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Eye on Extremism: May 27, 2025
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Reuters: Car ploughs into fans at Liverpool parade, 27 in hospital
A car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title on Monday, hospitalising 27 people, with two seriously injured, but police said they did not believe the incident was terrorism-related. Police said they had arrested a "53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area," whom they believed to be the driver of the vehicle which struck a large group of supporters who were celebrating in the city in northwest England. Twenty people were treated at the scene. Ambulance officials said of the 27 taken to hospital, four were children. One child and one adult were in a serious condition. Four people trapped under the vehicle had to be released by firefighters. "We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it. The incident is not being treated as terrorism," temporary Deputy Chief Constable Jenny Sims told reporters.
Wall Street Journal: Israel Aims to Control 75% of Gaza in Two Months, Military Says
The Israeli military on Sunday said that it plans to capture 75% of the Gaza Strip within two months and push Palestinian civilians into just a quarter of the Strip’s territory as part of a new effort to rid Gaza of Hamas. The military is also planning to roll out a new U.S.-backed program to distribute aid in Gaza as early as Monday. It has built three complexes in southern Gaza and one in central Gaza where hundreds of American contractors will distribute aid to Palestinians, according to an Israeli official. The announcement comes as Israel makes a tactical shift in how it fights in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the new offensive will include conquering Gaza and holding territory. The goal, Israel says, is to push Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages, disarm and for its remaining leadership to leave the territory.
CEP Mentions
Süddeutsche Zeitung: The “participatory jihad”
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about the wave of terror attacks in Germany and young perpetrators.
Welt: “Overall, the internal threat of attack is quite high”
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: “Terrorism expert Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler describes the Solingen terrorist attack as a "classic IS attack scenario." A considerable number of ideological extremists have carried out attacks over the past year—Schindler assesses the danger as "quite high."”
United States
NBC News: Jewish Museum killings show how hard it is to stop radicalized lone wolf attacks
On a darkened sidewalk outside the Capital Jewish Museum, he walked past the young couple, then shot them both point-blank in the back. When the woman tried to crawl away, an FBI affidavit says, he reloaded his weapon and fired at her again and again. “Free Palestine,” the man shouted after walking into the building and waiting to be arrested by police. The brutal killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in downtown Washington on Wednesday night raises the kind of question that haunts law enforcement officials and experts. Of all the people seething with anger on the far left and the far right over hot-button political and social issues, who among them will move from anger to violence? “It’s virtually impossible” to identify them, said Gregg McCrary, a former FBI profiler. “It’s not trying to find the needle in the haystack. It’s trying to find which piece of hay is going to become a needle.”
Reuters: After shootings, Washington's shaken Jewish community looks to bolster security
The fatal shooting of the young couple after an event at a Jewish museum has deeply shaken the U.S. capital's Jews, and has led to a review of security protocols at synagogues and other institutions. The same seeds of antisemitism that led to Europe in the 1930s and 1940s are still killing people on the streets of Washington, D.C. in 2025," said Zimmerman, whose grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Alan Ronkin, regional director of AJC's Washington office, said security was tight at the event, even though the suspect, Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, managed to enter the museum in the chaos that ensued in the aftermath of the shooting outside. He was apprehended inside. "We are going to revisit our security protocols, and make sure we follow the recommendations of the experts," said Ronkin, who added the community is "shaken but resilient."
A homegrown social justice warrior who spent years marinating in left-wing protests and propaganda — from Black Lives Matter to socialist politics — is accused of executing two young Israeli diplomats in cold blood outside the Capital Jewish Museum in the heart of Washington, DC. The suspect in the antisemitic attack is Elias Rodriguez, 31, a Chicago native and the son of an Iraq War veteran whose antisemitism grew out of his association with US left-wing politics, and not any direct connection with Israel or the Palestinian cause, according to federal prosecutors. PSL disavowed any association with Rodriguez in a social media post early Thursday. He was well known to Chicago police, law enforcement sources told The Post, and was a regular fixture at protests for causes including the 2014 Chicago police shooting of teen Laquan McDonald, Black Lives Matter and more recently, opposing the war in Gaza.
