US launches more air strikes on Yemen
The US carried out a new wave of attacks on Iran-backed Houthi rebels, after the militants warned of further raids on Red Sea ships.
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Hezbollah fires rockets after Hamas deputy killing
Lebanon’s Iran-linked Hezbollah says it has fired more than 60 rockets at an Israeli military base, as a response to the killing of Hamas’s deputy leader.
Israel attacks hundreds of ‘terror targets’
Air, naval and ground forces have been involved in the military missions, the IDF says, adding fighter jets hit more than 50 targets in an extensive attack in Gaza’s south.
Israeli forces dig in after land and air attacks
Israel’s military says it has eliminated two more Hamas commanders as its front-line forces dig in in Gaza after incursions begin.
Gaza receives first aid trucks since Hamas attack
The first of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the besieged Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
Australia halts evacuations in ‘challenging situation’
The Australian government says there will be no evacuation flights for Australians from Israel this weekend because of the ‘rapidly changing’ security situation.
Terrorist families find there’s no place like home-made fools
The Albanese government sees no issue with welcoming back women who abandoned Australia to hook up with the most depraved, barbaric terrorists the world has seen. It won’t end well.
US woman who led ISIS unit gets 20 years
Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, who grew up on a farm in Kansas, pleaded guilty to providing material support to a terrorist organisation.
French cement firm paid off ISIS
Lafarge agrees to pay a fine of $US778m for conspiracy to provide material support to foreign terrorist organisations.
ISIS turns to NFTs
National security analysts see them as a potentially dangerous platform for recruiting and funding.
US drone strike takes out ISIS chief
Maher al-Agal was killed and one of his top aides seriously wounded while on a motorcycle outside Aleppo.
High Court puts citizenship front and centre of IS debate
The government must now work out how to stop wannabe terrorists returning to Australia.
ISIS ‘Beatle’ guilty of hostage deaths
A former Briton – known to Islamic State comrades as a ‘Beatle’ – has been was convicted over the execution of four American hostages.
Prison raid ISIS’s biggest target since caliphate’s end
Fighting between Islamic State and Kurdish forces has raged for three days – and killed nearly 90 people – after an attack on a Syrian prison housing jihadists.
Biden pulls combat troops out of Iraq
The announcement will be part of a deal signed with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.
New front: IS, al-Qa’ida ready to unleash terror again
Intelligence agencies are bracing for the emergence of ‘caliphates’ across Africa, as IS regroups after Mideast setbacks.
Biden brings drone war to a halt
In the first two months of the new administration there have been no reported drone strikes against al-Qa’ida or ISIS targets.
US slaps sanctions on Africa ISIS arms
Move underscores rising threat of radical group outside Middle East.
Pope prays for war victims in Iraq
With the crumbling stone walls of the Al-Tahera Church behind him, Pope Francis made a plea for Christians in the Middle East to stay in their homelands.
Iraq braced for renewed assault by ISIS
Thousands of jihadists have emerged from hiding among civilians to reform under a core leadership in the mountains.
Brace for Islamist propaganda blitz
Extremist Islamist groups in Afghanistan are likely to use the Brereton war crimes inquiry to fuel propaganda against Australian troops, experts warn.
Matter of survival can spur brutality
War is dehumanising, particularly for those who serve in units involved in covert operations.
22 dead after ISIS attack on Kabul uni
At least 22 people were killed when attackers stormed one of Afghanistan’s main universities on Monday, an hours-long assault claimed by Islamic State group.
Covid used to recruit terrorists
The threat of Islamic State extremists and hundreds of returned fighters across the Asia-Pacific region has remained at a high level through the COVID-19 pandemic.
US tests gun that can’t miss
US special operations troops in Syria are testing a ‘smart’ rifle sight that guarantees first-time hits.
ISIS fighters plundered kings’ Iraqi treasure trove
Islamic State fighters who uncovered an ancient Assyrian palace under the ruins of Mosul are feared to have sold war booty stored by kings.
‘They mocked the niqab. Now they do same’
Jihadists are gloating over the health restrictions enacted across the world, with many cheering the virus on.
New ISIS chief led Yazidi genocide
The new leader of ISIS has been named as a former member of al-Qa’ida in Iraq who led the slaughter of thousands of Yazidis.
ISIS video boasts of resurgence
ISIS has released a new propaganda video in which it boasts of carrying out a series of guerrilla attacks in northern Iraq.
Woman ‘recruited for Islamic State’
Counter-terrorism officers have arrested a Melbourne woman they say tried to recruit a person to fight with the terror group.
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