Supreme Court takes up case on Big Tech’s most important law It marks the court's first test of Section 230, which shields online platforms against certain lawsuits. Axios · Oct 3, 2022
Israel Arrests 6 Young Men from Nazareth for Alleged ISIS Ties The Shin Bet arrested six young Arab Israelis known as Palestinians of '48, for alleged affiliation with ISIS and plans to commit terror attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets, according to indictments filed on Sunday to the District Court of Nazareth. The Israeli internal security service identified five of the… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 3, 2022
Reports: Australia to Repatriate Citizens from Syria Australia's government said Monday its "overriding priority" is to protect its citizens, following reports that it will repatriate dozens of women and children from detention camps in Syria. Australian media, led by a weekend story in The Guardian, reported that the government had decided to bring home about 20 Australian… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 3, 2022
More than 40 Bodies Found in Libya Mass Grave Forty-two bodies have been found in a mass grave in the Libyan city of Sirte, an ex-stronghold of ISIS, the country's missing persons authority said Sunday. Exhumation teams unearthed "42 unidentified bodies" after following up reports of a "mass grave" at the site of a former school in Sirte, the… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 2, 2022
Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall and ISIS bride Lisa Smith become best friends in prison 'You would never picture the two of them talking but they seem to get on pretty well' Irish Mirror · Oct 2, 2022
Russian Strikes in Syria Decreased since Ukraine War Russian strikes in Syria have decreased since it invaded Ukraine, resulting in fewer deaths, a war monitor said Friday, seven years into Moscow's intervention in the Middle Eastern country. A total of 241 people have been killed by Russian strikes in Syria during the past year, mostly fighters from the… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 1, 2022
Several PFI members travelled to ISIS strongholds to join jihad: Officials According to documents prepared by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), there were a few cases of youths getting killed or arrested at foreign soil and later being deported back to India The Hindu · Sep 30, 2022
Ukraine, Brexit, Arab spring have one source – prices, says sociologist Following his 2022 book Price Wars, the sociologist and documentarian Rupert Russell speaks about how financial speculators have sown a new era of chaos The Guardian - US · Sep 30, 2022
PFI’s alleged links in Turkey and Qatar being probed The outfit’s alleged links with extremist elements abroad being looked into, says an official The Hindu · Sep 29, 2022
PFI module had planned attacks on Jews visiting Tamil Nadu hill station, say NIA officials The module comprising about 15 youths and their associates from southern States had also conspired to attack High Court judges, senior police officers and Muslims belonging to Ahmediya sect with the intention of committing terror acts within India, according to a NIA investigation The Hindu · Sep 29, 2022
Narendra Modi’s BJP bans Indian Islamic group for ‘terrorist’ links Popular Front of India, which says it fights for rights of minorities, victim of ‘political vendetta’ by Hindu nationalist government The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2022
Wrongful detentions of Americans by foreign powers are fast rising, a new study says The report finds a dramatic rise in the number of Americans who are being wrongfully held, as a growing number of countries embrace the practice as a way to gain leverage over the U.S. WEKU · Sep 28, 2022
PFI, eight front organisations, including Campus Front of India, banned for five years This comes close on the heels of a countrywide raid on September 22 when 109 members of the groups were arrested by the NIA and other agencies The Hindu · Sep 28, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 26, 2022 Iraqi-Syrian Meeting Discusses Humanitarian Conditions in al-Hol Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein has discussed in New York with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad the bilateral ties and the humanitarian conditions at al-Hol camp in Syria. In a statement, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that both sides discussed means to bolster joint cooperation in a manner…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 24, 2022 SDF, Int’l Coalition Launch Anti-ISIS Campaign in Eastern Syria The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by the international coalition forces, stormed Friday al-Zarr village in Dier Ezzor countryside as helicopters searched for ISIS cells, a war monitor reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said clashes erupted between the SDF and suspects as some of them escaped to…
The Times of India · Sep 23, 2022 Karnataka: Shivamogga terror accused had planned to detonate bombs, say police SHIVAMOGGA: Days after the Shivamogga district police arrested two youths on the charges of links to terror network ISIS, the SP BM Laxmi Prasad on Friday said the accused had learnt about bomb explosion and planned to detonate bombs to kill innocent people.
The Hindu · Sep 23, 2022 Terror suspects carried out trial blast in Shivamogga, had bigger plans, says Superintendent of Police Shivamogga Superintendent of Police B.M. Laxmi Prasad says the accused watched videos of ISIS and sourced information on bomb-making
Newslaundry · Sep 20, 2022 Internet activity, PayPal transfers: UP police lay out their case against Gorakhnath attack suspect He “wanted to establish Islam’s superiority as endorsed by the terrorist outift ISIS” because he “was influenced by the notion of global jihad” that “those who don’t believe in Islam are idol worshippers or kafirs” and so “should be killed and sent to hell”.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 19, 2022 Verdict Expected for Swiss 'ISIS' Knifewoman A court is on Monday due to issue a verdict in a trial of a woman accused of slashing two people in the name of ISIS in an upscale shop in normally tranquil Switzerland. Prosecutors have called for the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to be sentenced…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 17, 2022 US-Backed Syrian Forces Free Women in 3-Week Raid of ISIS Camp US-backed Syrian fighters said Saturday they have concluded a 24-day sweep at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the ISIS group. Dozens of extremists were detained and weapons were confiscated in the operation at al-Hol camp, which began on Aug.…
The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022 US-backed Syrian forces free women in 3-week raid of IS camp U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they have concluded a 24-day sweep at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group
Zenger · Sep 16, 2022 Beheaded: New Details Emerge From Deadly Mozambique Nun Attack New details have emerged regarding a deadly attack in Mozambique
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022 Declassified report shows US predictions of IS group threat A newly declassified U.S. intelligence report predicted in 2020 that the Islamic State group was likely to regain much of its former strength and global influence, particularly if American and Western forces reduced their role in countering the extremist movement
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 15, 2022 Rights Court Condemns France over Syria Repatriation Refusals The European Court of Human Rights condemned France Wednesday over its refusal to repatriate two women detained in Syria, where they had travelled with their partners to territory controlled by ISIS. French authorities should promptly re-examine the request by the women's parents to let them return home, the court said.