ISIS

Iowa National Guard:

Sgt. William Howard, Sgt. Edgar Torres-Tovar fell in Syria

Iowa National Guardsmen Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar were killed in an ambush in the Palmyra area of Syria. Three others were wounded.

Report:

ASIO probed Sydney attacker years before Hanukkah rampage

Australian intelligence probed one of the Bondi Beach terrorists six years ago over ISIS ties, yet he joined his father in killing 15 at Hanukkah event.

Trump on deadly ISIS ambush in Syria: We will retaliate

Trump vows “very serious” retaliation after two US troops and a civilian were killed in an ISIS ambush in Syria. CENTCOM confirmed the attacker was eliminated.

Suicide Attack Stopped:

Negev resident indicted for planned bombing inspired by ISIS

A Negev resident is accused of conducting training, preparations, and attempts to obtain weapons as part of planning an attack against soldiers in Be'er Sheva.

Terrorists who planned Knesset truck bombing sentenced

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced two ISIS-aligned terrorists to 12 and 5 years in prison for planning a gas-tank truck bombing near the Knesset, noting the plot was in an advanced stage and posed a real threat to human life.

US, Syrian forces destroy 15 ISIS weapons caches in Syria

US and Syrian forces destroyed more than 15 ISIS weapons sites in southern Syria, eliminating rockets, mortars, rifles, IED materials, and drugs.

Canada

Another minor arrested on suspicion of planning an ISIS attack

In recent years, there has been a troubling rise in the number of minors involved in planning terrorist attacks in Canada, including against the Jewish community.

Syrian on trial for knife attack at Berlin Holocaust memorial

Syrian teen on trial in Berlin for February knife attack at the Holocaust memorial. Prosecutors say he supported ISIS and targeted a Jewish victim.

ISIS terror cell arrested, preventing imminent attack

Four would-be ISIS-supporting terrorists from Beit Safafa in Jerusalem arrested by security forces, thwarting imminent attack.

Canadian intel chief warns: Jews are being targeted

Canadian intelligence chief expresses concern over growing terror threat towards Jewsh community, increasing attempts by youth to harm Jews.

CENTCOM:

22 anti-ISIS operations in Syria, 5 terrorists eliminated

CENTCOM reports 22 operations against ISIS in Syria last month, killing 5 and capturing 19. The raids weakened ISIS’s ability to operate locally or globally.

Syria launches major operation to hunt ISIS cells

Syria launches a multi-province operation to dismantle Islamic State cells, timed with interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s upcoming US visit focused on counterterrorism.

ISIS-inspired

Two New Jersey men arrested in terror plot probe

Two New Jersey men arrested in an ISIS-inspired terror probe, linked to a Michigan cell that was already caught. One suspect was caught at Newark Airport en route to Syria.

FBI foils ISIS-linked terror plot in Michigan ahead of Halloween

FBI arrests multiple suspects in Michigan over ISIS-linked Halloween terror plot. Officials praise swift action that prevented a potential tragedy. Investigation continues.

PA spokesman:

'Hamas acting like ISIS in Gaza executions'

PA spokesman Anwar Rajab condemns Hamas’s public executions in Gaza, calling its tactics “ISIS-like” and accusing the group of fostering a culture of violence, theft, and terror against its own people.

PA official

Hamas using ‘ISIS-like methods’

Mohammad al-Masri, Director of the Palestinian Center for Strategic Studies, claimed that Hamas’ executions in Gaza are “a grave crime that harms national and moral values.”

British men accused of planning mass murder at Jewish event

British prosecutors say two men plotted an ISIS-inspired attack on Jews in northwest England. Weapons were smuggled in, but an undercover operative exposed the plan.

Attack foiled

Islamic State terrorist planned to detonate bomb at bus stop

Islamic State-affiliated terrorist planned to detonate a bomb at an Akko bus stop to harm IDF soldiers.

US troops eliminate senior ISIS leader in Syria raid

US forces eliminate senior ISIS member Omar Abdul Qader, who posed a direct threat to the US homeland.

IDF eliminates top ISIS leader in Gaza strike

IDF confirms the elimination of ISIS Gaza chief Muhammad Abu Zubaida, who led terror operations across Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and Sinai.