New York Times: Trump’s Comments on Gaza Reflect Israel’s Growing Isolation
Through more than 18 months of war in Gaza, Israel has faced intense criticism from foreign leaders and aid groups but has rarely experienced sustained public censure, let alone concrete repercussions, from its close allies. Until now. In recent weeks, partners such as the United States, Britain and France have become more willing to place Israel under overt pressure, culminating in President Trump’s call on Sunday for the war to wind down.
NPR: Their son joined ISIS. Then they learned he had kids in a Syrian detention camp
In a small apartment outside Minneapolis, I'm watching two brown-haired brothers, ages 7 and 9, on a couch playing chess. They're speaking Arabic sprinkled with English. They stare intently at the board, their little brows furrowed. After a stretch of silence, the older boy moves one of his pieces. "Check," he announces with confidence. "Smart move," says their grandfather, sitting nearby. I'm impressed by their skills and focus. "How did you learn to play?" I ask. The grandfather puts my question to them in Arabic. The older boy responds: al-sijn. I wait for a translation. "He learned it in the jail, he said," the grandfather tells me. His wife, their grandmother, nods. "In the jail," she says.
Associated Press: US-German citizen is charged with trying to attack US Embassy in Tel Aviv
A dual U.S.-German citizen has been arrested on charges that he traveled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, officials said Sunday. Federal prosecutors in New York said the man, Joseph Neumeyer, walked up to the embassy building on May 19 with a backpack containing Molotov cocktails but got into a confrontation with a guard and eventually ran away, dropping his backpack as the guard tried to grab him.
KCTV 5: Kansas City leaders respond with condemnation to presence of white supremacist group
A white supremacist group out of Texas gathered in downtown Kansas City on Saturday, amidst preparations for upcoming Memorial Day celebrations. Numerous anti-extremism organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center, define Patriot Front as a white supremacist hate group.
The Guardian: Trump administration is minimizing white supremacist threat, officials warn
US state department employees recently opened up their emails to find a PDF to their new “style guide”, which dictates what language and terminology they can and can’t use. According to this new updated guide, the term “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism”– “REMVE” or “RMVE” – was now banned, except in situations where they were legally compelled to use it. While style guide updates in government agencies that tinker with acronyms between administrations are not unusual, the document did not yet propose an alternative term for the threat from the violent far right. Current and former state department officials told the Guardian that this was just one reason why they are concerned about how seriously the Trump administration will take the ongoing threat from white supremacists at home and abroad.
Associated Press: Hate groups in the US decline but their influence grows, report shows
The number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government groups around the U.S. dropped slightly in 2024, not because of any shrinking influence but rather the opposite. Many feel their beliefs, which includes racist narratives and so-called Christian persecution, have become more normalized in government and mainstream discourse.
The Trump administration is planning to cancel all remaining federal contracts with Harvard University — a day after the president mused about taking roughly $3 billion in federal funding that had been given to the “very antisemitic” Ivy League university and giving it to trade schools.
The quiet work of community security directors and federal agents has derailed “tens—perhaps dozens—of potentially fatal attacks” on Jewish institutions in North America since Hamas’s October 7 massacre, Eric Fingerhut, president and chief executive of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), told The Jerusalem Post during a visit to the paper’s studios this week.
CBS News: Antisemitism fight in New York City demands "zero tolerance," top deputy mayor says
New York City First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro has had a lot on his plate since Mayor Eric Adams controversially picked him to succeed Maria Torres-Springer. From combating rising antisemitism to the planned closure of Rikers Island, the former Giuliani administration official has hit the ground running under Adams with an ambitious agenda that has City Hall humming with activity.
