“In a groundbreaking ruling, an official Islamic legislative body based in the
Arab world declared a ‘fatwa,’ or a legal opinion, against the Islamist
militant group Hamas Thursday, calling its treatment of millions of
Palestinians living under its rule in the Gaza Strip ‘inhumane’ and urging the
terrorist organization and its followers to immediately give up arms, sit down
and make peace. The unprecedented declaration, published by the Islamic Fatwa
Council, a non-government body of Shiite, Sunni and Sufi clerics headquartered
in the Iraqi spiritual capital of Najaf, states that Hamas, an offshoot of the
Muslim Brotherhood movement, ‘bears responsibility for its own reign of
corruption and terror against Palestinian civilians within Gaza’ and deems ‘it
prohibited to pray for, join, support, finance or fight on behalf of Hamas.’
‘As an Islamic legal body, we take note of the condition of the oppressed all
over the world,’ Muhammad Ali Al-Maqdisi, a cleric for the council, said in a
video statement shared with Fox News Digital. ‘We have seen what Gaza has been
subjected to under Hamas’ rule. We have also seen the atrocities which, in our
view, have been perpetrated against Palestinians — faithful and unarmed
civilians — who have neither strength nor recourse. And, so, we believed it was
our Islamic obligation to aid the oppressed.’”











<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>



Eye on Extremism



March 13, 2023



Fox News: In Groundbreaking Ruling, Middle Eastern Islamic Council Declares
‘Fatwa’ Against Hamas
<[link removed]>



“In a groundbreaking ruling, an official Islamic legislative body based in the
Arab world declared a ‘fatwa,’ or a legal opinion, against the Islamist
militant group Hamas Thursday, calling its treatment of millions of
Palestinians living under its rule in the Gaza Strip ‘inhumane’ and urging the
terrorist organization and its followers to immediately give up arms, sit down
and make peace. The unprecedented declaration, published by the Islamic Fatwa
Council, a non-government body of Shiite, Sunni and Sufi clerics headquartered
in the Iraqi spiritual capital of Najaf, states that Hamas, an offshoot of the
Muslim Brotherhood movement, ‘bears responsibility for its own reign of
corruption and terror against Palestinian civilians within Gaza’ and deems ‘it
prohibited to pray for, join, support, finance or fight on behalf of Hamas.’
‘As an Islamic legal body, we take note of the condition of the oppressed all
over the world,’ Muhammad Ali Al-Maqdisi, a cleric for the council, said in a
video statement shared with Fox News Digital. ‘We have seen what Gaza has been
subjected to under Hamas’ rule. We have also seen the atrocities which, in our
view, have been perpetrated against Palestinians — faithful and unarmed
civilians — who have neither strength nor recourse. And, so, we believed it was
our Islamic obligation to aid the oppressed.’”



Associated Press: US Trains West African Militaries As Jihadi Threat Spreads
<[link removed](AP)%20%E2%80%94,armies%20contain%20the%20jihadi%20threat.>



“As extremist violence in West Africa’s Sahel region spreads south toward
coastal states, the United States military has launched its annual military
training exercise aimed at helping armies contain the jihadi threat. Soldiers
from several African countries are being trained in counter-insurgency tactics
as part of the annual U.S.-led exercise known as Flintlock, that began this
week. Some 1,300 military personnel from 29 countries are training in Ghana and
Ivory Coast, amid surging jihadi violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic
State group that’s killed thousands, displaced millions and plunged countries
into crises. While most of the extremist activity is concentrated in West
Africa’s inland Sahel region in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the violence is
rapidly spreading to coastal states like Ghana, which is experiencing an
upsurge in attacks by unidentified groups, which could have links to jihadis.
Northern Ghana had just one violent incident connected to an unidentified armed
group in 2021 but that figure rose dramatically to 19 in 2022, according to the
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.”



Syria



Reuters: Israel Hits Areas In Syria's Hama And Tartous Countryside - Syrian
State Media
<[link removed]>



“Israel launched several rocket strikes on areas in Syria's Hama province and
the coastal Tartous countryside on Sunday, Syrian state media reported. Rockets
flew from across northern Lebanon towards their targets, with three military
personnel injured according to the report, which gave no further details. An
Israeli military spokesperson declined comment. An Israeli air strike knocked
Aleppo airport out of service on Tuesday and caused ‘material damage’ to the
airport, according to Syrian state media. Western intelligence sources say the
airport attack targeted Iranian arms shipments delivered by air under the cover
of humanitarian aid and relief air by dozens of planes that were landing at the
airport for people affected by last month's earthquake.”



