US-backed Kurdish Forces Move Toward Raqqa
On May 24th, a large regiment of Kurdish militia, backed by U.S. airstrikes, began an offensive towards the Syrian city...
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Iraqi Forces Reclaim Town of Rutbah From Islamic State
On Friday, May 20, 2016, United States (U.S.) military officials announced that Iraqi forces reclaimed the town of Rutbah from...
Questions Remain Over What Happened To Egyptair Flight MS804
On Thursday afternoon, USA Today reported that an international search and rescue effort led Egypt, Greece, and the United States...
Ohio Islamic State Cell Slipped Under the Radar
An NBC News report listed 15 Americans with connections to the Islamic State (IS), including a cell featuring three residents...
Multiple Bombings Rock Baghdad Neighborhoods
Four separate explosions occurred in Baghdad in the early morning of May 17th, 2016, claiming at least 70 lives and...
Chechen President Says Suicide Bombers Were Not Terrorists
Shortly before 7:00 AM On May 9, 2016, two heavily armed men disguised as goat herders confronted Chechen police at...
Afghan Terrorists Planned to Attack London
On Wednesday, May 10, 2016, Italian police detained two Afghan men in the Southern Italian city of Bari, for having...
German Train Stabbing Isolated Incident or Undisclosed Terrorist Attack?
At around 5:00 AM On Tuesday, May 9, 2016, a 27-year old German man began stabbing passengers at the Grafing...
Kenyan Police Bust Jihadist Plotting Biological Attack
On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, Kenya's General of Police Joseph Boinnet announced that they had cell of jihadist medics linked...
U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Iraq While Advising Peshmerga Forces
At 9:30 AM on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, a United States (US) serviceman, identified as a U.S. Navy Seal, was...
Spain’s Chaotic Election Overshadows Recent Revelations About Islamic State Threat
Last December Spain held its national elections and four months later, a fractured and divided parliament has still proven unable...
Iraqi’s Heed Call of Shiite Cleric and Demand Government Reform
On Tuesday, April 26, 2016, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is attempting to reorganize his cabinet amongst civil unrest and...
Islamic State and al-Shabaab On Collision Course Over Somalia
The Islamic State (IS) claimed its first terrorist attack on Monday using an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to destroy an...
Abu Sayyaf Kidnapping Enterprise Puts Philippines on Edge
Last Friday a home video depicted two Canadians, Robert Hall and John Ridsdel, with machetes being held to their throat...
U.K. Border Forces Lack Powers To Deter Terrorists
A whistle blower within the United Kingdom's (U.K.) Home Office told the Guardian that the Border Forces, the country's immigration...
Chad Refuses to Help U.S. with Libya Unity Government
In a rare appearance before foreign journalists, Chadian President Idriss Deby said that Chad would not help the U.S.-backed effort...