Jewish Insider: Sherrill calls for more federal action on antisemitism following D.C. murders
Following the murder of two Israeli Embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), a New Jersey gubernatorial candidate, wrote to federal leaders to call for further action to protect the Jewish community and raised concerns about growing trends of antisemitic violence across the country.
KTLA 5: Hateful, antisemitic road rage tirade unfolds on Southern California street
An Iranian American who has an Israeli flag in his windshield to show support for his Jewish friends and family was the target of a hateful antisemitic verbal assault last week in Reseda, an incident that was captured on camera. The victim, who only wanted to be identified as a Los Angeles resident named Justin, was alone in his vehicle on May 22 when the unprovoked, hateful tirade unfolded. Justin told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff that the man rolled down his window and threatened to kill him.
Canada
Global News: In briefing to minister, RCMP warns of 488% jump in terrorism charges
The number of terrorism charges laid in Canada jumped 488 per cent last year amid rising youth radicalization, the RCMP wrote to the public safety minister. The RCMP’s ministerial briefing binder, posted on a government website this week, said violent extremism remained “a prominent national security threat.” “Canadian police have foiled six terrorist plots in the last 12 months alone, with arrests spanning from Edmonton to Ottawa to Toronto,” the briefing said. Between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024, 25 suspects were accused of 83 terrorism-related charges, “representing a 488% increase,” the RCMP wrote. Three minors and six young adults were among those charged, and another eight youths faced terrorism peace bonds, signaling a “rise in youth radicalization.”
Belgium
The Brussels Times: 'Children as young as 12': Terrorism suspects getting younger and younger
Suspects in terrorism-related cases in Belgium are younger than ever, according to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office's annual report for 2024 that was released on Monday. The Belgian authorities recorded an exponential increase in the number of cases "involving minors suspected of acts qualifying as terrorism": while 16 cases were opened in 2022, that number rose to 24 in 2023, and in 2024 it more than doubled, to a total of 55 cases in total.
Germany
Reuters: Germany tries Syrian man over deadly stabbing that stoked migration debate
A Syrian man stood trial in Duesseldorf on Tuesday over a knife attack claimed by Islamic State in which three people were killed, a case that stirred debate over foreigner crime in Germany and paved the way for a crackdown on migration. The 27-year-old defendant, identified as Issa al H, is accused of swinging his knife at a crowd of revellers at a festival in the western town of Solingen last year, stabbing several people from behind.
Deutsche Welle: Hamburg knife attack: Suspect sent to psychiatric clinic
The suspect in Friday's knife attack at Hamburg Central Station was ordered by a magistrate to be placed in a psychiatric clinic on Saturday. According to police, the detention order is for attempted murder in conjunction with 15 counts of grievous bodily harm. Earlier in the day, the German police said that they do not see any political motive behind the attack. "Rather, there are now very concrete indications of a mental illness in the suspect," the police stated on Saturday, without giving further details on her condition. Police added that there are currently no indications that 39-year-old German woman was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. However, they did not provide further details. According to the police, the suspect, a native of Lower Saxony, has no fixed abode.
Deutsche Welle: Russians suspected of supporting IS on trial in Germany
The charges against the four defendants, all Russian nationals, are serious. Appearing at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg on Monday, they will be facing accusations of being members of a foreign criminal organization and of supporting a foreign terrorist organization. More specifically, they are alleged to have used social networks to collect donations for the extremist "Islamic State" group(IS), said to be a total of €174,000 ($198,000). For many years, the danger posed by Islamist extremists in Germany was considered a threat to the country, especially in the period following the September 11. 2001 attacks on the US. Since then, far-right violence and crime have become a greater threat, according to the authorities. But the risk posed by religious extremists remains high, said Konstantin von Notz of the Green Party faction in the German parliament. Von Notz, an expert on interior policy, is also the chair of the Parliamentary Oversight Panel, which is responsible for monitoring Germany's intelligence agencies.