Daily Sabah: CENTCOM Chief Meets PKK Terrorists, Inspects Detention Camps In
Syria Visit
<[link removed]>



“A week after one of the top U.S. generals paid a controversial visit to
northern Syria ‘to meet with (American) commanders and troops,’ another senior
U.S. security official, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, the commander of the U.S.
Central Command (CENTCOM), visited northeast Syria and met with U.S. forces and
PKK leaders on Thursday. In a written statement released on Saturday, CENTCOM
said Kurilla visited U.S. forces and PKK fighters in the ‘daily fight against
ISIS At Large,’ using an alternative acronym for the Daesh terrorist group.
‘This was his sixth visit to Syria in the last 11 months,’ the statement said.
Earlier on March 4, U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairperson of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, made an unannounced visit to a U.S. base in the area dominated by the
YPG, a Syrian wing of the designated terrorist group PKK. Milley’s visit
stirred up a crisis between Türkiye and its NATO ally, the U.S., as the PKK and
its associated elements in the region have claimed responsibility for thousands
of civilian deaths in Türkiye.”



Iran



i24 News: Iran Sentences Swedish-Iranian Dissident To Death For 'Terrorism'
<[link removed]>



“An Iranian court on Sunday confirmed the death sentence for a dual
Iranian-Swedish citizen for 'terrorism' over two years since his disappearance
at an airport in Turkey, Iran's judiciary website Mizan Online reported. Habib
Chaab, who vanished during a visit to Turkey and has been held in Iran since
October 2020, was found guilty on charges of 'corruption on earth' and for the
formation of a 'rebel group' inside the Islamic Republic. The dual national is
the latest person in Iran to be sentenced to death for being member of Harakat
al-Nidal, which Tehran calls a 'terrorist group.' Harakat al-Nidal have been
accused of being behind a 2018 attack on a military parade in Ahvaz in the
southwestern Khuzestan region that reportedly killed 25 people and wounded
almost 250 more. Chaab was sentenced to death by Iran's judiciary on December
6, with Iran's Supreme Court upholding the ruling on Sunday.”



Iraq


AFP News: Up To 500 IS Fighters Still Active In Iraq: Military
<[link removed]>



“The Islamic State group still has up to 500 active fighters in Iraq, a
senior military official estimated Sunday in the country where jihadist cells
continue to launch sporadic attacks. But Iraqi General Qais al-Mohamadawi, part
of the anti-jihadist coalition, stressed that IS -- now based in remote desert
and mountain hideouts -- has ‘lost its ability to attract new recruits’. The
United Nations estimated in a report published last month that IS still has
‘5,000 to 7,000 members and supporters’ across Iraq and neighbouring Syria,
‘roughly half of whom are fighters’. The IS extremists in 2014 launched their
self-proclaimed ‘caliphate’ across swathes of both countries in a campaign
marked by its brutality including mass killings, torture, rape and slavery.”



The National: Iraqi Commandos Kill 22 ISIS Fighters In Anbar Desert
<[link removed]>



“Iraqi security forces killed 22 ISIS fighters during a military operation in
the country’s sprawling western desert, senior military officers said on
Sunday. Lt Gen Abdul Wahab Al Saedi, head of the country’s elite Counter
Terrorism Service, told a press conference that all those killed wore
explosive-laden belts, adding that senior leaders were among the dead. He named
two of the slain field leaders as Barzan Hussein, who served as ISIS's governor
of Fallujah, Al Janoob and Rokan Hameed Allawi. Fourteen others were also
identified, he added, but he did not release their names. The operation took
place in the desert to the south of Al Qaim city and involved dropping
paratroopers. He added that some militants blew themselves up during the
clashes.”



