Counter Terror

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called on President Barack Obama to attack the Islamic State’s stronghold in Syria, after a video was released showing the...

Iceland issued a red alert to civil aviation following signs of eruption at Vattnejökull. The airspace around the volcano was sealed off, but Iceland's...

A review of counter-espionage and counter-terror intelligence agencies use to intercept suspects' cellular, data and internet activities

According to a recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) “Intelligence Assessment,” domestic anti-government “extremists” pose an increasing threat...

By Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak, Senior Researcher, ICT Hamas tunnels have not been seen as a key strategic threat in decades – until they formed the...

A lot of attention has been paid in the past weeks to Israel's struggle against the terror tunnels employed by Hamas in Gaza. Nevertheless,...

Moroccan security forces two weeks ago arrested a French jihadist who was operating in the country to recruit fighters in order to send them...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the launch of the first authorized app to expedite a traveler’s entry process into the U.S. Mobile...

Now that the world has finally turned its attention to the carnage sweeping through northern Iraq, many are struggling to place the perpetrators - the...

Intelligence agencies generate massive amounts of information. How can experts avoid getting flooded by the endless stream of data, and instead use it to...

by Dr. Max Singer An attack on the Hamas military leadership and military assets would be a difficult battle, almost certainly causing many Israeli casualties...

A recent FBI case has proved that the bureau's facial recognition systems works. The story starts with a fugitive, Neil Stammer, who had been on...

Al-Qaeda is morphing and metastasizing, spreading like a cancer in an arc of jihadism from the deserts of Northern Mali through Libya, Nigeria, Somalia,...

Police in Kosovo yesterday (Monday) arrested forty young Islamic radicals who had fought in Syria and Iraq for ISIS or other extremist groups. The Wall Street...

The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during April 2014, as researched and recorded by...

Will the Ebola virus become a "dirty bomb" of terrorists? Some experts fear that the answer is positive. One of them is a Cambridge University...

In its early years, al-Qaeda received most of its financing from affluent donors from the Middle East, but counterterrorism officials now believe the group...

The man who urged Indonesians to join the militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in a recent YouTube video is a wanted...

A new and disturbing trend has popped up which a few journalists have followed; terrorists using social media to their advantage. Twitter is their...

Sovereign citizen, Islamist extremist, and militia/patriot groups are perceived by law enforcement agencies to pose the greatest threats to their communities, according to a...

When law enforcement officers are called to any emergency situation - they are prepared for the worst case scenario. Whether dealing with a hostage...

Issues and articles discussed in this report: A new IT security survey British lawmakers examine UAV market Smart Russian weapons may reach ISIS in Iraq New, life-saving Israeli...