‘Worst-case scenario’: when needed most, New Orleans barriers were missing in action Bollards were being repaired – and other barriers were down – when attacker struck, prompting questions The Guardian - US · Jan 3, 2025
New Orleans inches toward normalcy while mourning victims of deadly New Year’s rampage A mix of law enforcement, street performers and football fans is filling New Orleans’ blocks as the city inches back to normalcy The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2025
Family and investigators search for signs Texas man had planned deadly New Orleans attack Shamsud-Din Jabbar seemed smart, quiet and devout to those around him The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025
Recordings by New Orleans attack suspect express extreme religious views Audio from Shamsud-Din Jabbar contains diatribes against music, drugs, sex and other sensuous pleasures The Guardian - US · Jan 2, 2025
The Guardian view on the New Orleans attack: a familiar horror marks an anxious new year Editorial: The deadly assault on crowds in the US city echoes those elsewhere. A bigoted and kneejerk reaction will not dispel the threat from terrorism The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025
Islamic State’s force is diminished – but the threat of more lone actors looms The FBI believes the New Orleans attacker acted alone, but he has been linked to IS and such violence tends to cluster The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025
Who are Islamic State? Is Isis back after New Orleans attack? Army veteran claims he was inspired by Isis before driving into crowd Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025
New Orleans Terror Attack: 15 Killed, IS-Inspired Driver Shot Dead Tragic New Year's attack in New Orleans by U.S. Army veteran inspired by Islamic State group, leaving 15 dead and city in mourning. Top News · Jan 2, 2025
First Thing: New year terror as death toll in New Orleans attack rises to 15 Authorities think suspect acted with accomplices. Plus, woman found alive and well after going missing in 1972 The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025
New Orleans suspect and driver of exploded Cybertruck served at same US military base, report says – as it happened Both men served in the US army and were posted at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, though they did not overlap there The Guardian - US · Jan 2, 2025
No link found between New Orleans terror attack and Tesla explosion, says FBI The FBI identified the driver who killed 15 people in attack on New Year’s Day as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a US citizen from Texas Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025
Thursday briefing: Why Kemi Badenoch’s rough start as Tory leader shouldn’t be a surprise In today’s newsletter: Why did the Conservative leader spend Christmas fighting with Nigel Farage – and what did the row reveal about her tenure so far? The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025
US Army veteran who killed 15 in New Orleans attack was inspired by Islamic State President Joe Biden says the U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025
What the papers say – January 2 A terror attack in America leads the majority of newspapers, with the death toll continuing to rise in New Orleans. Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025
The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2025 What is the Islamic State, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves? Police say they recovered the stark black flag of the Islamic State extremist group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year’s partygoers in New Orleans’ French Quarter
The Guardian - US · Jan 1, 2025 Portrait emerges of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, accused of New Orleans attack Texas man, 42, who was killed by police, served in Afghanistan and held rank of staff sergeant
Radio France Internationale · Dec 31, 2024 France strikes IS positions in Syria as diplomacy drive continues in Lebanon In a significant escalation of military engagement, France has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria as diplomatic efforts to strengthen stability in Lebanon are ongoing and a fragile ceasefire with Israel continues to hold.
International Business Times · Dec 31, 2024 Ocalan: PKK Chief Held In Solitary On Turkish Prison Island Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of Kurdish militant group the PKK is hailed by many Kurds as an icon, but within wider Turkish society many see him as a terrorist who deserves to die.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2024 ‘Left at the mercy of jihadists’: Niger’s junta fails to curb surge in violence Islamic State affiliate expands control since 2023 coup, killing hundreds of civilians and enslaving women, as media ban allows regime to cover up attacks
The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2024 Kurdish-led forces push back Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in a tense offensive The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces says they have launched a counter-offensive against the Ankara-backed Syrian National Army to take back areas near Syria’s northern border with Turkey
Top News · Dec 23, 2024 Biden Administration Lifts Bounty On Syrian Rebel Leader Biden administration lifts M bounty on HTS leader al-Sharaa, engaging in diplomatic talks for a pragmatic Syrian government.
The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2024 Cyprus can help rid Syria of chemical weapons and search for its missing, Cypriot top diplomat says Cyprus’ top diplomat says his country stands ready to help eliminate Syria’s remaining chemical weapons stockpiles and to support a search for people whose fate remains unknown after more than a decade of war
International Business Times · Dec 21, 2024 German Leader To Visit Site Of Deadly Christmas Market Attack German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other politicians will Saturday visit the scene of a bloody car-ramming that targeted visitors to a Christmas fair in an old market city.
International Business Times · Dec 21, 2024 Saudi Man Arrested After Deadly Car Attack On German Christmas Market German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man after a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market Friday in which an SUV barrelled through a crowd of revellers at high speed, leaving a trail of bloody carnage.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024 Two killed and scores injured in Germany as car ploughs into crowd at Christmas market Dark BMW reportedly drove into crowd in eastern German town of Magdeburg in what is being described as a terror attack