B.Z.: After the Washington assassination: Fear of attacks in Germany
The so-called "Palestine scene" in Germany is growing and becoming increasingly militant. At demonstrations throughout Germany, most recently regularly in Berlin, extremists are joining forces: leftists, foreign extremists from the Palestinian scene and Islamists are making common cause. What unites them: hatred of Jews and Israel. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is now taking a clear stance against anti-Semites, saying: "Foreigners who commit anti-Semitic crimes have no place in our country. It must be clear to everyone that hatred of Jews is massively combated in our country." According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), the "left-wing extremist potential" in 2023 is 37,000 people, including 11,200 "violent left-wing extremists". The BfV puts the "Islamism potential" at 27,200 people in 2023, including 450 Hamas supporters. According to the BfV, the "personal potential in foreign-related extremism" amounted to 30,650 supporters in 2023. These almost 100,000 extremists make up the militant core of the Palestinian scene.
Hungary
Reuters: 17 EU countries sound alarm over Hungarian LGBTQ+ laws
Seventeen European Union countries accused Hungary on Tuesday of contravening fundamental EU values by passing laws that target LGBTQ+ people, as tensions deepen between Budapest and a majority of member states. Hungary’s parliament passed legislation in March that creates a legal basis to ban Pride marches there and lets police use facial recognition cameras to identify people who attend. It also approved constitutional changes in April stipulating that Hungary recognises only two sexes, male and female.
Italy
“There is risk of terrorist violence, including terrorist attacks and other activity in Italy,” the advisory summary reads. Italy previously had the basic Level 1 advisory that most other European countries share, simply telling travelers to “exercise normal precautions” when visiting.
Netherlands
Reuters: Russia-backed group hacked into networks of police and NATO, say Dutch authorities
A previously unknown Russian hacking group was behind attacks last year on the networks of the Dutch police, NATO and several European countries, Dutch intelligence agencies said on Tuesday. The group, nicknamed Laundry Bear by the security agencies, was most likely supported by the Russian state, the Dutch General Intelligence Agency and Military Agency said in a joint letter to parliament.
Romania
Calin Georgescu, the controversial populist whose bid for Romania’s presidency last year resulted in the annulment of an election in the European Union and NATO member country, announced he is stepping away from political life.
Sweden
Reuters: Sweden charges man over 2014 killing of Jordan pilot in Syria
Swedish prosecutors pressed charges on Tuesday against a man on suspicion of war crimes and terrorism over the murder of a Jordanian air force pilot who was burned to death in Syria a decade ago. The Swede, named in court documents as Osama Krayem, 32, has previously been convicted of involvement in attacks in Paris in 2015 and in Brussels in 2016.
United Kingdom
Financial Times: UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks
British security officials are investigating whether Russia may be involved in three arson attacks on properties connected to Sir Keir Starmer, according to senior Whitehall figures. The attacks on the UK prime minister’s family home in Kentish Town, north London, along with a car and a residential property that the prime minister previously owned, took place earlier this month. Two Ukrainian men and a Romanian national have been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life in connection with the fires. Police have said the trio conspired with “others unknown”. The senior Whitehall figures said UK officials are investigating whether actors in Russia may have recruited the trio accused of starting the fires.
Gaza Strip
The Israeli airstrike that targeted Hamas’s Gaza chief this month hit him as he attended a meeting of the group’s highest ranking militants, killing several important operatives and leaving a void in its top leadership, Hamas and Arab officials said. The airstrike killed Mohammed Sinwar, who was quietly buried days later, along with other top militants including Mohammad Shabana, the commander of the group’s Rafah brigade, the officials said. The leaders of the U.S.-designated terrorist group had gathered in a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis to discuss matters including their approach to cease-fire talks with Israel when they were hit, the officials said. The meeting went against Hamas’s wartime security protocols and created an opening for Israel to hit several high-value targets at once.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) estimates that Hamas still has around 40,000 fighters, similar to the number it mustered before the start of the Gaza war in October 2023. The information was reported Sunday by multiple Israeli media outlets, citing unidentified military sources.
