IS Bomb Kills More Than 20 Displaced People in Syria
At least 20 internally displaced persons were killed by a car bomb Friday in Syria — an attack blamed on Islamic State. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor put the death toll at 26, adding that 12 of the victims were children. Syrian state broadcaster SANA said that 30 others were injured at a […]
Boston Jihadi Plot Gets Top ISIS Leader in Syria Killed
It was dark and dank early on the morning of June 2, 2015, as a pelting rain slicked the roads and pinged off the windows of a townhouse in the bucolic blue-collar Boston neighborhood of Roslindale. The noise woke Usaamah Abdullah Rahim with a start just before 5 a.m., but he was happy to be […]
Scrambling to Track Islamic State Terrorists, Coalition Turns to Biometrics
As U.S.-backed forces made their final push into the city of Raqqa to liberate what had once been the Syrian capital of the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate, they faced a problem. Not only were the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holding IS fighters — some captured and some who had surrendered — they were also encountering […]
Bin Laden’s Son Orders Muslims to Attack Agents Of U.S.
The new face of Al-Qaeda and the son of the mastermind of the deadliest attack in U.S. history, Hamza bin Laden, released a new audio message on Tuesday, calling on Muslims around the world to avenge his father Osama’s death in 2011. In a 25-minute video titled “Osama The Fighter Against Invaders & Inciter of […]
Meet the hero NYPD cop who shot the Manhattan terror suspect, saving countless lives
ryan nash nypd The young officer who took down Tuesday’s terror suspect in Manhattan has been identified as 28-year-old Ryan Nash. He was responding to a report of a suicidal 17-year-old girl when he found himself in a situation that he’ll undoubtedly remember for the rest of his life. He was at the high school […]
World Economic Forum: Silicon Valley Must Stem IS Violent Content
The World Economic Forum’s human rights council report issued on Monday, warns that tech companies might risk tougher regulations by governments to limit freedom of speech if they do not stem the publishing of violent content by Islamic State and the spread of misinformation. The report urged tech companies to employ thorough monitoring on their […]
Isis Leader Abu Bakr Al-baghdadi Speaks in New Audio
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has released a new audio message delivered by its elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who had not spoken since November 2016, in which he mentions North Korea’s “nuclear threat to the U.S.” The audio suggests he remains alive despite speculation over his fate. “The North Koreans have begun threatening […]
Islamic State’s Hacking Skills Are ‘Garbage,’ Says Senior Security Researcher
Islamic State group hackers hinder the group because of their poor coding abilities, according to security researchers. Kyle Wilhoit, a senior security researcher at DomainTools, said ISIS creates easily crackable encryption programs. The United Cyber Caliphate (UCC) was created when 17 different hacker groups pledged allegiance to ISIS. The group’s coding skills are “garbage,” Wilhoit […]
UN Team to Collect Evidence of Islamic State War Crimes in Iraq
The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to establish an investigative team to help Iraq secure evidence of atrocities committed by Islamic State militants “that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.” Britain, which drafted the resolution, said the team would bring some justice to those who had experienced atrocities at […]
ISIS’s Dream Is Dead, But Its Violence Lives On
At its height, the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) was more than just a self-proclaimed caliphate spanning an extensive part of the Middle East, it was an international sensation with a clear vision. Its rapid, violent sweep across two of the most symbolically significant nations in Islamic history appealed to tens of thousands of supporters […]