On January 16, 2016, ISIS carried out an attack on Deir ez-Zor, Syria, killing between 125 and 300 people and kidnapping about 400 others. 

On January 4, 2017, 100 gunmen attacked the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan, southern Philippines, freeing at least 158 inmates. Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters was suspected of carrying out the attack

On October 27, 2018, domestic terrorist Robert D. Bowers carried out an anti-Semitic attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. He fired on congregants as they gathered for worship, killing 11 people and wounding six others.

On October 7, one day after the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, Hamas—with Iranian support—launched a multi-pronged attack on Israel, resulting in hundreds of casualties and hostages taken into Gaza.

On October 19, 2019, unnamed terrorists launched nearly simultaneous attacks on military units in Bahn in Loroum province and Yense in Yatenga province, Burkina Faso. The attacks left five soldiers and one police officer dead.

In August 2021, Human Rights Watch issued a report accusing Hamas of committing war crimes during its May 2021 conflict with Israel by indiscriminately “launching thousands of unguided rockets towards Israeli cities.” Human Rights Watch also concluded a Hamas rocket fell short during the conflict and killed seven civilians in Gaza. 

On October 14, 2017, suspected al-Shabaab militants detonated a truck bomb in a busy area of the city center of Mogadishu. Shortly after the first blast, a second truck bomb detonated nearby. The attacks killed at least 500 people and wounded at least 300 others.