Istanbul police arrested 15 suspects connected to the Islamic State terror group who were allegedly plotting to target synagogues and churches here, Turkish media reported on Sunday. “15 people were detained on the grounds that the so-called Khorasan Province leadership of DAESH [ISIS] ordered an action against the Swedish and Dutch Consulate Generals and places…
The Iranian caught in the trunk of a smuggler’s car illegally crossing the southern border last week wasn’t on the FBI’s terrorism watch list, as was previously reported. Except … even if he wasn’t on the list, how is this not a terrifying sign of the national security threat we face? The car-trunk Iranian highlights…
The Algeria-backed polisario group is at the heart of a money laundering scandal and shadowy terrorism financing network operated in Europe in connivance with Hezbollah, Iran-backed shiite militant group. Citing financial investigators, reports from Spain’s Guardia Civil and terrorism experts, German daily “Die Welt” has revealed lately large-scale financial dealings and transactions between the Polisario…
At least eight Israelis were killed and 12 others were wounded in a shooting attack near a synagogue in Jerusalem, the Magen David Adom medical emergency services reported Friday. The assailant was shot dead, and the wounded were taken to taken to Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital. Israel’s police said the attack happened at the Neve…
Washington — The U.S. targeted the Russia-backed Wagner Group in a new round of sanctions on Thursday, labeling the mercenary group a transnational criminal organization and accusing it of atrocities in Ukraine and around the world. The Treasury Department said it sanctioned eight individuals and 16 entities, many with ties to the Wagner Group. The…
The U.S. is offering up to US$10 million for information on Hezbollah’s financial networks in the West African country of Guinea associated with the activities of two local tycoons of Lebanese origin who were sanctioned by the Treasury in March last year. Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Shia militant group and political party in Lebanon, which…
The Iranian citizen had obtained cyanide and ricin in order to carry out a major attack Israel’s spy agency, the Mossad, provided information that led to the arrest of an Iranian who planned a major attack in Germany, a report said on Sunday. German police detained a 32-year-old Iranian citizen suspected of obtaining deadly poisons,…
BERLIN, Germany — An Iranian man has been arrested in western Germany suspected of preparing an “Islamist attack” using cyanide and ricin, police and prosecutors said Sunday. Muenster police and the Duesseldorf prosecutors’ office said in a press release that officers searched a residence in the town of Castrop-Rauxel for “toxic substances” intended to carry…
The alleged Islamic extremist who attacked multiple NYPD officers with a machete near the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square has been identified as 19-year-old Trevor Bickford — who was already on an FBI watchlist, multiple law enforcement sources said Sunday. Bickford, from Wells, Maine, is believed to have become a radicalized Muslim…
WASHINGTON – The new federal omnibus bill includes $305 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, a significant increase from the current year’s $250 million. The NSGP has been a major agenda item for many Jewish organizations. Since the terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jewish organizations have urged Congress to double…