I24News: Hamas executes four men accused of looting Gaza humanitarian aid
Hamas executed four individuals accused of looting humanitarian aid convoys in the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported on Monday, citing local sources. This drastic measure comes in a context of increasing chaos around the distribution of aid.
Iran
Islamabad and Tehran should increase cooperation to combat militant activity on their shared border, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday during a televised news conference with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Sharif arrived in Iran on Monday after a visit to Istanbul as part of a regional diplomacy tour that will also include trips to Azerbaijan and Tajikistan.
Newsweek: Iran Unveils Next-Level Warfare Drones Amid Tensions With U.S
Iran has unveiled a new fleet of combat drones with capabilities for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), signaling a leap in warfare capabilities amid growing tensions with the United States, its state media reported.
Deutsche Welle: Iran: Judge stabbed to death while on way to work in Shiraz
A judge was stabbed to death in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz when he was on his way to work on Tuesday morning, according to Iranian state media. IRNA identified the judge as Ehsum Bagheri, a 38-year-old who had more than 12 years of experience and worked for the city's judicial department. The two assailants involved in the attack were still at large and have not been identified yet, with authorities saying they have launched an investigation into the crime.
Israel
Reuters: Palestinian official says Hamas agrees to Gaza proposal, Israel dismisses it
A Palestinian official said on Monday that Hamas has agreed to a proposal by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff for a Gaza ceasefire, only for an Israeli official to deny that the proposal was Washington's and add that no Israeli government could accept it. Witkoff also rejected the notion that Hamas had accepted his offer for a hostage deal and a ceasefire in Gaza, telling Reuters that what he had seen was "completely unacceptable" and the proposal being discussed was not the same as his. An Israeli official dismissed the proposal, saying no responsible government could accept such an agreement and rejecting the assertion that the deal matched one proposed by Witkoff.
Axios: White House envoy says Hamas' response to ceasefire proposal "unacceptable"
White House envoy Steve Witkoff told Axios on Monday he is "disappointed" that Hamas has so far failed to accept his proposal for a new Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal.
Times of Israel: Witkoff: Israel prepared to accept temporary ceasefire; Hamas should do the same
US Special Envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff denied on Monday claims that Hamas had accepted his hostage deal proposal, calling on the terror group to agree to a temporary ceasefire offer that he said Israel will approve.
Reuters: Exclusive: Syria and Israel in direct talks focused on security, sources say
Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have in recent weeks held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region between the two longtime foes, five people familiar with the matter said. The contacts mark a significant development in ties between states that have been on opposite sides of conflict in the Middle East for decades, as the U.S. encourages the new Islamist rulers in Damascus to establish relations with Israel and Israel eases its bombardment of Syria.
Reuters: Palestinian official says Hamas agrees to Gaza proposal, Israel dismisses it
A Palestinian official said on Monday that Hamas has agreed to a proposal by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff for a Gaza ceasefire, only for an Israeli official to deny that the proposal was Washington's and add that no Israeli government could accept it. Witkoff also rejected the notion that Hamas had accepted his offer for a hostage deal and a ceasefire in Gaza, telling Reuters that what he had seen was "completely unacceptable" and the proposal being discussed was not the same as his.
Jewish News Syndicate: Shin Bet foils ISIS-linked bomb plot by Israeli citizens
The Shin Bet announced on Monday the arrest of three Israeli citizens suspected of plotting terrorist attacks against Israeli forces in cooperation with Islamic State operatives in Syria. The suspects, all residents of Ar’ara in northern Israel, swore allegiance to ISIS and intended to carry out attacks inside Israel, police said.
The defense establishment has expressed concern over a sharp increase in the involvement of Israeli Arabs in the Islamic State and other Palestinian armed factions in the northern West Bank. Over the past five months, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) has exposed and arrested more than 15 terrorist cells and networks composed of Israeli Arabs. According to the Shin Bet, most of those detained pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.