Iraqi News: 86 Terrorists Arrested, Weapons Seized In Eastern Iraq
<[link removed]>



“The Iraqi security forces arrested 86 terrorists and seized quantities of
weapons on Saturday in the eastern governorate of Diyala. The Security Media
Cell of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense mentioned in a statement that a joint
security force arrested 86 terrorists in a security operation started on Friday
in Diyala governorate. The security forces seized five pistols, 55 rifles, four
hunting rifles, a 60 millimeter mortar, seven sound pistols, a smoke grenade,
18 vehicles, 160 motorcycles, a mobile phone and ammunitions, Alsumaria News
reported. The Security Media Cell also mentioned that the authority of the law
is above all, and the security forces, according to the drawn plans, are
continuing their operations to arrest the outlaws and the terrorist elements.
Diyala governorate witnesses repeated attacks by the remnants of ISIS group
targeting the security forces and civilians in the governorate. In December
2017, Iraq announced the liberation of all its territories from the grip of the
ISIS, after nearly three and a half years of confrontations with the terrorist
group that occupied about a third of the country, announcing the establishment
of what it called the Islamic Caliphate.”



Turkey



TRT World: 'Most Wanted PKK Terrorist' Killed In Operation In Türkiye's
Southeast
<[link removed]>



“Türkiye's ‘most wanted PKK terrorist’ has been reported killed alongside six
other terrorists in a counterterrorism operation carried out by Turkish Armed
Forces in the country's southeast. The Interior Ministry announced on Saturday
that Hamiyet Yalcınkaya and the other suspects were killed in a January 22
operation in coordination with gendarmerie forces in Sirnak province’s Bestler
Dereler region. ‘The so-called Botan Field Officer, code-named Leyla Amed, is
in a yellow bag. Congratulations to our hero gendarme,’ Interior Minister
Suleyman Soylu said in a social media post. The image accompanying Soylu's post
showed three soldiers carrying guns and standing next to an oversized yellow
bag with one firearm placed on top.”



Afghanistan



Reuters: Blast At Afghanistan Journalist Event Kills At Least One, Injures
Eight
<[link removed]>



“A blast hit a cultural centre during an event for journalists in northern
Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding eight,
according to authorities and journalists, a few days after the province's
governor died in an explosion claimed by Islamic State. ‘Today, at 11:30 a.m.
an explosion occurred at the Tabyan Cultural Centre, in the second police
district of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province ... the explosion happened due to
a mine,’ said Abdul Nafi Takor, spokesperson for the Taliban administration's
Ministry of Interior. Takor added that five journalists and three children were
among the injured and a security guard was killed. It as not immediately clear
who was behind the explosion. Sajad Mosawi, a journalist in Balkh who was
injured in the blast, said it had torn through the centre during an event to
celebrate journalists. Taliban authorities were already investigating the
explosion that killed provincial governor Mawlawi Mohammad Dawood Muzamil and
two others at his office on Thursday.”



MSN: Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Attack In Afghanistan During
Press Event At Cultural Center
<[link removed]>



“Islamic State claimed responsibility Sunday for the attack this week on a
Shiite cultural center in the northern Afghan province of Balkh, where a press
awards ceremony was being held. In the attack at the Tabayan cultural center,
one security guard was killed and nearly 20 people, mostly reporters, were
wounded, according to Taliban officials. However, a media outlet associated
with the cultural center, Avapress, reported three dead and 30 wounded,
according to DPA agency. The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
condemned the attack and called for the protection of Afghan reporters who,
according to them, show immense courage. The Afghan affiliate of the jihadist
organization has been targeting the country's Shiite and Hazara minority for
years, especially taking advantage of the security gaps opened up by the
Taliban reconquest of the country. In fact, this is not the first attack
against a branch of Tabayan -- an organization backed by Iran, since in 2017
they attacked the headquarters in the capital, Kabul, leaving around half a
hundred dead.”



Pakistan



The Tribune: 13 Terrorists Arrested In Pakistan
<[link removed]>



“Pakistani law enforcement agencies on Friday arrested 13 suspected
terrorists, mostly belonging to al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) groups, from different parts of Punjab
province and thwarted a terror attack in Lahore, an official said. According to
a spokesperson of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police, five
AQIS terrorists were arrested during a raid in Lahore and elsewhere. Similarly,
five TTP terrorists and two belonging to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) outfit and
other to Shia organisation Tahreek-e-Jafria Pakistan were arrested from
different parts of Punjab. ‘To effectively counter the menace of terrorism, CTD
Punjab had conducted 59 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across the
province and nabbed 13 terrorists,’ the official said.”



