"“Terrorism is essentially communications,” said Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former United Nations diplomat who is the senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, a think tank with offices in New York and Berlin. “It is not warfare, because...

“Twice within two weeks a car was used as a murder weapon: first in Magdeburg - then in New Orleans. Security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler has a suspicion. It was sloppiness, suspects the managing director of the German branch of the international "...

“Hundreds of people were celebrating wildly in the French Quarter, the nightlife district of New Orleans in the USA. Then, at around 3 a.m. on New Year's Day, a pick-up truck suddenly rammed into the crowd . At least 14 people died and dozens were...

“For a few years, the Islamic State seemed to be nothing more than a ghost from the past. A fallacy, because it is now clear that the terrorist organization never really disappeared and is once again highly active. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob...

“... IS has not yet officially claimed responsibility for the attack in New Orleans. Terror expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project believes: "Everything points to a so-called inspired attack by a single perpetrator or a single...

“With the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon defeated and increasingly isolated, attention turns to the Houthis in Yemen. Perhaps the strongest remaining Iranian proxy force in the region, the Houthis are certainly the most...

“British terror police are on red alert over fears of copycat attacks following the New Orleans atrocity. Counter-terrorism chiefs and intelligence officers are monitoring for signs the attack, which killed at least 14 people in the US city, could...

“In New Orleans, a military veteran drove into a crowd. The flag of the extremist militia Islamic State (IS) was apparently found in the car. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks about a possible return of IS to Europe.”

... Individuals susceptible to recruitment “might have lost their jobs, might have had a mental health crisis, might have just concluded that however hard they’ve tried, they never belong," said Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former British diplomat who led...

"Counter-extremism expert Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler told Metro that upheaval and war in the Middle East has strengthened ISIS’s hand, along with major social media companies failing to eradicate terror propaganda."