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Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, what has happened to al-Qaeda? - explainer

While al-Qaeda suffered losses and dislocation after the invasion of Afghanistan, its profile rose, and it expanded massively in the years that followed.

|ByREUTERS
Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri
Israel Police and IDF readiness drills continue as part of Operations Advancing the Wall and Southern Wind to prepare in case of future Octover 7-style attacks, September 7, 2026.

Israeli resident charged over ISIS ties, marking fourth in under two weeks

The concentrated run of cases includes two alleged plots to attack Israeli security forces and a former IDF soldier accused of training to join ISIS abroad. 

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Women and children queue during a joint security operation by Syria's Kurdish Internal Security Police Force, also known as Asayesh, and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at Camp Roj where foreign relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held.

Iraq completes investigation into thousands of ISIS detainees formerly held in Syria - report

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had been holding them until the SDF and Syrian government agreed to integrate, at which time US Central Command decided to facilitate a mass transfer.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025.

Former IDF soldier charged for affiliating himself with ISIS, watching terror training videos

The suspect, Khamis Su'ad, had served in the IDF between 2017 and 2019 and had allegedly exhibited a growing interest in ISIS since 2023.  

|BySARAH BEN-NUN, TZVI JASPER

Beersheba terror suspect admits to 'wanting to blow up' nightclub dancers

During his interrogation, Gergawi admitted that he had searched YouTube for instructions on how to make explosives.

AUGUST 19, 2026ByYANIR YAGNA
Beersheba's Forum nightclub

Bedouin man indicted for planning terror attack on Beersheba nightclub, contacting ISIS

Police added that the investigation revealed that Gergawi had been in contact with ISIS activists and consumed related terror content, as well as planning to join the organization in Syria.

AUGUST 18, 2026ByYANIR YAGNA, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Abdullah Gergawi, 20, from the Bedouin town of Shaqib al-Salam.

Libyan commander Haftar helped secure release of US hostage in Sahel

Reuters reported last year that Rideout was seized by three unidentified men on his way to the airport in Niamey and taken to the western Tillaberi region of Niger.

AUGUST 14, 2026ByREUTERS
- A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul.

American missionary kidnapped in Niger released, in US custody

Rideout is on his way to the United States, the Times said, adding that he was in good health based on proof-of-life images that were provided to American officials in the past 48 hours.

AUGUST 14, 2026ByREUTERS
A still image taken from an Islamic State (ISIS) video

Syrian authorities arrest nine-member ISIS cell in town adjacent to Israel's demilitarized zone

The nine-member ISIS cell allegedly collected weapons, transported explosives, and carried out other activities supporting the terrorist group, according to Damascus's Interior Ministry.

AUGUST 9, 2026ByJAMES GENN
Illustration of ISIS terrorists.

UNESCO joins Palestinians in rewriting Jewish history in Judea and Samaria - opinion

This year, the PA submitted a long list of obviously and undeniably Jewish historical sites to the World Heritage List at UNESCO, rebranding the sites as “Palestinian” or “Islamic” heritage locations

AUGUST 8, 2026ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley

Berlin attack highlights Europe’s shift to individualized, multi-layered terror threats - analysis

Online radicalization, lone-actor violence, and Iran-linked networks are placing European security services under pressure from distinct but increasingly simultaneous threats.

AUGUST 5, 2026ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE
Tourists and visitors observe and pay respects at a makeshift memorial set in Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg gate, one week after the Christopher Street Day pride parade attack on August 2, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Secretive US court meant to deport alleged terrorists hears first case

A hearing in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court was centered on a 47-year-old woman accused of supporting Islamic State and helping conceal a failed Election Day 2024 mass shooting plot.

JULY 31, 2026ByREUTERS
US flag and Judge gavel are seen in this illustration taken, August 6, 2024.

Arab tribal ‘war tent’ raises fears of Kurdish-Arab violence in eastern Syria - analysis

Armed tribal gatherings near Hasaka and threats against Kurds are fueling fears of renewed communal violence as Damascus tries to calm tensions in eastern Syria.

JULY 25, 2026BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A new batch of Arab tribesmen, estimated in the thousands, departs from Idlib and its surrounding countryside toward the southern city of Sweida, Syria, on July 18, 2025.

'Killing security officers is a red line': Why Jordan brought back the death penalty

The execution of six men convicted of killing security officers in June signals Amman’s tough new approach to terrorism, drug trafficking, and threats to the kingdom’s stability

JULY 23, 2026ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
King Abdullah II of Jordan. Analysts say that the return of the death penalty is intended to send a clear message of deterrence as the kingdom grapples with multiple internal and external challenges.
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