Pakistan Observer: ATC Grants Bail To Fawad In Terrorism Case
<[link removed]>



“An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday granted pre-arrest interim bail to
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry in a case of murder,
attempt to murder and other provisions, till March 25.The court ordered the PTI
leader to furnish surety bonds of Rs 500,000 for availing the relief of the
interim bail.The court also ordered Fawad Chaudhry to join the investigations,
besides asking the investigation officer to submit a progress report on the
next date of hearing. ATC Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar heard the pre-arrest bail
petition, filed by Fawad Chaudhry.”



Middle East



Associated Press: 3 Palestinian Militants Killed In Attack On Israeli Troops
<[link removed]>



“Israeli forces shot and killed three Palestinian militants Sunday who opened
fire on troops in the occupied West Bank, the military said, the latest
bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigade, an armed offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party,
claimed the men killed as members. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the men
were killed by Israeli fire near the city of Nablus and identified them as
Jihad Mohammed al-Shami, 24, Uday Othman al-Shami, 22 and Mohammed Raed Dabeek,
18. The military said it confiscated three M16 rifles from the militants after
the shootout and that one gunman turned himself in and was arrested. The deaths
Sunday bring to 80 the number of Palestinians killed since the start of the
year, as Israel has stepped up arrest raids in the West Bank. A spasm of
Palestinian attacks against Israelis has killed 14 people in 2023.”



AFP News: US General Warns Of IS 'Army In Detention' In Syria, Iraq
<[link removed]>



“A US general warned Saturday that the Middle East faces the looming threat
of an Islamic State group ‘army in detention’, after visiting prisons and camps
in northeastern Syria holding suspected jihadists and their relatives. General
Michael Kurilla, head of the US military's Central Command, visited several
detention facilities this week, including Ghwayran prison in the city of
Hasakeh, where hundreds were killed after jihadists stormed it early last year,
a CENTCOM statement said. ‘In visiting the detention facility, I saw the
looming threat posed by this group of detained ISIS fighters,’ Kurilla said in
the statement, using another acronym for IS. ‘Between those detained in Syria
and Iraq it is a veritable 'ISIS army in detention'. If freed, this group would
pose a great threat regionally and beyond,’ he added. The Kurdish-led Syrian
Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by a US-led coalition, spearheaded the fight
against IS in Syria, driving the group from its last redoubt in the country in
2019. Tens of thousands of people, including relatives of alleged jihadists,
have been detained in the years since in camps run by the Kurdish authorities,
including the notorious Al-Hol camp, where around 10,000 foreigners are held.”



Nigeria



Sahara Reporters: Nigerian Troops Arrest Boko Haram Commander, Wife, Four
Children; Nab 35 Terrorists’ Suppliers Of Food, Other Items
<[link removed]>



“The Nigerian Army has confirmed that its troops arrested a Boko Haram
commander, his wife and four children in the Gwoza Local Government Area of
Borno State. This was made known by the Director of Defence Media Operations,
Major General Musa Danmadami, on Thursday during the biweekly briefing in
Abuja. Danmadami said, ‘Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation HADIN KAI in
the North East zone of the Country have sustained and continued to dominate the
Joint Area of Operations. ‘Operational activities were conducted in villages,
forests, mountains, towns and cities of Ngala, Konduga, Mobar, Bama, Gwoza,
Abadam, Biu, Monguno, Damboa and Askira-Uba Local Government Areas of Borno
State.’”



The Guardian: Terrorists Kill Police, 16 Civilians In Zangon-Kataf
<[link removed]>



“Terrorists have killed 17 persons, including a policeman, in Southern
Kaduna, and injured others. The Guardian gathered that the attack took place in
community, Zango Kataf Local Council of Kaduna State. Already a 24-hour curfew
has been imposed on Ungwan Juju, Mabuhu, Unguwar Wakili and Zangon Urban to
forestall further crisis. Special Assistant (Media) to the Chairman of Zango
Kataf Local Council, Yabo Ephraim, who disclosed the imposition of the curfew
to newsmen, yesterday, said: ‘This is to allow men of the Nigerian Army restore
peace to the axis.’”



