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Iranian-Backed Forces Capture IS Leader's HQ
June 06, 2017
The capture by Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite forces of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdad's headquarters in the Iraqi town of Baaj is a victory that will allow a shift in anti-IS military efforts to the Syrian front but also raises questions about the likely expansion of Iranian Shiite influence in any post-caliphate Iraq and Syria.
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Australian Criminal Stages IS Hostage Incident
June 06, 2017
Melbourne police killed an Australian citizen with a long criminal record in a shootout after he staged an abduction and murder in support of Islamic State (IS) calls to its worldwide supporters to attack all countries fighting in the anti-IS coalition in Iraq and Syria.
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Mosque Refuses to Funeralize Manchester Terrorist
June 06, 2017
The Manchester Central Mosque's refusal to funeralize the Islamic-State (IS) perpetrator of the attack on a Manchester concert site has renewed debate among Islamic scholars about the Koranic permissibility of high-casualty, jihadist violence against civilian targets.
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Qatar Imbroglio Lays Bare Gulf Support for Extremism
June 06, 2017
The rupture in diplomatic relations by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Egypt with Qatar due to Qatar's financing of Islamist radical and jihadi groups came on the heels of intensified British calls to address the comprehensive security threat posed by Saudi funding for the globalization of Islamist extremism and terror.
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IS Hits London with Soft-Target Strategy
June 06, 2017
The Islamic State's (IS) claim that a British IS detachment perpetrated the recent, lethal van-and-knife attack in London is consistent with the jihadi group's intensified strategy of using vehicles and common weapons to execute sensational attacks against civilian soft targets in Western countries, raising new security challenges in combating violent Islamist extremism.
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