Tag: ISIS
Afghan Man Charged With Plotting Election Day Attack on Behalf of ISIS
It is not clear where the man intended to stage the attack, though the criminal complaint said he sought to inflict mass casualties on behalf of the I [...]
C.I.A. Warning Helped Thwart ISIS Attack at Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna
The agency provided information about several suspects that led to arrests, the deputy director said.
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Should Hundreds of Millions in Seized Assets Go to ISIS Victims?
The State and Justice Departments disagree about what to do with more than half a billion dollars after a French company pleaded guilty to aiding mili [...]
U.S. Repatriates 11 American Citizens From ISIS War Camps in Syria
The group — the largest set of Americans retrieved from the war zone — was joined by a 9-year-old noncitizen whose brother is an American.
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ISIS Affiliate Linked to Moscow Attack Has Global Ambitions
The Islamic State in Khorasan is active in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran and has set its sights on Europe and beyond.
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U.S. Says ISIS Was Responsible for Deadly Moscow Concert Hall Attack
After a period of relative quiet, the Islamic State has been trying to increase its external attacks, according to U.S. counterterrorism officials.
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Evidence of crypto usage by ISIS is ‘mounting’: TRM Labs
Blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs recently released a report that presents several case studies highlighting the use of cryptocurrency by ISIS [...]
ISIS Allies Used Crypto to Raise Millions: TRM Labs
Crypto has been utilized by terrorists and insurgent groups around the world over the past few years. In 2021, global crypto exchange Binance reported [...]
Taliban Kill Head of ISIS Cell That Bombed Kabul Airport
WASHINGTON — The Taliban have killed the leader of the Islamic State cell responsible for the suicide bombing at the international airport in Kabul, A [...]
In Syria, Milley Says U.S. Troops Are Still Needed to Counter ISIS
The nearly eight-year-old American mission in the country has taken a back burner recently, but the Pentagon’s top general, in a rare visit, says it r [...]
The Supreme Court considers whether Google is responsible for ISIS terrorism
In 2015, individuals affiliated with the terrorist group ISIS conducted a wave of violence and mass murder in Paris — killing 129 people. One of th [...]
Ties to Kabul Bombing Put ISIS Leader in Somalia in U.S. Cross Hairs
Bilal al-Sudani’s financing of the ISIS branch in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. troops in 2021 elevated him on U.S. kill-or-capture lists.
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Senior ISIS Leader in Somalia Killed in U.S. Special Operations Raid
No civilians or Americans were killed or injured in the operation, officials said.
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U.S. Commandos Capture Six ISIS Officials in Raids in Syria
The operations were the second time in recent weeks that U.S. forces had killed or captured ISIS terrorists.
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Trial of Kansas Teacher Who Joined ISIS Shows Family’s Deep Scars
Allison Fluke-Ekren, a teacher from Kansas, dragged her family to Syria and forced her daughter, Leyla, to train for war on behalf of the Islamic Stat [...]