Category: Islam

Salah Abdeslam, the Paris massacre suspect who went on the run in Europe for months, is a “little jerk” who’s “falling apart” and ready to cooperate, his lawyers said as he was officially transferred from Belgium to France Wednesday. (FOX)- “He has the intelligence of an empty ashtray,” Abdeslam’s Belgian lawyer Sven Mary told the […]

Since its creation in 2009, US Cyber Command has focused its efforts mostly on sophisticated cyber-actors on the world stage, states like Iran, Russia, and North Korea. (ExtremeTech)- It acts mostly in the new realm of cyber-conflict, in which states can take digital shots at one another without getting too worried about starting a real […]

The Bangladeshi prime minister has vowed to hunt down and prosecute those who fatally stabbed two men, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, and accused the country’s opposition party and allied militants of orchestrating the attack. (CBS)- The killings Monday night were the latest in an […]

Peshmerga are the military forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. Peshmerga means “one who confronts death” or “one who faces death”. “Pesh” means to stand in front of (loosely translated as to confront or face) while “merga” means death. The overall formal head of the peshmerga is the President of Iraqi Kurdistan. Thepeshmerga force […]

Islamic extremists in the Philippines beheaded one of three Western hostages taken captive months ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Monday. (FOX)- The Abu Sayyaf terror group had issued public threats to kill one of the hostages, demanding $6.5 million for each of them by Monday afternoon. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the […]

Syrian reporter Ahmed Abu Hamza and an Al-Nusra Front commander were killed by Syrian Arab Army strike during filming an interview in which the jihadist reported on militants forces’ success in Syria’s Hama province. There are times when on the Inter-webs, that you see something that is like a train wreck. You can’t stop watching […]

The U.S. is supplementing its ground and aerial assaults on ISIS with a cyber-attack campaign, opening up a new, high-tech front in the war against the Internet-savvy terror group. (FOX)- President Obama was scheduled Monday to address future efforts against ISIS at a conference in Germany with several European leaders, The New York Times reported. […]

Islamic State oil man Abu Sayyaf was riding high a year ago. With little industry experience, he had built a network of traders and wholesalers of Syrian oil that at one point helped triple energy revenues for his terrorist bosses. (FOX)- His days carried challenges familiar to all oil executives—increasing production, improving client relations and dodging directives […]

One of the American men accused in Minnesota of trying to join the Islamic State group wanted to open up routes from Syria to the U.S. through Mexico, prosecutors said. (FOX)- Guled Ali Omar told the ISIS members about the route so that it could be used to send members to America to carry out […]

B-52 bomber takes out ISIS weapons facility in Mosul. The Pentagon released new video Thursday showing a B-52 bomber destroying an Islamic State weapons storage facility in Iraq (FOX)- the first strike from the aircraft since it joined the anti-terror fight earlier this month. The airstrike unfolded near Quyarrah outside the ISIS hub of Mosul on Monday, […]