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.

 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

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

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


New US counterterrorism NGO working to expose terrorist financing worldwide

Fran Townsend, the president of CEP, served as an adviser on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism for former US president George W. Bush.

Islamic State captures millions of dollars, gold bars in Iraq

ISIS may target Israelis, Jews abroad, Counter-Terrorism Bureau warns

Bureau warns that the terrorism threat against Israelis has risen in Western Europe and Africa, particularly from veterans of Syria and Iraq who return to their countries.

Bulgaria bus bombing which targeted Israelis in July 2012

Egyptian army thwarts two attacks against Israel

Egyptian military sources stated that the army shot and killed a suicide bomber on his way to Israel, destroyed vehicle carrying rocket launcher.

Egyptian soldiers keep guard in Sinai 370

Jihadi cleric calls for Muslim fighters to join the fighting in Gaza

"Our heart yearns to arrive and fight the sons and brothers of the apes and pigs," says rebel fighter.

Militants from "Caliphate" The Islamic State

JCPA analyst: 1,000 Chinese jihadists training in Pakistan

Analyst was speaking to a delegation of high-level Chinese visitors, including members of the Communist Party's central committee.

Islamic Jihad members

The al-Qaida connection in the Merah Affair

First evidence of link to bin Laden found after two years of investigations of gunman in Toulouse shooting.

Police and firefighters at the scene of a raid to arrest a suspect in the killings at a Jewish school in Toulouse March, 2012.

Egyptian militants outwit army in Sinai battlefield

If Sisi becomes president, terrorists are likely to attempt to increase attacks against regime, Egyptian army official says.

Palestinian works inside a smuggling tunnel flooded by Egyptian forces

Lebanon tightens security at Palestinian refugee camp

Measures taken at Ain al-Hilweh camp following reports that Palestinian is suspected in Beirut suicide bombing on Wednesday.

Lebanese soldiers at the entrance of the Ain al Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, June 19, 2012.

Analysis: Al-Qaida unlikely to force Hezbollah out of Syria

Al-Qaida-linked jihadist groups are focusing their energies on attacking fellow Muslims; Regional expert: US has decided jihadists are bigger threat to stability in Lebanon than Hezbollah.

A Free Syrian Army fighter launches a rocket 370

Eradicating a distorted ‘jihadist’ ideology

Social institutions have a responsibility to address the threat as well as draw up strategies to curb the spread of the extremist ideology

Jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula do battle with Egyptian forces.