Counter Terror

The database team of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at IDC Herzliya publishes a monthly report that provides a summary and analysis of...

There are signs that the U.S is preparing a ground offensive against ISIS in Iraq. The U.S. military has been stockpiling huge quantities of gear...

The ICC’s Decision to Open a Preliminary Examination: Cause for Concern, not for Panic. On January 16, 2015, Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor of the International Criminal...

European countries are voluntarily providing the United States with large amounts of information about their citizens. Data transfers focus in particular on citizens attempting...

Two NY women, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction in the US, according to federal prosecutors. FBI officials...

Several weeks ago an IED killed 20 people in a popular Hindu shrine in the center of Bangkok, and just a couple of years...

The Horn of Africa is now hosting a rather unpleasant guest: a new ISIS affiliate. Jahba East Africa distinguishes itself from al-Shabaab by vowing...

Computer scientists and electrical engineers from the University of Washington have devised a way to send passwords through the human body using benign, low-frequency...

Consumer drone company DJI has created a broad no-fly zone over nearly all of Iraq and Syria, an apparent attempt to prevent ISIS from...

Police in Northern Ireland are leading a bid to improve the detection of terrorist content on the internet. Project TENSOR is aimed at tackling...

The Canadian Department of National Defence's scientists have started working on a new system to monitor Arctic waters, including autonomous vehicles. "It's important from...

This is a worldwide problem - how to stop radioactive materials from being smuggled into a country for the purpose of committing acts of...

A live counter-terrorism exercise dubbed Vigilant Skies 2013 was conducted a few days ago, in order to test the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Cooperative Airspace...

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

This  iHLS Special Edition video is about the terror organization ISIL/ISIS: the al-Qaeda-al-Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra) splinter-group that is making strides in Lebanon, Syria...

U.S Homeland Security officials confirmed that they have stepped up security at federal buildings and enhanced security screenings at airports in the wake of...

Killer robots are here: in the air, at sea and on the ground. The looming question is whether we should let them do that...

Arie Egozi The intelligence departments of Europe’s security services are suffering failure after failure when it comes to receiving alerts on preparations for large attacks. Europe...

Kurdish Peshmerga forces shot down an ISIS surveillance drone last week near the Mosul frontline in northern Iraq, reports ARA News, a Kurdish news...

Ahead of a meeting of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS, the International Police Organization (INTERPOL) has underlined the need for military success against...

IMI Systems Ltd. will supply a European country with a variety of small caliber ammunition products for a total value of 37 million NIS....

By Prof. Efraim Inbar As long as the military branch of Hamas remains independent, there is no Palestinian unity. Under the current accord, instead of...