Orlando Gunman Was Shot at Least 8 Times, Autopsy Finds

The authorities in Florida said Friday that Omar Mateen, whose June 12 rampage at an Orlando nightclub left 49 other people dead, was shot at least eight times by police officers who responded to the deadly mass shooting. The Orange County medical examiner’s office released its report of Mr. Mateen’s autopsy on Friday, the same day local officials […]

Terror attacks on rush hour traffic

If you’re an intelligence officer and captured abroad. Let’s hope it’s between the working hours of nine to five, Monday through Friday. You’re better off finding yourself in trouble during business hours because that’s when the personnel recovery offices and the state Department are open for business.

Iranian military involvement in the battle for Aleppo

The jihadist-led Jaish al Fatah launched a major offensive in southwestern Aleppo on July 31 to break the siege of the rebel-held part of the city. The offensive comes after the last supply route north of Aleppo was severed on July 28 by pro-regime forces encompassing the Syrian Arab Army, Shia militias backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and […]

Leader of ISIS in Egypt’s Sinai killed by air force, sources confirm

The leader of the Islamic State’s operations in the volatile Sinai Peninsula and mastermind of the October 2015 attack on a Russian airliner in the region that left 224 dead has been killed by Egypt’s air force, intelligence sources told Fox News Thursday. ISIS Sinai leader Abu Dua al-Ansari was killed in Al Arish, the […]

How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers

Believing he was answering a holy call, Harry Sarfo left his home in the working-class city of Bremen last year and drove for four straight days to reach the territory controlled by the Islamic State in Syria. He barely had time to settle in before members of the Islamic State’s secret service, wearing masks over […]

U.S. admiral warns Asia-Pacific may be next front in ISIS fight

As the U.S. launches Operation Odyssey Lightning against the Islamic State group in Libya, a fourth front in the war against the brutal militant group, U.S. commanders are casting a wary eye on a possible fifth front: the Asia-Pacific. The U.S. is launching strikes in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya, but military leaders and strategists are alarmed by […]

DC Metro Transit Cop Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Assist ISIS

A veteran police officer with one of the nation’s most prominent transit systems has been arrested for allegedly trying to help ISIS, ABC News has learned exclusively. Authorities believe that while working for the Metro Transit Police Department around Washington, D.C. – a community he swore to protect – the officer was also trying to assist ISIS […]

US Aircraft Strike ISIL Targets In Libya

ISIL has amassed in numbers in critical urban areas where the Libyan government needed help.  US warplanes on Monday launched a new round of airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Libya. The campaign is expected to last at least the next several days. U.S. aircraft struck Islamic State vehicles and a tank in a coastal town of Libya. The […]

Tech Giants Target Terrorist Propaganda

Nearly half a million teenagers and young adults who had posted content with terms like “sharia” or “mujahideen” began last fall seeing a series of animated videos pop up on their Facebook news feeds. In one, cartoon figures with guns appear underneath an Islamic State flag. “Do not be confused by what extremists say, that you must […]