German teen guilty in terror plot targeting Taylor Swift concert

German court convicts a 16-year-old Syrian for aiding a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. The teen, an ISIS supporter, provided bomb-making instructions.

Iraqi forces eliminate ISIS terrorists in airstrike in Salahuddin

Iraqi forces carry out a precision airstrike on an ISIS hideout in Salahuddin province, killing at least three terrorists including a senior commander.

US eliminates top ISIS financier in Syria raid

US forces eliminated a senior ISIS official in a raid in northern Syria, CENTCOM announces. The official was a key financier and planner of terror attacks.

Report:

Senior ISIS commander arrested in commando raid in north Syria

Sources in Syria report that early this morning, US-led coalition forces raided the village of Āţimah in northwest Syria, near the Turkish border.

Top terrorist captured

Key ISIS hideouts destroyed in Iraqi airstrikes

Iraqi forces conduct two airstrikes, eliminating ISIS terrorists in Salahuddin and Kirkuk. A top terrorist, once linked to Al-Qaeda, also captured.

Iranian government executes spy for Israel and ISIS terrorist

Iran executes two men, one accused of spying for Israel and another linked to ISIS. Both executions follow Supreme Court rulings.

California man arrested for allegedly funding ISIS terror group

Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, a 28-year-old man from Long Beach, California, arrested for allegedly sending over $1,600 to ISIS. Department of Justice says he communicated with ISIS terrorists and expressed his intention to join the terror group.

Court gives life sentence to Swede for killing of captured pilot

Osama Krayem found guilty of war crimes and terrorism in connection with Islamic State execution video.

Three ISIS terrorists arrested, Jerusalem terror attack thwarted

Police, Shin Bet, thwart ISIS terror attack in Jerusalem, arresting three Jerusalem Arab terrorists.

Iranian Rabbi compares Israel to ISIS

Dr. Younes Hamami Lalehzar, one of the leaders of Iranian Jews, compared the 'Zionist regime' to ISIS and claimed that Israel misused the goals of Judaism.

ISIS member charged in German bar stabbing

German prosecutors charge Syrian migrant Mahmoud M., 35, with membership in the Islamic State group and attempted murder. He allegedly stabbed four people in a Bielefeld bar on May 18.

Syria:

Extremist group claims Damascus church bombing

Sunni extremist group Saraya Ansar al-Sunna claims responsibility for a Damascus church bombing that killed 25, challenging the Syrian government's assertion of ISIS involvement.

Suicide bombing tears through Damascus church

The attack occurred during a prayer service at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweil’a neighborhood

Liberman: 'Israel is arming militias in Rafah'

MK Liberman claimed that Israel is supplying weapons to crime organizations in Rafah in an attempt to weaken Hamas. Netanyahu's office did not deny the report.

Three charged in ISIS plot to bomb Israeli forces

Three Arab residents of Arara have been charged with planning a terrorist attack in Israel with direction from ISIS.

IDF, ISA arrest Al Funduq attack mastermind

Coordinated raids across Judea and Samaria net 25 arrests, including ISIS-linked operatives; weapons and terror funds confiscated.

Over ISIS attacks

Iran hands down death sentences

Iran's judiciary issues death sentences for three individuals and jailed several others involved in deadly Islamic State-claimed attacks on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz.

In Aleppo:

Syrian government targets ISIS sleeper cells

Syrian security forces conduct significant raid against ISIS hideouts in Aleppo, killing three terrorists and detaining four, marking the first publicly announced operation of its kind by the Islamist-led government in the city.

FBI foils ISIS terror plot at army base

Former National Guardsman allegedly planned mass shooting at Detroit Arsenal, provided tactical support to undercover agents posing as ISIS operatives.

Two Jerusalem Arabs who planned to join Islamic State indicted

Hasam A'jalin (34) and his brother-in-law Malik Abdullah (20) were indicted after they made contact with members of the Islamic State and worked to join the terror organization.

Two Israeli Arabs allegedly attempted to join Islamic State

Police arrested two Jerusalem residents who contacted a member of the Islamic State and even flew overseas to join the organization.

