The attacks in Paris and the radical Islamist cell dismantled in Brussels have challenged the idea of the "lone wolf" terrorist who works alone, without the help of a jihadist organisation, analysts say. Every terrorist that has attempted or carried out attacks in the West in recent years - down to the Kouachi brothers
Kurdish security forces launched an offensive on the Islamic State (ISIS) group in northern Iraq Wednesday, backed by US-led air strikes, and retook villages the jihadists used to launch attacks, officials said. The Kurdish Regional Security Council said peshmerga forces, who began a "large-scale offensive" around 7:00 am (0400 GMT), retook four areas and
Iran's Chief Rabbi has blamed the Charlie Hebdo attack on the magazine's publishers themselves, Iranian media reported Tuesday night, saying that the attack was only a matter of time after the weekly published cartoons of the founder of Islam Mohammed. In a rare statement Iranian media attributed to Rabbi Mashallah Golestan Ahmadinejad, the Iranian
Thousands gathered in Tehran Wednesday at a funeral procession for a Revolutionary Guards general killed by Israel, after his commander warned the Jewish state it should "await destructive thunderbolts". General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi died alongside six terrorists from Lebanon's Hezbollah group in the attack Sunday near Quneitra on the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan
Belgian police launched a "jihadist-related" anti-terrorism operation in the eastern town of Verviers on Thursday, with reports saying there were three deaths. Public broadcaster RTBF reported three deaths and said explosions were heard at the scene, but there was no immediate confirmation. The incident comes as Europe is on high alert after 17
Security camera footage caught Hamza Matrouk, who stabbed unsuspecting citizens on a bus in Tel Aviv Wednesday morning, as he knifed another victim during the panic and chaos he caused. {youtube}gkD60pY166g{/youtube} Matrouk is seen among a group of people who are running in the street away from the bus in which he began
The UN on Tuesday decried numerous executions of civilians in Iraq by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group, warning that educated women appeared to be especially at risk. The jihadist group is showing a "monstrous disregard for human life" in the areas it controls in Iraq, the UN human rights office said. The
The Iran-backed Shi'ite terrorist organization in Yemen, the Houthis, have besieged the presidential palace in the capital city of Sana'a where they have grabbed de facto control in recent months, and even opened cannon fire on the palace to force their demands to be met. The Houthis are threatening President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, demanding
Palestinian Authority (PA) chief negotiator Saeb Erekat threatened a new approach vis-a-vis Israel in the wake of about $127 million in taxes collected for the PA being frozen, a response to the PA joining the International Criminal Court (ICC) to sue the Jewish state. Erekat, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) terrorist
Canadian special forces exchanged gunfire with Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Iraq in recent days, in the first confirmed ground battle between Western troops and ISIS, a senior officer was quoted by AFP as having said Monday. The Canadians came under mortar and machine gun fire while training Iraqi troops near front lines and
