Saudi Arabia and other neighbors of Qatar have accused Qatar of supporting terrorism and embracing Iran, and have cut it off. Diplomatic communications and air transport was halted. Embassies, borders, air space, and maritime access (40% of Qatar’s food supplies come from Saudi Arabia by boat) were shut off. It is considered a dramatic escalation … Read more
The British PM called the internet a safe space for ideas to breed, and, she said, we cannot allow that: “We cannot allow this ideology the safe space it needs to breed – yet that is precisely what the internet, and the big companies that provide internet-based services provide.” Therefore, and in the wake of … Read more
In the Sunni-majority city of Qatif in the Eastern Province, a large car bomb was detonated this week, the latest in a string of attacks. Some Sunni (sometimes ISIS-linked), who make up only 15% of Saudi Arabia, have been attacking the country’s Shia for a few years now. Read more
20,000 “subjects of interest” posing “residual risk” plus 3,000 judged to be a threat and currently under investigation or active monitoring. That’s the most recent piece of information given by UK’s security services. Authorities had previously reported to the public a figure of 3,000. The new information was released following the Manchester bombing, which security … Read more
Trump continues to not use the term he frequently challenged others to use during his campaign, “radical Islamic terrorism,” when commenting this week on the attack on Christians in Egypt that killed 25 and wounded as many others. Attacks on Christians by Muslims are common in Egypt and other Muslim-majority countries in the area. Trump … Read more
After a siege that began yesterday, the militants gained control of Marawi, a city of 200,000 in the south of the country. President Duterte spoke publicly of how anyone who fought against the government would fare, saying, “You will die.” Duterte declared martial law in the south yesterday. He said he will extend martial law … Read more
The man who blew himself up and killed and injured dozens of others at the Ariana Grande concert this week was a 22-year-old British-born man of Libyan descent. He had recently returned from Libya. Libyan authorities arrested family members of the man in that country, and UK police and special forces forced their way into … Read more
British media are referring to the UK PM’s recently toughened stance as her “war on terror,” using the same term used previously by President Bush and PM Blair. The UK’s terrorist threat level has been “severe” for a long time now, but after the Manchester bombing May raised it to “critical,” concerned about another attack. … Read more
Although during the campaign trail Trump used the term frequently, and criticized other politicians for never uttering it, he did not use the term or even make reference to “Islam” or “Muslim” while making his statement on the attack — now confirmed by police to have been perpetrated by a Muslim extremist. Instead, he said … Read more
President Duterte declared martial law in the south of the country on the island of Mindanao after Islamic extremists, long active in the country and now somewhat “allied” with ISIS, attacked the city of Marawi. Several have been killed on both sides of the fight. Read more