Teens charged with joining ISIS, planning attack on synagogue

Israeli Arab teen and a Palestinian Authority teen charged with planning terror attack on Lod synagogue, inspired by ISIS.

ISIS:

Israeli Arab who pledged allegiance to ISIS arrested

Police and Shin Bet arrest 17-year-old Israeli Arab from Jisr az-Zarqa, suspected of pledging allegiance to ISIS and planning to carry out a major attack in central Israel.

Nationwide raids

Iraqi forces capture seven ISIS terrorists

Iraqi security forces arrest seven wanted ISIS terrorists in a series of counter-terror operations in the provinces of Anbar, Kirkuk, and Nineveh.

Wanted 'revenge' against Israel

Tayibe resident arrested for alleged ISIS-inspired activities

The investigation found that the suspect, 21-year-old Kamal Nashaf, swore allegiance to the Islamic State and passed information about the security forces' activity to terrorists in Judea and Samaria.

Brooklyn:

Man arrested for funding ISIS operations in Syria and Turkey

Tajik national residing in Brooklyn arrested on charges of conspiring to support the Islamic State (ISIS) by transferring tens of thousands of dollars to ISIS supporters in Turkey and Syria.

Morocco busts ISIS-linked cell planning terror attacks

Moroccan authorities reveal that a dozen individuals were arrested who were allegedly plotting attacks on behalf of ISIS in the Sahel.

Turkey:

ISIS terrorist arrested over plot to attack synagogues

Turkish authorities arrest ISIS terrorist who plotted attacks on synagogues and Jewish schools in Istanbul, The suspect entered Turkey legally from a European country, according to local reports.

Austria:

Local authorities confirm stabbing was ISIS attack

Authorities in Austria officially announced that the stabbing attack in the city of Villach, resulting in the death of a 14-year-old, was an act of terrorism connected to ISIS.

Shocking:

Gaza child recites ISIS founder's vow to destroy Israel

Al Jazeera publishes a video of a boy in northern Gaza reciting by heart a speech by former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi vowing to destroy the Jews in Israel and turn the country into their graveyard.

Italy:

ISIS operative arrested for planning attack on Jews

A 30-year-old Moroccan man was arrested in Naples, suspected of planning a terror attack against the Jewish community. He is charged with international terrorism.

Police and ISA reveal:

Minor planned to join ISIS, began making explosives

Bedouin Arab minor, age 16, arrested for planning to join ISIS, preparing explosives for use in terror attacks.

Syria foils ISIS attack on Shiite shrine near Damascus

Syria's new government says it successfully foiled a plan by ISIS to detonate a bomb at a Shiite shrine in Sayyida Zeinab, a suburb of Damascus. Members of the cell arrested.

US Army targets ISIS in Iraq and Syria

CENTCOM says it and its partner forces conducted operations in Iraq and Syria, from December 30 to January 6, targeting known ISIS locations. One Coalition member was killed but no US personnel were harmed.

Toronto-area teen arrested over plans to join ISIS

Teen from Newmarket, Ontario, was arrested last month on suspicion of planning to travel abroad to join ISIS, according to report.

Biden on New Orleans attack:

'The suspect was inspired by ISIS'

US President says authorities are investigating whether there is any possible connection between the New Orleans attack and the explosion of a Tesla truck outside Trump hotel in Vegas.

Suspect identified

15 dead, dozens wounded, in New Orleans ramming attack

Two police officers shot after vehicle rams dozens of New Year's partygoers in New Orleans. At least 15 reported dead.

Amid fight against ISIS

Pentagon acknowledges doubling US forces in Syria

Pentagon press secretary acknowledges the US has quietly more than doubled its troop presence in Syria to combat ISIS. Approximately 2,000 US forces are now stationed there.

Druze mayor:

We fear that ISIS will take over Syria

The mayor of Ein Qiniyye, which sits adjacent to the border, described the Druze community's feelings after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

Blinken warns:

'ISIS might exploit the situation in Syria'

US Secretary of State cautions that ISIS might exploit the current situation in Syria to regain strength, but stresses the United States' resolve to prevent that from happening.