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Nigerian troops have thwarted an alleged attempt by Boko Haram insurgents to plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the Maiduguri-Damboa highway in Borno State, while troops conducting a separate operation in Kaduna State arrested two suspected kidnappers. The incidents occurred Read More …
Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, New York, made her initial appearance today in federal court on charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, ISIS. “As alleged, Bowie plotted to deploy an explosive device at the New York State Read More …
Eighteen terrorists belonging to an Indian proxy were killed in a premature blast of an old improvised explosive device (IED) and a follow-up operation, while three civilians were killed in Surab District of Balochistan on Wednesday. On the morning of Read More …
Syrian security forces have arrested a nine-member cell affiliated with Daesh in the southern province of Quneitra, authorities said Sunday, as a stepped-up campaign targets the militant group’s networks and supply lines. The Internal Security Forces, working with the General Read More …
Syria’s Internal Security Forces announced on Friday they neutralized two ISIS militants who were planting an explosive device in the Sayyidah Zaynab area of the Damascus countryside during a nighttime patrol on roads leading to military barracks and government facilities. In a statement, the Internal Security Forces Read More …
At least six people were injured, one of them critically, after the vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) in what is suspected to be an Al Shabaab attack in Mandera County. The incident occurred Read More …
Military authorities have declared some senior commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) wanted, following forensic analyses of electronic devices recovered during recent combat operations in the Lake Chad region of Borno State. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Read More …
Five suspected Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists, including an alleged medical officer and four Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, specialists, have reportedly been killed in a premature explosion while assembling explosives in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. Read More …
Somalia’s Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab said it seized a strategic location in central Somalia on Sunday after intense fighting with government forces, a claim confirmed to AFP on Monday by locals in nearby areas. Somalia has been battling the Al-Shabaab insurgency for around two Read More …
Terrorist groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East and North-West are increasingly adapting their tactics by exploiting public infrastructure, with recent military and police operations reportedly uncovering evidence that components from solar street lights are being repurposed for improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Read More …
Boko Haram fighters have increasingly turned to artificial intelligence tools to improve their operations, using chatbots to obtain technical guidance on attacks, weapons and battlefield tactics, according to a report by The New York Times on Friday. Citing a study Read More …
Ten terror suspects have been arrested in Morocco over claims they pledged allegiance to ISIS and planned to carry out a car-bomb attack. Members of the alleged terrorist cell had received instructions from ISIS leaders in Africa, said Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations. Read Read More …
A militant rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the provincial headquarters of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers in Karachi on Saturday, 27th June, triggering an intense exchange of gunfire with security forces, police and witnesses said. Ambulances rushed to the scene as Read More …
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have recorded significant operational gains against terrorist groups in the North-East, neutralising improvised explosive device (IED) threats, repelling insurgent attacks and disrupting terrorist logistics networks in a series of coordinated operations conducted between June 16 Read More …
ISIS has claimed a series of attacks in Syria, including an IED strike near Damascus and a reported assault on security forces in Raqqa. The extremist group Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed a new attack in Syria, with Syrian state media Read More …
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have intensified counter-terrorism operations in Borno State, leading to the recovery of explosives and ammunition as well as the arrest of a suspected logistics supplier allegedly linked to terrorist elements. The operations, conducted in Damboa Read More …
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, have rescued 92 civilians abducted by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists along the Buratai–Kamuya Road in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The rescue operation, carried out on Read More …
The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service announced on Sunday the killing of three of its personnel and the injury of four others following the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) left behind by ISIS mercenaries in the Al-Hadar desert, southwest of Read More …
No fewer than six suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed following a premature Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that detonated in the Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. Security sources said the incident occurred Read More …
The suspect was detained by officers from the Policia Nacional following an investigation into his alleged links to ISIS ideology and extremist propaganda. He is suspected of alleged membership of a terrorist group, glorification of terrorism, self-training, self-indoctrination and the indoctrination Read More …