Violence and Security

FBI Sting Leads to Arrest of US Activists Using Boogaloo Bois to Link With Hamas

September 09, 2020

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Counterterrorism Division used a sting operation to apprehend to US citizens charged with using the Minnesota activities of the Boogaloo Bois, a group whose ideological goal is the overthrow of the US government, as a platform for networking with and supporting the Islamist extremist activities of Hamas.
IS Militants Continue Destabilization of Tunisia with Attack in Tourist Area

September 09, 2020

Islamic State (IS) sympathizers claimed responsibility for a vehicular-and-knife attack in Tunisia on a National Guard patrol in one of the country’s tourist locales, continuing the Islamist extremist group’s destabilizing terrorist episodes that have targeted the fragile democracy begun with the Arab Spring events launched in 2011 the North African country.
US DOJ Seizes Websites Used by AZ Front Companies Tied to Iranian Militias

September 09, 2020

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the seizure of two websites owned and operated by an Arizona-based company linked to Iran-based militias of Kataib Hezbollah that are operating in Iraq.
Caliphate Cache Shows Global Scope and Sophistication of Digital Activities by IS

September 08, 2020

UK-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has released a new report on the 90,000 items of digital information knowns as the "Caliphate Cache," an IS-curated, massive, multi-lingual digital repository that uses diverse social media platforms and other cyber tools to share information on the training, recruitment, radicalization, and networking of IS fighters.
French Security Head Warns of Extremely High Risk of Islamist Terrorism as Charlie Hebdo Trial Begins

September 08, 2020

The head of France's General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) warned that the country remains vulnerable to the "extremely high risk" of terrorist attacks by Sunni Islamists, based on thwarted attacks over the past several years and the current context of the start of the trial of individuals charged for the deadly violence in 2015 perpetrated against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Hamas Supports Proxy's Use of Explosive Balloons to Terrorized Israel

August 31, 2020

Gaza-based Islamist extremist group Hamas is supporting a proxy, Humat al-Aqsa (HAA), to use incendiary balloons launched from Gaza, along with more conventional mortar and rocket launches, into Israel, recorded in propaganda videos used by the HAA to recruit and radicalize members.
West Africa's Jihadists Continue Destabilization with Lethal Attack in Nigeria

August 31, 2020

West Africa's expanding jihadist groups, led by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Nigeria's Boko Haram, continue ot destablize the region, staging another lethal attack on a civilian convoy travling along the exposed highway linking Nigeria and Cameroon.
Turkey-Hamas Ties & Links With Muslim Brotherhood Highlight Islamist Alliance

August 31, 2020

Turkey and Hamas continue to expand the scope of their ties, with a recent visit of high-level Hamas leadership to Turkey amplifying a range of political-economic and intelligence linkages among Turkey's Islamist regime and the Hamas and Muslim Brother organizations.
IS Plays Long Game in Persistent Strategy of Radicalization & Recruitment of India's Muslim Population

August 31, 2020

The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) continues to feature prominently Indian Muslims on its jihadist propaganda and social-media platforms, in an incremental effort at the long game of recruitment and radicalization of the world's third-largest Muslim population to Islamist ideology and violence in South Asia and beyond.
Turkish-Backed Islamist Militias Kidnap Christian Converts in Northern Syria

August 26, 2020

Turkish-backed militias in the northern Syria region of Afrin, heavily comprised of former IS and Al Qaeda fighters, recently kidnapped 14 Kurdish converts to Christianity, exacerbating the flight of Christians from the region and intensifying the use of kidnappings, ransoms, and apostasy as an Islamist weapon against non-Muslims under the control of Syria's pro-Turkish Islamist militias.