Kenya: Police arrest alleged Al-Shabaab operative with nail bomb ingredients

The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has arrested a man in Kiambu suspected of being a terrorist linked to the Somalia-based extremist group Al-Shabaab. The suspect, a 41-year-old man, led detectives to his house in Riruta area of Dagoreti, Kiambu Read More …

Pakistan: ‘Key Daesh commanders’ among 13 rounded up by Punjab CTD

The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it has arrested 13 alleged terrorists including “three key Daesh commanders” during an intelligence-based operation from different cities of the province. In a statement issued today, the CTD said the arrested Read More …

ISIS deploys cryptocurrency, NATO-grade weapons to revive its reign of terror

Islamic State terrorist group is reported to be using regional versions of cryptocurrency, including so-called stablecoins, and is increasingly relying on virtual assets for international funds transfers, according to a UN report. The 17th report of the Secretary-General on the Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban say dozens of Pakistanis involved in recent attacks

Kabul’s Taliban authorities said on Wednesday that dozens of Dai’sh militants from Pakistan have been killed or captured in Afghanistan in the past year. The statement came days after Islamabad blamed Afghans for involvement in suicide attacks on its territory. Read More …

US military conducts operations in Lamu against al Shabaab

The US military staged a high-level military operation at Magogoni Airfield in Lamu County to counter the threat posed by al Shabaab. According to a statement issued on Saturday, the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) said the high-stakes Read More …

Israel: IDF uncovers bomb factory in Jenin

Israeli forces located an explosives workshop in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday containing hundreds of IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) as well as mines intended for use against armored vehicles. The fighters also confiscated radios and military equipment and an Read More …

Managing exits from violent extremist groups: lessons from the Lake Chad Basin

Some Lake Chad Basin countries (Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria) have been dealing with violent extremism for over a decade. Disarmament, demobilisation, repatriation, reintegration and resettlement processes in these countries may offer useful lessons for other West African contexts, including Read More …

US Imposes Sanctions on 20 Individuals and 29 Firms in Maldives Over Terror Links

The United States has designated 20 individuals and 29 companies as being operatives and facilitators for the terror groups, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qa’ida in the Indian Ocean state of Maldives. The announcement by the US Read More …

Pakistan, Iran to work together to stop militant border attacks

The top military leadership of Pakistan and neighboring Iran agreed to step up cooperation and intelligence sharing and take “effective actions” to prevent attacks by separatist militants along their porous border, Pakistani officials said Monday. The agreement was reached during Read More …

Somalia: At least 18 Al-Shabaab members killed in Danab force operation

The Danab commandos carried out operations against Al-Shabaab in the villages between the Gal’ad district and the Bud-bud of ​​Galgudud region. Officials of the military forces who spoke to the state media said that they have inflicted a great loss Read More …

Syria: US says it killed ISIL leader Osama al-Muhajer in drone strike

The United States military says it has killed a leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group in eastern Syria in a drone strike. The strike on Friday resulted in the death of Osama al-Muhajer, the US Central Command said in a Read More …

Turkish police arrest ‘high-ranking’ Daesh/ISIS terrorist in Istanbul

Turkish police on Thursday arrested a suspected Daesh/ISIS terrorist in Istanbul, Türkiye’s largest city. Shamil Hukumatov of Tajikistan is a “high-ranking” terrorist of the Daesh/ISIS Khorasan branch and is believed to have been involved in new recruits for the terrorist Read More …

Nigeria: NAF destroys explosive factory in air raids in Borno state

Scores of fighters of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) have been reportedly killed in military airstrikes. According to a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, a factory used in making vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED) in Read More …

Ethiopia says it foiled al-Shabab attack near border with Somalia

Ethiopia says it foiled a suicide attack by the armed group al-Shabab at a border town with Somalia. The Ethiopian army “stopped the attackers in their tracks before they could wreak havoc” in the Ethiopia-Somalia border town of Somali Region Read More …

Pakistan: CTD arrests six ‘militants’ of banned outfits in Punjab

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested six suspects belonging to different banned outfits during operations in different areas of Punjab. The spokesman says that 415 grams of explosive material, one hand grenade, one improvised explosive Read More …

Nigeria: Multi-National Joint Task Force troops eliminate 55 terrorists, destroy VBIEDs

At least 55 terrorists including several top Commanders from the Islamic State of the West African province (ISWAP) were killed by the troops of the Multi-National Joint Task (MNJTF), Force in the Fringes of Arege in Malam Fatori, in Abadam Read More …

Philippines: Nolcom neutralizes 6 NPA, recover 42 guns, IEDs

The Armed Forces-Northern Luzon Command reported on Monday, May 22, that six New People’s Army rebels were neutralized in their area of jurisdiction from Jan. 1 to present. Nolcom chief Lt. Gen. Fernyl Buca said four NPAs were apprehended, two Read More …

Syria: U.S. officials walk back claim drone strike killed senior al-Qaeda leader

U.S. military officials are walking back claims that a recent strike in Syria killed an influential al-Qaeda figure, following assertions by the dead man’s family that he had no ties to terrorists but was a father of 10 tending to Read More …

Republic of Georgia: State security service detains six Georgian citizens on terrorism charges

The State Security Service of Georgia (SSG) announced on May 17 that it had detained six Georgian citizens on charges of supporting the Islamic State terrorist organization as a result of the counter-terrorist operation conducted simultaneously in four locations. The Read More …

Nigeria: Suicide jackets, IEDs, grenades recovered from Kano, Kaduna, terrorists’ dens

The Department of State Services (DSS), in joint operations with the Nigeria Army and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has raided hideouts of insurgents/terrorists in parts of Kaduna and Kano states, even as five suspects were arrested and a variety Read More …