Times of Israel: IDF downs two missiles fired from Yemen in latest Houthi attacks
Two ballistic missiles launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen were successfully intercepted by air defenses, the military said Tuesday morning, in what has recently become an almost daily occurrence. The first missile set off sirens shortly after 5 a.m. in several northern West Bank and Jordan Valley settlements, sending thousands to bomb shelters.
Several Palestinians and soldiers told the AP that Israeli troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for explosives or militants. The dangerous practice has become ubiquitous during 19 months of war, they said.
Lebanon
Naharnet: What did Aoun and Hezbollah delegation discuss?
President Joseph Aoun held a friendly meeting with a delegation from Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc on Monday, after which sources from or close to the bloc lauded Aoun as “very affable,” a media report said. “President Aoun joked with the bloc members, talking about neighborliness between Jbaa, the hometown of MP Mohammad Raad, and al-Aishiyeh, the hometown of the president, with Aoun telling Raad: ‘We are sons of the same region,’” the sources told Al-Jadeed television.
Naharnet: Salam: We won't remain silent over any arms outside state control
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said “the region has grown tired of Iranian-U.S. polarization,” hoping Arabs will return to Lebanon. “We will not remain silent over any arms outside the state’s control,” Salam added, in an interview with Sky News Arabia. “The majority of the Lebanese people stands by us and my strength comes from regaining the people’s confidence in the state and my project is the rebuilding of the state,” the premier said.
Naharnet: Lebanon reportedly awaits 'decisive week' as to Palestinian arms
This week is supposed to be “decisive” regarding the file of weapons inside Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps, ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Monday. “Lebanese official authorities are awaiting answers within hours from the Palestinian side regarding the mechanism for handing over weapons in five of the camps in the first stage, which is supposed to be finalized before mid-June,” the daily said.
Syria
Jerusalem Post: US-backed Kurds strike deal with Syrian gov't to clear ISIS camps
The new Syrian transitional government is seeking a way to deal with the thousands of ISIS families who have been housed at camps in eastern Syria since the terror organization was defeated by the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces in several villages near the Euphrates River in 2019.
The Guardian: Trump envoy praises new Syrian president for ‘counter-ISIS measures’
Donald Trump’s old friend Thomas Barrack, now serving as the US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, praised Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, after a meeting in Istanbul on Saturday. “I stressed the cessation of sanctions against Syria will preserve the integrity of our primary objective – the enduring defeat of ISIS – and will give the people of Syria a chance for a better future,” Barrack said in a statement, referring to actions taken on Friday by the Trump administration to temporarily suspend sanctions imposed on the government of the former president, Bashar al-Assad, who was deposed by rebel forces led by Sharaa late last year.
Kurdistan24: ISIS Sleeper Cells Surge in Syria: Wave of Attacks Hits SDF-Controlled Areas
In a dangerous escalation of militant activity, Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells have launched a series of coordinated attacks on positions held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) across eastern Syria, signaling a troubling resurgence of the extremist group. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), one of the most significant incidents took place in the town of Diban in Deir ez-Zor province, where ISIS operatives opened fire with automatic weapons on an SDF military point.
ANF News: SDF forces thwart ISIS attack in Deir ez-Zor’s eastern countryside
According to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Press Center, SDF forces yesterday foiled a terrorist attack carried out by an ISIS cell on one of their military points in the town of Al-Sabha. “The cell, using motorcycles and machine guns, launched a treacherous and indiscriminate attack. As they passed by the military position, they opened fire on our fighters. Thanks to the vigilance and readiness of our forces, the attack was thwarted immediately. Our fighters responded swiftly, engaging in a clash with the terrorists,” said the SDF statement.
AFP: Syria arrests ISIS members near Damascus
Syrian authorities said they arrested members of ISIS cell near Damascus on Monday, accusing them of preparing attacks against the country. Since the fall of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December, ISIS attacks on the country’s new rulers have been scarce, but the extremist-led authorities have been trying to strengthen security institutions and preserve stability.
