Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei declared on X that its ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel is comparable to jihad, according to a counterterrorism analyst.
A disturbing video circulating online this week shows a militant affiliated with the Damascus government displaying a braid of hair said to belong to a dead female Kurdish fighter.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, once known as jihadist warlord Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, announced this week that Syria has attracted $28 billion in investment since his government took power in December.
In a disturbing escalation of domestic terrorism, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian national, carried out a terror attack on peaceful Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado.
The Taliban, the jihadist group ruling Afghanistan since 2021, is once again pushing for official recognition at the United Nations. This week, top Taliban diplomat Suhail Shaheen claimed that representation at the U.N. is both a “necessity and a right” for the so-called “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” Despite controlling the country for nearly four years, the Taliban remains internationally unrecognized and continues to enforce an oppressive sharia regime.
The head nurse at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital was threatened by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) after publicly urging its operatives to vacate the medical facility, warning their presence was endangering patients and drawing potential Israeli military response.
On Saturday, the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a rocket that struck the Erez Crossing, a critical border point for humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
