CBS News has learned that the 21-year-old man accused of plowing his vehicle through Berlin’s Pride celebration on Saturday night had previously received a suspended sentence for charges related to his attempt to join ISIS. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay has the latest from Berlin. Source link
Abdul Ballout, the suspect accused of plowing his vehicle into a crowd at a Berlin Pride event, killing at least one and injuring dozens, tried to join ISIS and was headed to a deradicalization program, police say. Chris Livesay shares all the new details. Source link
The suspect in the Berlin LGBTQ+ Pride parade attack, who officials said was known to have ties to ISIS, was about to be disqualified from a deradicalization program after staff saw red flags, one of the program’s leaders told CBS News on Monday. Officials said Abdul Ballout, a 21-year-old German-born citizen with Lebanese roots, plowed a … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A U.S. airstrike last week in Syria killed a top ISIS leader, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Wednesday. A post on X noted that CENTCOM “forces conducted an airstrike in northwest Syria, June 19, that resulted in the death of a senior ISIS leader.” “The precision … Read more
Three U.S. citizens — two from California and one from Kansas — were arrested Friday on charges of plotting to support the terrorist organization ISIS, the Department of Justice announced. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In November 2017, Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy was injured in Raqqa, Syria, while clearing the second floor of a hospital that ISIS had booby-trapped with explosives. Now a quadriplegic, Stacy, his wife Lindsey and their four children are part of a lawsuit brought by military families … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In November 2017, Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy was injured in Raqqa, Syria while clearing the second floor of a hospital that ISIS had booby trapped with explosives. Now a quadriplegic, Stacy, his wife Lindsey, and their 4 children are part of a lawsuit brought by military … Read more
President Donald Trump late Friday said that a top Islamic State group commander has been killed in Africa in a joint operation with Nigeria’s armed forces. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of the militant group, was killed, Trump said in a … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy expands the scope of U.S. national security policy to include drug cartels and domestic extremist groups alongside traditional jihadist threats — a shift that could widen how counterterrorism tools are deployed at home and abroad. A 16-page strategy released to reporters … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy expands the scope of U.S. national security policy to include drug cartels and domestic extremist groups alongside traditional jihadist threats — a shift that could widen how counterterrorism tools are deployed at home and abroad. A 16-page strategy released to reporters … Read more