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Pedestrians walk past newly-installed concrete security bollards near the Lindt Cafe on July 17, 2017, scene of the 2014 Sydney cafe seige, in which two hostages and the gunman were killed. (AFP/WILLIAM WEST)
July 17, 2017, 8:34 am
Australian army gets greater power to act during terror attacks
Specialized police training, closer relations with military, among new measures meant to address issues with response to Sydney cafe attack
By AFP
April 9, 2017, 2:31 pm
America’s strike wasn’t about Syria
The US sent a deterrent message to dangerous regimes -- WMD will not be tolerated -- but policing them will be a challenge
By Emily B. Landau
Image posted on a militant website on January 14, 2014, shows Islamic State fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP/Militant Website)
July 25, 2016, 5:28 pm
Californian who tried to join Islamic State to be sentenced
Man faces maximum of 25 years; defense claims psychological issues and PTSD due to abusive childhood
By Amy Taxin
File: Syrian President Bashar Assad listening to a question during an interview with AFP in the capital Damascus, February 11, 2016. (AFP/JOSEPH EID)
March 14, 2016, 1:55 pm
Assad says Russia to draw down, not pull out
Syrian president praises cooperation with Moscow for 'returning security to the country'; French envoy for Mideast peace confab meeting Israeli officials; Western Wall rabbi pulls support for egalitarian prayer space
By Raoul Wootliff
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, speaks during a meeting with Hasan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran, on June 16, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Office of the Supreme Leader)
February 1, 2016, 6:58 pm
Why Iran really, truly doesn’t want the bomb… for now
Tehran can wreak much more havoc as a non-nuclear power, says proliferation expert François Heisbourg
By Raphael Ahren
A military exhibition displays the Shahab-3 missile under a picture of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, in 2008. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
February 21, 2015, 6:43 pm
Would a nuclear Iran truly pose an existential threat to Israel?
Netanyahu fears a second Holocaust, but even top security officials say Tehran is unlikely to use a bomb if it had one. Yet the emboldening of the ayatollahs, and a likely regional arms race, are worrying enough
By Raphael Ahren
The December 24, 2014 Gaza funeral of Tayseir Smeiry, a Hamas operative, who was killed by Israeli troops after gunmen from Gaza opened fire on an IDF force within Israel (photo credit: AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
December 24, 2014, 11:28 pm
Can Israeli deterrence succeed where God’s failed?
A flare up on the Gaza border shows that Israel's enemies aren't afraid to challenge it, calling into question a time-tested defense strategy
By Mitch Ginsburg
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas, November 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/UdL Digital)
December 1, 2014, 12:31 pm
Germany to put 300 on trial for joining Islamic State
Justice Minister Haas says success in apprehending jihadists shows there is no need to tighten anti-terror laws
By Stuart Winer and AFP
This June 26, 1997, file booking photo provided by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, shows Colleen R. LaRose, also known as 'Jihad Jane.' (AP/Tom Green County Jail, File)
January 6, 2014, 9:55 pm
‘Jihad Jane’ sentenced to 10 years for terror plot
Pennsylvania woman claims she planned to kill Swedish artist while under a jihad-induced trance
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
Police stop cars at a checkpoint near the US embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, in August 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hani Mohammed)
August 10, 2013, 2:46 am
After terror threat, US to reopen 18 diplomatic missions
Embassy in Yemen to remain closed
A demolished house in an unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev, December 2010 (photo credit: Jorge Novominsky/Flash90)
January 20, 2013, 7:10 pm
Shin Bet, police foil Israeli Bedouin terror plots
Four men arrested, including an IDF soldier; suspects confess planning to plant bombs, fire rockets at major Israeli cities
By Adiv Sterman
Students run by a bomb shelter in an elementary school in the coastal city of Ashkelon (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
From the WebApril 3, 2012, 8:18 am
Defense officials: 300 dead in event of coordinated missile attack on Israel
Haaretz: Ministers hear reports that a three-week combined barrage from Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hezbollah would leave hundreds dead and injured
Hundreds gather in Toulouse to pay their respects to the victims of Toulouse terrorist Mohamed Merah, March 23, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Thibault Camus)
March 23, 2012, 7:53 pm
Europe wakes up to danger of Islamist terror
Europol chief: 'We have a different kind of jihadist threat emerging and it's getting stronger'
Indian officials examine a car belonging to the Israeli embassy, after Monday's attack wounded one person. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
February 14, 2012, 1:45 pm
More than mere revenge
Iran and Hezbollah, the alleged architects of the terror plots in Georgia, India and Thailand, may be seeking to achieve a new balance of power
By Mitch Ginsburg
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