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Islamic State holds a parade in Raqqa in June, 2014

How ISIS and al-Qaeda are expanding across North Africa

A military convoy heads towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025.

Over 340 civilians killed by Syrian government-linked gunmen

An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Morocco foils attacks by cell loyal to Islamic State

Protesters carry Al-Qaeda flags during an anti-government protest after Friday prayers in the town of Marat Numan in Idlib province, Syria

Suspected al Shabaab gunmen abduct local officials in northeast Kenya

By REUTERS

Illustrative image of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader, Abu Mohammad al-Julani.

Has Julani become a pragmatic politician after being a jihadist leader?

By Atar Porat

THE TWIN Towers burn

Terrorist convicted for planning 9/11 inspired takeover of US flight

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

French flag in France

Son of Osama bin Laden deported from France, barred from returning

By REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 3, 2019.

Islamist groups escalate retaliatory attacks on Burkina Faso civilians, HRW says

By REUTERS

Pope Francis is taken past a guard of honour ahead of his departure from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

ISIS attack on Pope Francis in Jakarta thwarted: Indonesian police detain terror org. members

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

STEVEN SOTLOFF in Egypt: His bold reporting took him to places like Libya, Syria, Egypt, and Yemen, the writer notes.

A wider threat: We're paying the price of ignoring Seven Sotloff's early warnings on ISIS

By FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE

Fighters affiliated with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadist group in Syria transport the remains of a motorcycle reportedly targeted in a drone attack on the eastern edge of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, early on June 28, 2022.

US Central Command kills Al Qaeda-affiliated Hurras al-Din senior leader

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Taliban fighters celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Al-Qaeda affiliate says it has taken two Russians hostage in Niger

By REUTERS

NATIONAL SECURITY Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi issues a statement to the media in Tel Aviv, in late October. Just days before the October 7 attacks, he said in an interview: ‘Hamas is very, very restrained and understands the implications of further defiance.’

Fear's defeat: militant Islam and the challenges of deterrence

By JOSEPH NICHOL

Iran's acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024.

Release frozen Afghan assets, Tehran demands

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Southern movement successionists take up positions in the Jabal al-Ierr area of Yemen's southern Lahej province, as they prepare to secure the area against Shi'ite Houthis, March 7, 2015.

Explosion kills six south Yemen rebel troops in suspected al-Qaeda attack

By THE MEDIA LINE

Taliban fighters celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Terrorist groups recruit radicalized Muslims online as security operatives work to stop terror

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Al Shabaab display their weapons on the outskirts of Mogadishu, December 8, 2008.

Al Shabaab launches deadly attack on military base in Somalia

By REUTERS

Taliban fighters celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Al-Qaeda resurfaces in Afghanistan with new training camps, Islamic schools

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE