Category: ISIS

Surveillance video from outside the Coptic churches (Daily Mail)- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced a three-month state of emergency following twin church bombings by the Islamic State group that killed dozens on Palm Sunday, the deadliest attacks on the minority in recent memory. The attacks in the Nile Delta cities of Tanta and Alexandria […]

A U.S.-educated ISIS recruiter wanted by the FBI was killed in a coalition airstrike in January, the Islamic State announced Wednesday. (FOX)- Ahmad Abousamra, a 35-year-old dual U.S.-Syrian citizen who was pivotal in running an online media campaign aimed at recruiting ISIS sympathizers around the world, was on the FBI’s “most wanted” list since 2013. […]

Islamic State fighters shot down an Iraqi army helicopter over Mosul on Thursday, killing the two-member crew, the government said. (FOX)- Ground fire downed the chopper somewhere in eastern Mosul, according to defense officials. Footage from an Associated Press cameraman showed a large ball of fire with a long trail of thick black smoke as the […]

An ISIS-linked group of hackers has released a “kill list” of 8,786 names and addresses in the U.S. and U.K., calling for lone wolf attacks on the targets in a chilling video posted online. (FOX)- The hackers, known as the United Cyber Caliphate (UCC), orders those watching to: “Kill them wherever you find them.” In a […]

Islamic State killers used “sharp tools” to murder 33 people in Syria on Wednesday before dumping the bodies into a mass grave “filled with blood,” a human rights group said. (FOX)- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the slaughter was “the largest execution operation carried out by [ISIS] in 2017.” It was just the latest […]

A New Jersey teen plotted to kill Pope Francis during his 2015 visit to Philadelphia — attempting to hire a sniper to shoot him during his Papal mass, federal prosecutors say. (FOX)- Santos Colon, 17, pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to provide material support to terrorists, according to court documents. The Lindenwold resident now faces up to […]

Two Florida men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State, according to the Department of Justice. (FOX)- Dayne Antani Christian, also known as Shakur, 32, of Lake Park pleaded guilty on March 29, and Darren Arness Jackson, also known as Daoud, 51, of West Palm Beach pleaded guilty on […]

The Islamic State reportedly released its first message targeting President Trump Tuesday, saying the U.S. has “drowned” and the country is “being run by an idiot.” (FOX)- “America you have drowned and there is no savior, and you have become prey for the soldiers of the caliphate in every part of the earth, you are […]

A South Carolina man was arrested late Thursday as he prepared to board an overseas flight, where he is accused of trying to join the ISIS terror organization, according to the Justice Department. (FOX)- Zakaryia Abdin, an 18-year-old South Carolina resident, appeared in federal court Friday morning following his arrest Thursday night by FBI officials, […]

Federal prosecutors say a South Carolina man accused of trying to join the Islamic State group was previously convicted of plotting to kill American soldiers. (FOX)- Authorities confirmed to local media outlets that Zakaryia Abdin was 16 years old in 2015 when he was arrested in York County. Officials said Abdin had schemed to rob […]