January 21, 2016
2:27 am

This undated image made from a video released by Islamic State militants on April 19, 2015, appears to show the killing of a group of captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya. (Militant video via AP)

West ignoring grave threat from IS in Libya, Israeli terror experts warn

Libya is the only place outside Iraq and Syria where the jihadi group controls territory, but US and Europe have no strategy there, researchers say

By Raphael Ahren

November 21, 2015
12:43 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, speaks with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, left, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (Syrian presidency Facebook page)

55 Iranians killed in Syria fighting, Israeli intelligence says

Tehran seeking to downplay toll of soldiers dying in support of Assad regime, reports Israeli think tank

By Tamar Pileggi

March 16, 2015
2:59 am

Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards at an annual military parade in front of the mausoleum of the late Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2014 (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

US intel report scrapped Iran from list of terror threats

Softened assessment, submitted in February, comes amid marathon nuclear talks, shared interests vis-a-vis the Islamic State

By Times of Israel staff

January 8, 2015
8:10 pm

A French SWAT team operating in the Long Port suburb of Paris (photo credit: AP Photo: Bob Edme)

The ‘forever war’ comes to Paris

The battle raging within Islam — a battle which birthed the Islamic State — is now being fought on French soil

By Mitch Ginsburg

July 15, 2014
11:42 pm

Palestinians seen walking among the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli missile strike, in Rafah on July 14, 2014. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Why doesn’t Israel publish figures and details of Gaza casualties?

The world relies on data from the Hamas-run health ministry, and there’s nothing we can do about that, officials in Jerusalem say

By Raphael Ahren

June 1, 2014
7:07 pm

Two Syrian national flags hang on a pole as government officials inspect damages in the city of Homs, Syria, on May 8, 2014. (photo credit: AP)

In Brussels, the first of the Syrian jihadis comes home to roost

If initial reports regarding Mehdi Nemmouche’s Syrian indoctrination are correct, then the Jewish Museum murders are ‘a sign of the future,’ Israeli expert says

By Mitch Ginsburg

May 14, 2014
5:19 pm

Syrian rebels of unknown affiliation hold their weapons as they prepare to fight against Assad regime troops in Homs province, June 18, 2012 (photo credit: AP/File)

Alleged Israeli jihadi arrested upon return from Syria

Umm al-Fahm resident Ahmed Imad Shurbji fought with rebels along with three friends, Shin Bet says

By Mitch Ginsburg

February 4, 2014
12:27 pm

Rebels fire their anti-aircraft gun at Syrian army airplanes in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday Feb. 1, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Up to 350 UK recruits among 2,000 Westerners now fighting in Syria

Israeli report shows drastic rise in Muslim combatants coming from Europe, calls them ‘ticking bombs’ who could take their violent ideology back home

By Mitch Ginsburg

Topic: Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

West ignoring grave threat from IS in Libya, Israeli terror experts warn

Libya is the only place outside Iraq and Syria where the jihadi group controls territory, but US and Europe have no strategy there, researchers say

55 Iranians killed in Syria fighting, Israeli intelligence says

Tehran seeking to downplay toll of soldiers dying in support of Assad regime, reports Israeli think tank

US intel report scrapped Iran from list of terror threats

Softened assessment, submitted in February, comes amid marathon nuclear talks, shared interests vis-a-vis the Islamic State

The ‘forever war’ comes to Paris

The battle raging within Islam — a battle which birthed the Islamic State — is now being fought on French soil

Why doesn’t Israel publish figures and details of Gaza casualties?

The world relies on data from the Hamas-run health ministry, and there’s nothing we can do about that, officials in Jerusalem say

In Brussels, the first of the Syrian jihadis comes home to roost

If initial reports regarding Mehdi Nemmouche’s Syrian indoctrination are correct, then the Jewish Museum murders are ‘a sign of the future,’ Israeli expert says

Alleged Israeli jihadi arrested upon return from Syria

Umm al-Fahm resident Ahmed Imad Shurbji fought with rebels along with three friends, Shin Bet says

Up to 350 UK recruits among 2,000 Westerners now fighting in Syria

Israeli report shows drastic rise in Muslim combatants coming from Europe, calls them ‘ticking bombs’ who could take their violent ideology back home

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