Tracking Terrorism

An independent handle monitoring terrorist groups, terror financing, cyber space activities of terror outfits and initiatives to counter them.

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Cyberhate (i.e., online hate, online hate speech) targets either individuals or groups of people with intensive and hostile statements and content.

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1st May - The @WhiteHouse announced that the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have renewed operations "to liberate the final ISIS strongholds in Syria," https://t.co/WynCkwtRHz

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A suspected militant leader of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi was killed during a search operation jointly launched by the police and Frontier Corps in the mountainous areas of Splingy and Qabu of Mastung district, Balochistan.
https://t.co/inJuB7MzRf

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An Iraqi policeman was killed and two others were injured in a roadside bomb blast in eastern #Iraq. https://t.co/PZ3L2aM7QX

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1st May - Samuel Rahamin Topaz, 24, of New Jersey, was sentenced to eight years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for conspiring to provide material support to the #ISIS.
https://t.co/XxrrjlLNNo

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1st May - Security forces arrested six suspected #Daesh members in the Turkish capital #Ankara and southern #Turkey.
https://t.co/baqaoqPmom

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30th April - The law enforcement agencies nabbed terrorist involved in several terror attacks including attack on Bolan Medical Complex and Hazara Town blast. The terrorist belongs to banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s Wali Allah group. https://t.co/ILoqJssXER

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The operative allegedly from Lashkar-e-Taiba who blew himself up outside the U.S. consulate in #Jeddah in 2016 was an Indian national. The man was identified as Fayaz Kagzi.
https://t.co/Q2UJmTCbSk

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1st May - The #Nigeria-based Boko Haram released two attack videos, one showing a recent operation against the Nigerian army in the Jiddari Polo area of Maiduguri, and the other, a strike on soldiers in the Sambisa forest, and a video of implementing Shariah law.

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The Counter Terrorism Department has forwarded to the #Sindh government a list of 19 terrorists who received training from #Afghanistan.
https://t.co/xQEJYcWjDO

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Instead of pinning everything on Afghan Taliban accepting #Kabul’s peace deal — the @UN should be brought on board to begin preparing for the ‘mother’ of all peacekeeping missions. It is the best way the international community can secure #Afghanistan.
https://t.co/2833ZKcqv6

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There are, however, indications that social trust may bolster against perceived societal fear, hence enhancing resilience.
https://t.co/DDG9WqjEM3

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Cyberhate (i.e., online hate, online hate speech) targets either individuals or groups of people with intensive and hostile statements and content.

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Research findings indicate that hateful online communication in the aftermath of tragic societal events may contribute to a social climate of fear and exacerbate societal uncertainty.

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A joint project by Turkish police and a state-run development aid agency will provide counterterrorism training for Kenyan security forces. The training comes upon the request of Kenyan police.
https://t.co/EK3UEnoVdg

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1st May - Suicide bombers killed dozens of people at a mosque and a market in northeast #Nigeria, in a twin attack bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram.
https://t.co/CtOkOh4bva

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Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 Christians and Muslims and displaced millions in the past 10 years, according to official counts, in a move to establish so-called Sharia law.

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Police are hunting for three people suspected to have recruited 13 youths from Kilifi and Lamu counties into the al-Shabaab terror group based in #Somalia.
https://t.co/vu0WKb4vcO