Somalia



Garowe Online: Bill: Convicted Al-Shabaab Terrorists To Lose Property To
Somalia's Government
<[link removed]>



“The anti-terrorism Bill which was recently approved by Somalia's Lower House
will allow the state to seize property belonging to Al-Shabaab convicts once
the Senate gives it node and subsequent assenting by President Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud, who is the head of state. Alternatively, the Bill, which is yet to be
signed into law, recommends that the government can impose monetary penalties
on terror convicts. The bill will now go to the Upper House for consideration
and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will append his signature to make it law.
Incidentally, the bill has been on the floor of the house since 2017 and gives
government and security agencies sweeping powers to deter, prosecute and
counter- terrorism in Somalia. The country is also facing IS Somalia insurgents
who have been making inroads from the north.”



Menafn: Seven Shabab Militants Killed S. Somalia
<[link removed]>



“The Somali national army said Sunday its forces killed seven members of
Al-Shabab militia, including a local leader, in Lower Juba region, south
Somalia.

Five more militants were injured and quantities of weapons were seized in the
military operation that targeted a terrorist hideout in the region, the Somali
National News Agency (SONNA) cited a military statement as saying.”



Africa



AFP News: Three Escaped Jihadist Prisoners Killed In Mauritania: Govt
<[link removed]>



“Three escaped jihadist prisoners were killed in Mauritania during an
operation to recapture them, the government said on Saturday. A police officer
died and a fourth prisoner was detained, officials said. The operation took
place overnight on Friday in the heartland desert area of Adrar, a security
official said on condition of anonymity. The four jihadists had escaped from a
Nouakchott prison the previous Sunday. The interior ministry has said two
guards were killed and two injured during the breakout, which was a rare event
in a nation spared the insurgency sweeping through the Sahel. According to a
military official, two of the prisoners had been sentenced to death, while the
other two were awaiting trial for membership of a terrorist organisation.”



Associated Press: At Least 19 People Killed In Congo By Suspected Extremists
<[link removed]>



“Rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 19 people and set fire to a health
center and houses, authorities reported Sunday. Gunmen suspected of being part
of the Allied Democratic Forces, a militia with links to the Islamic State
group, attacked civilians in Kirindera town, Carly Nzanzu, the former governor
of North Kivu province, said in an interview with state media. ADF attacks have
killed dozens of people in several North Kivu villages in recent days. Congo’s
authorities say people were slaughtered with guns, knives and machetes. Aamaq,
a news agency linked to the Islamic State group, posted a statement Saturday in
which IS claimed responsibility for killing more than 35 ‘Christians’ and
wounding dozens in eastern Congo last week.” ‘



The National: More Than 50 Cheetahs Rescued From Illegal Trade Find New Home
<[link removed]>



“…Since 2011, the Cheetah Conservation Fund has been assisting the government
of Somaliland in caring for cheetahs intercepted from traffickers. A recent
report from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-profit NGO that monitors
revenue streams for terrorism and extremism, found illegal wildlife trafficking
was experiencing a post-pandemic resurgence. The illegal trade in animals and
their body parts has grown to an estimated annual value of up to $23 billion,
devastating animal populations and driving species such as the elephant,
rhinoceros and cheetah towards extinction. The CEP’s Extinction Inc report
showed how poachers and smugglers rapidly adapted during the pandemic,
exploiting tourist-free national parks while moving marketing and sales online.
The onset of Covid-19 crippled national park budgets, limiting the number of
bush rangers in place to protect wildlife. In Garamba National Park, a
5,000-square-kilometre plot in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 per cent of
rangers had at one point lost their jobs, a familiar pattern seen across
Africa.”



