ISIS

The so-called Cyber Caliphate, the supposed cyber army of jihadist organization ISIS, has featured prominently in the news in recent years with a string...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly Video report (March 10th 2015): Cyber in the IDF: Warfare and Security Terrorism Finance: Experts Worry ISIS Already...

The US Department of Homeland Security has released a new report that suggests we should stop defining the fight against global terror as “us...

ISIS has attacked an Iraqi state-run gas plant in Baghdad’s northern outskirts, killing at least 11. The group attempted to breach the plant’s perimeter...

Paz Shabtai Perhaps due to international pressure, mainly from the US and Russia, to secure its border with Syria and to enforce strict border control,...

In this weekly report ((14 October 2014)): Northrop Grumman unveils new reconnaissance UAV New American internet campaign ridicules militants Elbit's new head-mounted display for pilots Cyber attack across...

Airborne intelligence has arguably given the U.S. military an advantage over adversaries on the ground during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the...

The Washington Post reported recently that American Air Force Reaper drones began flying out of Tunisian bases in late June of this year and...

The ISIS economy ISIS announced the gradual resumption of production at a number of plants in the provinces of Al-Anbar and Mosul in western and northern...

Finding treatment for victims of a chemical weapons attack seems as one of the priorities of the US National Institute of Health (NIH). The...

The U.S. Justice Department said this week that it has created a new office which would focus on homegrown extremists. Assistant Attorney General John P....

US Special Forces captured Sleiman Daud al-Afari, the head of ISIS’ chemical weapons unit. Al-Afari worked for Saddam Hussein’s Military Industrialization Authority, specialising in...

After establishing a reign of terror on lands in the Middle East and certain regions in Northern Africa, ISIS wants to extend its grip...

France and Germany are insisting makers of encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram to help governments monitor communications among suspected extremists. Privacy advocates argue that...

Beyond Airstrikes, how can the US accelerate the Islamic State’s defeat? There is broad agreement among policy makers and defense analysts in Washington, that U.S. airstrikes alone are insufficient...

An increasing use of aerial unmanned systems by the U.S armed forces creates severe problems. An internal service memo reveals that the US Air Force...

Russian forces in Syria have built up a network of satellite communication stations to make up for communications links lost during the war. Speaking...

Main developments in Syria Hama On February 12, 2015, an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account claimed that Hama had been declared a new Islamic State province. At this...

The American company Uber provides transportation services online throughout the world and offers an adjusted route for drivers using their cars. Lately the American intelligence...

The US Department of Homeland Security is preparing a plan to scrutinise visa applicants’ social media presence before allowing them into the country, the...

iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (28 October 2014): Ebola possibly weaponized Safe City projects US next generation bunker-buster bombs New Hovermast unveiled Euclid antenna pedestals

Counterterrorism officials are currently debating as to how to deal with nine British students who were studying medicine in Sudan, when they decided to...