Jihad

Why Syria’s removal from the US terror list matters for Israel - analysis

It's one thing for Israel to take military action in a country that the US has formally labeled a state sponsor of terrorism. It's quite another to do so after the US has removed that designation.

A man rides a motorbike in the town of Abu al-Duhur, Syria, August 18, 2026
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.

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

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?

Mamdani’s New York stands as a stark warning of America's possible dystopian future - opinion

A supporter of Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, holds a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei during an anti-US and anti-Israel protest in Beirut's southern suburbs on June 10, 2026.

Mojtaba Khamenei praises Hezbollah, calls for continued jihad, attacks against Israel


Israel’s wars against jihadi terrorists concern intersections between death and time - opinion

Any catastrophic war between Israel and its Islamist adversaries would have little to do with Palestinian sovereignty or self-determination.

 SYRIA’S INTERIM President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman last week. Today, merely identifying adversaries has become more difficult because of the Assad regime collapse in Syria, says the writer.

Gaza can only reclaim its future once Hamas is truly gone - opinion

Hamas cannot be managed, reformed, or contained. It must be destroyed – completely, irreversibly, and without the possibility of resurrection.

Hamas terrorists seen before a hostage release in Gaza City, February 1, 2025

New Jersey man pleads guilty after being inspired by October 7 to join terrorist group

Nasr told an FBI confidential source posing as a facilitator for a terrorist organization that "evil America" was his primary enemy and the “head of the snake.”

 A screenshot of a X/Twitter post linked with Nasr.

Can Trump leverage Middle East dynamics to secure lasting peace? – opinion

Trump’s Middle East approach means he will have to navigate complex Islamist dynamics tests.

 AFTER HIS confirmation as US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington last week. He and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz recognize that each Islamist entity requires special handling; there is no one-size-fits-all negotiation, says the writer.

'If It Takes a Thousand Years': A manual on how to defeat jihadists - review

The jihadist enemy uses the organs of American democracy to subvert it from within, and what the US needs to do to protect itself.

 The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group holds a rally in Gaza to commemorate armed commanders and operatives killed by Israel in the past five-day fighting, in Gaza City, May 19, 2023.

Post-Assad Syria: The end of Baathism and the rise of Islamism - opinion

Perhaps Abu Mohammed al-Julani will defy the grim precedent, maybe he will break away from Salafi jihadism and break the cycle that has consumed countless others.

 Images of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, are riddled with bullet holes as fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the damage at a military site, in Damascus on December 14, 2024.

No sanctions relief for Syria until HTS proves it is done with jihadism - opinion

Our approach should be humanitarian aid, yes, but no to US reconstruction aid or sanctions relief until Syria is unambiguously not jihadist.

 HTS LEADER Abu Mohammed al-Julani (right), meets with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in Damascus.

Former terrorist takes legal action against 'offensive' historic pub name - report

Khalid Baqa told The Independent that if he won his claim, the money would be donated to orphans in Gaza or Syria

 The Saracen’s Head Inn in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, was established in 1530 and is owned by Greene King

Who is Abu Mohammed al-Julani, the leader of the Syrian rebels? - explainer

"Julani has been smarter than Assad. He’s retooled, he's refashioned, made new allies," said a Syria expert

Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani

The Canada we loved is disappearing with the normalization of Nazi and jihadist activity - opinion

Our community has long been aware of its antisemitic past, particularly during the Holocaust when Canada shamefully accepted only a negligible number of Jewish refugees.

 FORMER CANADIAN prime minister Stephen Harper speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, in 2017.