Jihadis

Africa's Mali crisis widens as extremist groups advance and state control erodes - analysis

Mali is experiencing a major escalation in violence, with jihadist groups advancing and the defense minister assassinated. The crisis threatens to destabilize the Sahel region.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026.
Soldiers from Hay’at at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a prominent Sunni Islamist militant group and political organization formerly affiliated with al-Qaeda, hold a demonstration in Damascus, Syria.

Washington's tactical amnesia on Syria could fuel jihadist resurgence - analysis

Why Western policy may be paving the way for Islamist rule, ethnic cleansing, and regional instability

|ByERIC R. MANDEL
In this photo illustration, young children hold an iPhone while using the online game platform Roblox on November 19, 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Terror groups groom and recruit children online, exploiting Roblox, Discord, and Minecraft - NYT

Counterterrorism experts say the speed of online recruitment is outpacing government response, as some minors shift between ideologies, from white supremacism to jihadist content.

|BySHIR PERETS
Shahid Butt, a former jihadi convicted of terrorism offences in Yemen, has announced he will run as an independent candidate in Birmingham’s upcoming local elections.

Ex jihadi fighter Shahid Butt launches bid for Birmingham council seat

Butt was convicted in 1999 for his alleged involvement in a plot targeting the British consulate, a church, and a hotel in Aden, Yemen.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER

Who is HTS, the Salafi-jihadist group that captured Aleppo?

Who is HTS? The jihadist group that is leading Aleppo's offensive is rooted in Salafism and has a complex history and leadership.

NOVEMBER 30, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA
Rebels led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham drive on a motorbike in al-Rashideen, Aleppo province, Syria November 29, 2024.

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

Jihadist attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso have surged, retaliating against communities for non-cooperation, leading to significant civilian casualties, Human Rights Watch reports.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024ByREUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 3, 2019.

Hamas and Boko Haram: Why do students support the worst humans on Earth? - opinion

That expensively educated university students – among them Jews – are aligning themselves with the bigoted, murderous, antisemitic Boko Haram-like Hamas is ludicrous and evil.

JUNE 1, 2024ByBARBARA SOFER
A PARENT waits outside the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Nigeria, in Dec. 2020, after Boko Haram abducted hundreds of students. (Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images)

Anti-Israel activists argue IDF mistranslated Arabic in footage of abduction of Israeli women

The debate is over the word "sabaya," which, depending on its spelling and slight pronunciation differences, can mean either young woman or sex slave.

MAY 25, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian members of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement seen next to a memorial named “Shehab Field,” a drone made by al-Qassam, in Gaza City, September 21, 2022.

Palestinian terrorism is not about self-determination - opinion

In today’s jihad-oriented Middle East, Islamic faith is being placed in the defiling service of terror-violence.

APRIL 2, 2024ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
The IDF guards the Israel-Gaza border. Not only would a Palestinian state fail to inhibit or halt Palestinian terrorism, it would render such grievous wrongdoings increasingly likely and still more injurious, the writer argues.

Vladimir Putin is appeasing jihadists - opinion

Putin's utter disregard for what jihadism represents was laid bare last November when Moscow officially hosted a Hamas delegation headed by Mousa Abu Marzuk.

MARCH 29, 2024ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Workers remove debris inside the burnt-out Crocus City Hall following last week's deadly attack on the concert venue outside Moscow.

Hamas's Haniyeh: Donations to Palestinians, Gaza are 'financial jihad'

"Brothers and sisters, the whole world is pouring weapons on the occupation," Haniyeh told a conference in Qatar. "The whole world is not afraid to do so."

MARCH 7, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh meets with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2023.

US man charged for attempt to aid terror after October 7 attack on Israel

The 23-year-old has been charged with "attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization," which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

DECEMBER 30, 2023ByREUTERS
An image distributed by al Shabaab after the attack on a military base in Kenya shows Somalia's al Shabaab militant group's flag, said to be at the Manda Bay Airfield in Manda, Lamu, Kenya January 5, 2020.

Sweden to expel man behind recent Koran burning demos - TV4

Anti-Islam activists have burned several copies of the Koran in Sweden and Denmark.

OCTOBER 26, 2023ByREUTERS
Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a religious and political party, burn a Swedish flag during a protest to denounce the desecration of Koran outside a mosque in the Swedish capital Stockholm, in Karachi, Pakistan July 7, 2023.

Bodies of 28 men found shot dead in Burkina Faso - prosecutors

The killings happened against the background of an Islamist insurgency spreading from Burkina Faso's neighbouring Mali.

JANUARY 3, 2023ByREUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 3, 2019.