By Jack Guy, Stephanie Halasz, Valentina DiDonato and Gul Tuysuz Police in Italy have confiscated a huge shipment of 14 metric tonnes (15.4 US tons) of amphetamines which they say was produced by ISIS in Syria. Officers tracked three suspect containers to the port of Salerno in southwest Italy and found 84 million pills with
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Terror Groups are Adapting and Spreading, US Report Warns
By Jeff Seldin Major victories against terror groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaida have so far failed to stem their spread across the world, part of a worrisome trend identified in a new U.S. government report on terrorism. The State Department’s annual terror assessment, released Wednesday, hailed “major strides” in Washington’s ongoing effort to
Boko Haram: Eid El-Fitr Celebration Video Indicates Jihadists Massive Decline
...all hands on deck David Otto The recent terrorist modus operandi in Northern Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin indicates that ISIS and Al-Qaeda linked Boko Haram/JAS Abubakar Shekau led faction and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) are in serious battlefield decline. This is the ideal moment for
Insurgency: EU pledges €138M to support G5 Sahel Joint Force
The European Union is to give €138 million ($155 million) more to support the G5 Sahel Joint Force, including its police component, a joint E.U.-G5 Sahel statement said, a week after Niger’s president called for sustainable U.N. funding or an an international coalition to fight insurgency in the Sahel. Noting “renewed
ISWAP claims it killed, injured 25 Nigerian soldiers, capture weapons in Damboa
Islamic State claimed fighters from its West Africa Province affiliate fought off a Nigerian military assault in the Damboa area last week, a part of Borno state that has seen an increasing amount of militant activity in recent months. In a Sunday statement, ISIS said ISWAP fighters “were able to repel the
‘If the world really wants to defeat ISIS, it needs to listen to North East Syria’
By Defence Post Islamic State presented a danger to the whole world, and North East Syria in particular. As such, it is fitting that their territorial defeat was carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces, in partnership with the Global Coalition. Yet despite its military defeat, ISIS remains a grave threat. Their
‘Devastating’ attack from Islamic State imminent–Report warns
Editor's note: The Islamic State, which lost grounds in its original birthplace of the Middle East following defeats in Syria and Iraq respectively, has warned of an imminent 'devastating' comeback attacks. With its dream of establishing a Caliphate in jeopardy, the group had to change strategy in recent times
‘ISIS has taken a new interest in Nigeria’, laments a soldier after 28 colleagues were reportedly killed
Jude Johnson The Nigerian soldiers are reportedly expressing concerns that ISIS which overseas the activities of Boko Haram splinter group, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP), has shifted its major focus on Nigeria following defeats in Syria and Iraq. This revelation came consequent upon the report that mo fewer than
Islamic State attacks military base in Borno, kills commander
Godsgift Onyedinefu Islamic State claimed fighters from its West Africa Province affiliate reportedlly attacked a military base in the northern Borno state town of Kareto, killing the battalion’s commanding officer. ISIS in a Thursday, June 13 statement said ISWAP fighters attacked the base in Kareto with light medium and heavy weapons. It claimed “at
In-Depth: The Sahel in flames
Editor's Note: For 10 months The New Humanitarian has been on the ground reporting as a surge in violence rips through West Africa. Here’s what they found. In March, after months of bitter fighting in the Syrian town of Baghouz, the so-called Islamic State group relinquished its last shred of territory