A U.S. special operations team killed the Islamic State’s second-in-command in a pre-dawn raid early Thursday morning inside Syria, senior defense officials said Friday as Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the U.S. has taken out several key terrorists in recent days.
The government of Belgium on Thursday admitted it could have done more to prevent Tuesday’s Islamic State (ISIS) bombings in Brussels, as Prime Minister Charles Michel refused to accept the resignation tendered by two ministers over the fiasco.
The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum carnage, officials have told The Associated Press.
Brussels – Belgian media published on Tuesday a security camera picture of three men they said police suspected of carrying out the bombings at Brussels airport earlier that day.
The suicide bomber behind an attack in Istanbul on Saturday followed a group of Israeli tourists from their hotel before detonating himself and killing four others, according to reports on Turkish media.
DNA testing done in Turkey on Sunday confirmed that the terrorist who committed the deadly suicide bombing in Istanbul the previous day was Mehmet Ozturk, who reportedly had ties to the Islamic State, Turkish news agency Doğan reported.
Avraham Goldman, 69, was named on Sunday morning as the third Israeli victim killed in a suicide bombing attack in Istanbul on Saturday.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota police officers are the target of a so-called ISIS “kill list.”
Rochester, NY – A New York pizza shop owner who admitted he tried to recruit people for the Islamic State group was sentenced Thursday to 22 1/2 years in prison.
Armed Belgian police, with French support, were hunting one or more gunmen who wounded three officers during a raid on Tuesday in Brussels linked to the investigation of November’s Islamist attacks in Paris, officials said.