Garowe Online: Somalia: Al-Shabaab Identifies Kenyan Behind Manda Airbase
Attack
<[link removed]>



“The Al-Shabaab militants have identified a Kenyan whom it claims
participated in planning and executing the Manda Airbase attack on January 5,
2020, in what triggered a sharp change in US policy on defense in foreign
countries after three Americans were killed in the unprecedented raid. Armed
Al-Shabaab militants stormed the base which is controlled by Americans leading
to an immense battle that lasted for several hours before key planners were
killed. The militants claimed to have killed soldiers before confiscating
armoured vehicles stationed in the base. In a video posted recently, Al-Shabaab
identified Ramadan Mwani alias Abdulhaq Al-Muhajir as a suicide bomber on
Barire, April 3, 2021. Video claims he was among Manda Bay attackers, Jan 5,
2020. He has generally been instrumental in instigating Al-Shabaab attacks
across the country and the region.”



United Kingdom



Daily Mail: Man, 39, Accused Of Travelling To Syria For Terrorism Pleads Not
Guilty To A String Of Charges Including Possessing A Firearm And Funding Terror
Group
<[link removed]>



“A British Muslim convert who allegedly travelled to Syria for terrorism has
pleaded not guilty to a string of charges. Aine Leslie Davis, 39, formerly from
London, was arrested and charged after returning to the UK at Luton Airport
last August. On Friday Davis pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm
contrary to Section 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and two charges relating to
the funding of terrorism. The first charge alleges that between 28 July 2013
and 16 January 2014 he possessed a firearm 'in circumstances which give rise to
a reasonable suspicion that the possession is for a purpose connected with the
commission preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism'.”



The Guardian: Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Terrorism After Woman Stabbed In
Cheltenham
<[link removed]>



“A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after
a woman was stabbed outside a leisure centre in Cheltenham. The arrest is in
relation to the attack on a woman at about 9.15pm outside a leisure centre in
Tommy Taylors Lane, Cheltenham on Thursday, Gloucestershire constabulary said.
She sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment where
she remained in a stable condition, the force added. The man was arrested on
suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism – as well
as on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. The man was previously arrested
in suspicion of attempted murder after the incident, however, he was
re-arrested on Friday under the Terrorism Act, the force added.”



Southeast Asia



Philstar: Police Get $3.3-M Aid From US For Anti-Terrorism Efforts
<[link removed]>



“The Philippine National Police has received a $3.3-million technical
assistance from the United States to help out with its anti-terrorism efforts
in the country. The package was handed over by US Ambassador to the Philippines
Marykay Carlson, Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said on Monday. Assistance
included the turning over of equipment, such as explosive incident
countermeasures like 34 bomb suits, 41 digital scanners, 43 x-rays, 36
high-risk search techniques, 16 seeker e-kits, and seven pickup trucks. Azurin
recently led a PNP delegation that visited the United States for a four-day
official mission for top-level engagements with their counterparts.”



India



The Tribune: Narco-Terrorism Bid, Army Seizes Drugs, Arms Near Loc In Rajouri
<[link removed]>



“In a major success against narco-terrorism in J&K, security forces on
Saturday recovered 2 kg of narcotic powder, two hi-tech pistols and an IED from
Jhangar village close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district’s
Nowshera. Defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand said through the seizure,
a major terror incident being plotted by terror organisations had been averted.
Sources said the packet in which the narcotics and the arms were stashed was
believed to have been dropped by a drone from Pakistan. ‘Terror groups are now
regularly dropping arms and drugs inside Indian territory in J&K and Punjab,’
said the sources.’ A case has been registered under relevant sections of law
and investigation initiated, he added.”



India Today: NIA Raids Multiple Locations In Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra In
ISIS Conspiracy Case
<[link removed]>



“The National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched four locations in Madhya
Pradesh’s Seoni and a location in Maharashtra's Pune on Saturday as part of an
investigation to unravel a conspiracy by Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP)
to expand its activities in India, an official said on Sunday. The NIA teams
searched the homes of suspects Talha Khan in Pune and Akram Khan in Seoni. The
case was initially registered by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell after the
arrest of a Kashmiri couple, Jahanzaib Sami Wani and his wife Hina Bashir
Beigh, from Okhla in Delhi. The couple was found to be affiliated with the
ISKP. During investigations, the role of another accused, Abdullah Basith,
emerged. Basith is lodged in the Tihar Jail in another case being investigated
by the NIA.”



The Counter Extremism Project depends on the generosity of its supporters. If
you value what we do, please consider making a donation.

DONATE NOW
<[link removed]>
 




Click here to unsubscribe.
<[link removed]>