Al-Qaida-linked fighters attacked Syrian government positions Sunday on the edge of the country’s last rebel stronghold, triggering intense clashes that killed nearly three dozen combatants across both sides, opposition activists said.
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Counter terrorism police fear ISIS cells are being reactivated to plot attacks across Europe after second terror arrest in Spain
Counter terrorism police are investigating whether sleepers from Islamic State have been reactivated to carry out attacks around Europe.
Read More »Jewish extremist convicted in arson that killed Arab toddler
An Israeli district court on Monday convicted a Jewish extremist of murder in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents, a case that had sent shock waves through Israel and helped fuel months of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
Read More »Cardiff man jailed in Spain for terror offences
A web designer from Cardiff has been jailed for seven years in Spain for financing and supporting terrorism.
Read More »Iraqi Army Launches Operation to Track ISIS Militants near Syria Border
The Iraqi army launched operation Desert Lions to pursue ISIS remnants across the Jazirah desert north of the Anbar, south of the Nineveh and west of the Salaheddine provinces all the way to the border with Syria.
Read More »Fears missing ISIS millions are hidden in cryptocurrency ready for use as war chest
ISIS is using cryptocurrency platforms to conceal donations and get around financial security measures, experts have revealed after a surge in advertising for donations.
Read More »Tactical Change Or Withdrawal? Iran's Syria Strategy Analyzed Amid Reports Of Force Reductions
Some nine years after Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) deployed military advisers and fighters to Syria to prop up the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, Israeli and U.S. officials have said Tehran is reducing its presence in Syria.
Read More »Khamenei Threatens The US With Expulsion From Iraq And Syria
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says the United States will be “expelled from Iraq and Syria,” adding that “The U.S. government’s long-term performance has led to abhorrence by a major part of the world.”
Read More »IntelBrief: One Foot In, One Foot Out: The Muddled U.S. Approach to the Middle East
Bottom Line Up Front The United States recently announced plans to remove two Patriot anti-missile systems from Saudi Arabia, which could be accompanied by a further drawdown of other U.S. military capabilities in the region.The removal of the Patriot missile batteries is emblematic of the Trump administration’s schizophrenic policy on …
Read More »IntelBrief: Instability in Iraq During Leadership Transition
Bottom Line up Front Iraq’s new government will struggle to extricate the country from its role as an arena for conflict between Iran and the United States, or necessarily set Iraq on a course for long-term stability.
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