas, the Pentagon said in its latest quarterly report. “ISIS-claimed attacks increased compared to previous quarters, with a notable rise during Ramadan,” said the report released on Tuesday, covering events from ...
- The Pentagon says its new AI can see events ‘days in advance’
August 4, 2021
The US military is testing the use of cutting-edge data gathering tools combined with artificial intelligence to predict enemies’ next moves with up to days of advance. Speaking at a press conference, the commander of the US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) Glen VanHerck revealed that trials have been on-going to improve the military’s use of data when ...
- Afghanistan: 8 Killed, 20 Wounded in Attack on Acting Defense Minister’s House
August 3, 2021
At least eight people, including a woman, were killed and more than 20 others were wounded in a car bomb blast near the residence of Acting Defense Minister Gen. Bismillah Mohammadi on Tuesday night, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. The attack took place at around 8pm local time in Shirpoor area in Kabul’s District 10 ...
- South Africa: G4S van bombed and guard shot in cash-in-transit heist
August 3, 2021
Armed assailants bombed a G4S cash vehicle after shooting and injuring the driver on the road between KaNyamazane and KaBokweni this afternoon. The Mpumalanga Hawks’ spokesperson, Capt Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi, said three armed men forced the G4S vehicle to a standstill and shot the front right and rear tyres. Sekgotodi said the driver and two ...
- CISA and FBI join forces to prevent bomb-making with Operation Flashpoint
August 2, 2021
WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have launched a 90-day pilot program called “Operation Flashpoint” across CISA’s southeastern region to build awareness in communities about how to prevent bomb attacks. As part of this pilot, CISA and FBI officials are encouraging businesses and the public ...
- Niger: Fifteen soldiers killed in ambush in Tillaberi Region
August 2, 2021
Suspected terrorists ambush soldiers near Niger’s border with Burkina Faso, killing 15 of them and wounding seven others. The attack took place in the Torodi area of the Tillaberi region that lies along the common border, Niger’s defense ministry said in a statement. The ministry said the attackers first ambushed the soldiers and then struck them with ...
- Philippines: IED found in Occidental Mindoro town
August 2, 2021
An improvised explosive device (IED) was found Monday in Rizal town in Occidental Mindoro province, according to a police report. Danilo Espartero, village chief in Sto. Niño, Rizal, reported to the police that one of their residents found an IED at Busuanga River near West Island about 8 a.m. The police responded and recovered the unexploded IED ...
- US Navy says drone strike hit oil tanker off Oman, killing 2
August 1, 2021
U.S. Navy explosive experts believe a “drone strike” targeted an oil tanker that came under attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, killing two on board, the American military said Saturday. The strike Thursday night on the oil tanker Mercer Street marks the first-known fatal attack after years of assaults on commercial shipping ...
- North Carolina: Charlotte police see uptick in homemade explosives
July 29, 2021
There is an uptick in homemade explosives, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Officials say they believe boredom and isolation is contributing to some people making more explosives. They are reminding everyone that making explosives is illegal at the state and federal levels. Sgt. Chris Strong with the department’s bomb squad says you don’t know what you’re ...
- Russia: Terrorist cell leader eliminated in Siberian city, FSB says
July 29, 2021
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has eliminated a leader and a participant of the IS terrorist group (outlawed in Russia) who was plotting terror acts in Tyumen. The FSB Public Relations Center told TASS on Thursday that they offered armed resistance when being detained. While searching the site and the terrorists, a ready-to-use homemade explosive device ...
- India: 2 Bengal policemen injured in crude bomb explosion in North 24 Parganas
July 29, 2021
Two police personnel were injured in a crude bomb explosion in Jagatdal area of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Wednesday. Unidentified men allegedly hurled bombs at the police on Atchala Bagan road in Jagaddal on Wednesday night, as per reports. More personnel have been deployed at the site of the incident following the ...
- Philippines: Troops seize bombs in South Cotabato province
July 27, 2021
Troops have seized improvised bombs, bomb-making materials and other personal belongings following a clash with a group of Daulah Islamiyah terrorists in South Cotabato, the military said Tuesday, July 27. Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), said the troops were conducting focused military operations when they clashed Saturday, July 24, ...
- UN says five peacekeepers injured in attack in northern Mali
July 26, 2021
Five U.N. peacekeepers were injured in an attack using an improvised explosive device in Mali’s restive north Monday, the United Nations said. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said a quick reaction force was immediately sent to the site in Aguelhok in the Kidal region and the wounded peacekeepers were taken to a hospital. No other details were ...
- Mapping the advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan
July 26, 2021
The resurgent Taliban have taken more territory in Afghanistan in the last two months than at any time since they were ousted from power in 2001. Over the last 20 years, the control map of Afghanistan has been an ever-changing canvas. Here, we look at the fluctuating picture of who controls which areas. It appears the Taliban ...
- Pakistan: At least 4 injured in IED blast in Quetta
July 26, 2021
At least four people were injured on Monday while a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle was damaged in a blast in Hazar Ganji, a locality on the outskirts of Quetta, officials said. In a statement, a spokesman for the Balochistan Counter-Terrorism Department said that at 07:40am an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion took place outside the main ...
- UN Experts: Africa Became Hardest Hit by Terrorism This Year
July 24, 2021
Africa became the region hardest hit by terrorism in the first half of 2021 as the Islamic State and al-Qaida extremist groups and their affiliates spread their influence, boasting gains in supporters and territory and inflicting the greatest casualties, U.N. experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said in a report to the ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Drone carrying 5 kg ‘ready to use’ IED material shot down
July 24, 2021
Jammu and Kashmir Police shot down a drone carrying a 5 kg improvised explosive device (IED) material in “ready to use” condition near the International Border at Gurah Pattan, in Akhnoor sector of Jammu, early Friday, the police said. Carrying IED in “ready-to-use condition”, it was an assembled hexa copter with parts made in China, Taiwan ...
- UN Warns of Expanding Threat from Daesh, al Qaeda in Afghanistan
July 24, 2021
The United Nations in a new report is warning that the threat from terror groups such as Daesh and al Qaeda is expanding in many places in Afghanistan where the security situation remains fragile with uncertainty surrounding the peace process and a risk of further deterioration. The report by the UN Security Council, published Thursday, says ...
- Omagh bomb: ‘Real prospect attack could have been prevented’
July 23, 2021
It is plausible that there was a real prospect the 1998 Omagh bombing could have been prevented by the security services, a judge has ruled. Mr Justice Mark Horner also called for new investigations on both sides of the Irish border. He made the ruling at Belfast High Court in a case brought by Michael Gallagher, whose ...
- Burkina Faso : 3 soldiers killed, 5 hurt in Sanmatenga Province
July 21, 2021
Three soldiers and a militiaman were killed as two blasts hit a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso last week, the army confirmed late on Tuesday. The incident happened last Friday near the town of Dablo when a joint force of army, police, and gendarmerie personnel was returning from an operation, the military said in a ...
- Ukrainian soldier wounded in IED blast in JFO area
July 21, 2021
A Ukrainian Joint Forces serviceman has been wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the area of responsibility of the North operational and tactical group in eastern Ukraine, the group has reported on its Facebook page. “The soldier was promptly given first aid and taken to a medical facility. His condition is satisfactory,” the ...