On 6 May 2025, a new Islamic State-supportive unofficial media outlet emerged on Element. According to its website, Element is a messaging platform that emphasises secure communications through features such as end-to-end encryption and decentralisation. As GNET has noted before, the use of highly secure platforms such as Element by violent extremist and terrorist actors poses a challenge for both […]| GNET
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Kurdish organisations are demanding a thorough investigation after a knife attack and are warning against depoliticisation. Whether the perpetrator really sympathises with the IS is now being investigated. Following a knife attack on a Kurdish activist in the German city of Kiel two Saturdays ago, the Schleswig-Holstein State Office of Criminal Investigation has now taken […] Der Beitrag Kobanê anniversary in Kiel: Political motive in knife attack against Kurd in German city? erschien zuer...| Matthias Monroy
This backgrounder outlines the evolution of the North Caucasus insurgency, from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the present day.| Threatologist
This review article rounds up all the key information on the 22 March 2024 terrorist attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall and its aftermath.| Threatologist
The US Justice Department said in a statement that it has charged a 20-year-old Pakistani man with plotting a terror attack in New York City.| Sputnik International
ADF STAFF When reports surfaced in late April that the Burkinabe Army massacred hundreds of civilians, its military-led government sprang into action. It suspended a host of media outlets, blocked websites, and shut down radio and television broadcasts, while warning international media networks not to report on the story. Burkina Faso’s chilling treatment of journalists […]| Africa Defense Forum