Jerusalem Post: ISIS activity may return in southern Syria amid Israeli incursions – report
Concerns are rising that the ISIS terrorist organization may resurge and begin attacks in the Daraa Governorate in southern Syria, sources at the scene told the Hezbollah-affiliated source Al-Akhbar on Saturday. Other Syrian opposition groups will reportedly take action against the leadership of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the report added, noting feelings of discontent rising among residents in the area.
Turkey
Barron’s: Turkey, PKK Must Both Change For Peace: Former Militant
"When you try and explain peace to people, there is a very serious lack of trust," said Yuksel Genc, a former fighter with the PKK, which recently ended its decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state. Talking over a glass of tea in a square in Diyarbakir, the biggest city in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast, this 50-year-old former fighter with long auburn curls is worried about how the nascent rapprochement between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will play out.
Yemen
Defense Post: US Strike on Yemen Kills Al-Qaeda Members: Yemeni Security Sources
Five Al-Qaeda members have been killed in a strike blamed on the United States in southern Yemen, two Yemeni security sources told AFP on Saturday. “Residents of the area informed us of the US strike… five Al-Qaeda members were eliminated,” said a security source in Abyan province, which borders the seat of Yemen’s internationally-recognized government in Aden.
AFP: Death toll in US strikes on al-Qaeda members in Yemen rises to 9
The number of al-Qaeda members killed in strikes on southern Yemen blamed on the United States has increased to nine, a Yemeni security source tells AFP. The official in Abyan province, which borders the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognized government in Aden, says the strikes killed nine members of the group, including a local leader.
The Guardian: Nothing left to bomb’: Yemen’s civilians bear brunt of US airstrikes on Houthis
While the US claims to have targeted the Houthis, the intense wave of airstrikes on major cities and sites across Yemen has also claimed dozens of civilian lives, according to human rights groups and the London-based monitoring organisation AirWars, which lists fatalities from three families in the attack on the Thaqban district.
India
Deutsche Welle: India goes on diplomatic offensive after Kashmir attack
India last week sent parliamentary delegations to 33 countries on a diplomatic mission to drum up support for countering Pakistan-based militant groups Delhi has said are behind recent cross-border attacks. Tensions between India and Pakistan remain high following the killing of Hindu tourists in India-administered Kashmir on April 22. The attack resulted in the death of 26 people, causing outrage in India.
Nigeria
Reuters: At least 42 killed in weekend attacks in Nigeria's Benue state, local official says
At least 42 people were shot dead by suspected herders in a series of weekend attacks across Gwer West district in Nigeria's central Benue state, a local official said on Tuesday. Thirty-two bodies were recovered from Sunday's assaults on the Ahume and Aondona villages, while 10 more were killed in a separate attack on the villages of Tyolaha and Tse-Ubiam on Saturday, said Victor Omnin, chairman of the Gwer West local government.
Reuters: Separatists' sit-at-home protests lead to 700 deaths in Nigeria's southeast, report says
A sit-at-home order by banned separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra in Nigeria's southeast has led to the death of over 700 people in the region over the past four years, an intelligence consultancy said in a new report. The IPOB, campaigning for the secession of the southeast that is predominantly inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group, has been labelled a terrorist organisation by Nigerian authorities.
Reuters: Nigeria police investigate blast outside army barracks in Abuja
Nigerian police said on Monday that they were investigating an explosion outside an army barracks in the centre of the capital Abuja and that one person was receiving medical attention in hospital after the incident. The police said in a statement that its Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit had been sent to the scene, which was cordoned off for analysis and to ensure the safety of commuters.
Associated Press: Boko Haram’s resurgence: Why Nigeria’s military is struggling to hold the line
A resurgence of Boko Haram attacks is shaking Nigeria’s northeast, as Islamic extremists have repeatedly overrun military outposts, mined roads with bombs and raided civilian communities since the start of the year, raising fears of a possible return to peak Boko Haram-era insecurity despite the military’s claims of successes.
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