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The inability of US forces to eliminate al-Qaeda networks in Iraq helped it reorganize as ISIS after Barack Obama withdrew troops in 2011.
Prosecutors have accused the German-Afghan dual national of passing information to an Iranian intelligence service.
It follows weeks of confusion and contradictory statements over the future of the US-led coalition fighting ISIS.
Asked about Gonen Segev’s claim he was acting with the knowledge of Israeli intelligence services, a Ministry of Defense official sent BuzzFeed News a poop emoji in response.
Two Dutch nationals of Iranian descent were murdered in 2015 and 2017.
French police mounted a massive operation to keep the Strasbourg shooter from sneaking across the borders with Germany and Switzerland. There's no evidence that he tried to do that.
Chérif Chekatt, whom French officials said shot 15 people in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, was still at large Wednesday as Europe declared its highest level of alert in two years.
Several others were injured in the attack, and authorities are investigating it as terrorism.
British authorities have asked one of the world’s best-known experts on ISIS to limit access to his blog.
A series of leaks raises the question of whether French authorities can be trusted to protect sensitive information.
Before Sebastian Gorka was an adviser to President Donald Trump, he was a man with a dream to rise to the top of Hungarian politics. It didn’t quite work out.
A restive region struggles with a fading EU, the arrival of the Trump administration, and the rise of Russia.
British authorities have asked one of the world’s best-known experts on ISIS to limit access to his blog.
Asked about Gonen Segev’s claim he was acting with the knowledge of Israeli intelligence services, a Ministry of Defense official sent BuzzFeed News a poop emoji in response.
A small, well-organized ISIS cell has been at work in the heart of Europe for years, recruiting criminals, exploiting freedom of movement, and evading counterterrorism efforts. This spring and summer, as multiple attacks rocked Europe, Mitch Prothero spoke to the people shuttling between investigating the crimes that had already happened, while struggling to prevent new ones.
European counterintelligence officers say Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos's meetings with Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos before and after the election should alarm US investigators. And Papadopoulos isn't the only official he managed meetings with.
Even some officials in Washington were frustrated by the fact that the information was coming from the US rather than the UK, calling it “unprofessional.”
In recent years, the advent of photo recognition technology and the growth of CCTV surveillance has made international hit squads easier to detect.
Two Dutch nationals of Iranian descent were murdered in 2015 and 2017.
French police mounted a massive operation to keep the Strasbourg shooter from sneaking across the borders with Germany and Switzerland. There's no evidence that he tried to do that.