IC Finds ‘Greater Immediate Domestic Threat’ from Wide Range of Lone Actors Than ISIS
"A lot of these violent extremism threats don't fit into nice, neat ideological buckets," FBI director warns. Keep Reading
‘A Caliphate That Gathered’: Addressing the Challenge of Jihadist Foreign Fighter Hubs
By devoting resources to areas of concentrated recruitment, the Biden administration can reduce the scope of future Middle East conflicts along with the likelihood that U.S. troops will once again be drawn into them. Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: Which Lessons Learned from the War on Terror Can Help Us Confront Domestic Terrorism?
In light of the recent Capitol Hill riots, there has been a growing realization that domestic terrorism is now a greater threat to the homeland than internationally linked militant jihadist threats from groups like ISIS, al Qaeda, al Shabaab, etc. Keep Reading
AI, Augmented Reality Could Allow Terrorists to Wage More ‘Spectacular’ Attacks, Intel Warns
NIC: Global jihadist groups will likely be "largest, most persistent" terrorism threat over next 20 years. Keep Reading
ISIS Perception of Far-Right and Far-Left Political Movements in the West
ISIS propaganda frequently referred to its desire to attack and conquer the city of Rome, perceived and defined as the hearth and capital of Europe, even if Italy appears as relatively immune to intense jihadi activities, including homegrown jihadism. Keep Reading
Mass Kidnapping in Central Syria Reveals Dynamics of ISIS Resurgence
After an ISIS cell attacked and kidnapped civilians in Syria’s Hamah province, the group made the unprecedented move to free its captives in exchange for family members held in regime prisons. Keep Reading
ISIS Supporter Who Knew Westminster Attacker Committed 15 Terror Offenses After Release from Prison
A convicted ISIS supporter who knew the Westminster attacker has admitted disseminating terrorist propaganda after his release from jail. Keep Reading
Rochester Doctor Charged with Supporting Terrorism to Plead Insanity
Federal investigators say Masood was planning to fly to Los Angeles and meet with someone there who he believed would help him get on a cargo ship that would take him to territory controlled by ISIS. Keep Reading
The Routinization of the Islamic State’s Global Enterprise
In 2020, the Islamic State changed tack on its branding efforts. After years of focusing its global media efforts on the activities of its enterprise in Syria and Iraq, last year saw the group shift focus onto its pursuits in Sub-Saharan Africa more than anywhere else. Keep Reading
Illinois Man Sentenced for Furnishing Cell Phones to Use in ISIS Attacks
Edward Schimenti, 39, of Zion was convicted by a federal jury in 2019 on one count of conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS, and one count of making false statements to the FBI. Keep Reading
ISIS Cyber Group Launches Cloud, Chat Platforms to ‘Close Ranks’ Online
Online jihadists say the development was necessary due to "restriction of technology companies." Keep Reading
Air Force Continues to Pound ISIS Targets in Iraq
The jets took part in a combined air and partner ground operation against ISIS targets in Iraq’s Salah-al-Din Governate, according to a tweet from Yahia Rasool, spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense. Keep Reading
Couple Arrested at New Jersey Seaport While Allegedly Attempting to Travel Overseas to Join ISIS
Bradley explained that if he could not leave the United States because he might be on a terrorism watch list, he would do “something” in the United States instead, referring to carrying out an attack, said FBI. Keep Reading
How Do Those Vulnerable to Terror Recruitment Respond to YouTube Counter-Narrative Videos?
As the premiere video-sharing application, YouTube has been particularly useful to terrorist groups, including ISIS. As such, it has also been a target for counter terrorism efforts, namely the use of counter narrative videos to disrupt and refute the messages put forth by these groups. Keep Reading
Mozambique Attacks Underscore ISIS Threat Outside Old Caliphate, Says U.S. Envoy
Godfrey stressed that "ensuring the enduring global defeat of ISIS will entail effectively countering ISIS branches and networks outside of Iraq and Syria, and we as a coalition recognize that." Keep Reading
Hyper-Reality, Identity and Mediatisation – A Sociological Reflection on the Pro-Islamic State Online Community
During the opening months of 2021 several pro-Islamic State unofficial media outlets have produced and shared a vast amount of video productions, both short and long, sophisticated as well as seemingly improvised. Keep Reading
No Child’s Play: IS Propaganda Videos and the Recruitment of Children
Imagine the horror of seeing a child in a video executing an individual. Islamic State (IS) raised the brutality of their violence by showcasing children as executioners in their propaganda videos. Keep Reading
Mozambique Military Launches Offensive After ISIS Attack
Fighting around the strategic Mozambique town of Palma entered a second day on Thursday as ISIL-linked fighters occupied and ransacked it despite French energy giant Total claiming it was secure. Keep Reading
ISIS Magazine: Stop Dancing on ‘Tok-Tok’ and Making ‘Aimless and Stupid’ YouTube Videos
Terror group slams videos made "insulting, mocking and ridiculing people and then sharing those videos on YouTube, Facebook etc where thousands more idiotic men and women view it and laugh at it." Keep Reading
How Jordan Can Deal with Jordanian ISIS Fighters Still in Syria
Interest in the issue of terrorist repatriation has returned to the forefront of media coverage in recent weeks, especially after Iraq tried and sentenced to death eleven French nationals who had joined ISIS, causing an eruption of angry official and popular reactions in France. Keep Reading