#counter-terrorism

#counter-terrorism

Today in Palmyra, Syria, two United States Army soldiers and one civilian U.S. interpreter were killed, and three were wounded. He continued, The attack occurred as the soldiers were conducting a key leader engagement. Their mission was in support of on-going counter-ISIS / counter-terrorism operations in the region. The soldiers' names, as well as identifying information about their units, are being withheld until 24 hours after the next of kin notification. Parnell wrote that the attack was under active investigation.

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers supported by armoured vehicles have conducted raids in the Palestinian town of Tubas near Nablus in the biggest such military deployment by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since the ceasefire came into effect in Gaza last month. Palestinian media reported that a curfew was imposed on Tuesday night on Tubas and some neighbouring communities, roads were closed by earthen barriers and families forced from their homes to allow Israeli forces to use the buildings.

A man with a large knife is believed to have been shot with a Taser by police after going on a bloody rampage on a high-speed train after it left Peterborough station in Cambridgeshire on Saturday evening. British Transport Police (BTP) declared a major incident and said two people were arrested after the train was stopped at Huntingdon station. Police also declared "Plato", the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to a "marauding terror attack", before the declaration was later rescinded.

PA Media A self-proclaimed Satanist who claimed he made a pact with a "red-horned devil" has been found guilty of having extreme right-wing material. Former Brit school of Performing Arts student Declan George Candiani, 26, was stopped by counter-terrorism police at Stansted Airport as he attempted to go on holiday to Finland with his girlfriend, on 13 August 2024. On seeing the contents of his phone, officers arrested him and searched the home he shares with his mother in Streatham, south-west London.

We can confirm that on Saturday, counter-terrorism officers at Gatwick airport stopped a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s under schedule 3 of the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. Neither of them were arrested and they were allowed on their way.

Video footage shows a man shouting 'death to America, death to Trump' and 'Allahu Akbar' on an easyJet flight, leading to his arrest by police.

The UK government's ban on Palestine Action has been described as a disturbing misuse of counter-terrorism legislation, urging its repeal as unnecessary and disproportionate.

Counter-terrorism authorities have characterized keeping up with terrorist organizations as a game of Whac-a-Mole, especially with the rise of digital tools and social media.

Dramatic footage shows a vehicle engulfed in flames outside a residence linked to Sir Keir Starmer in north London, prompting a counter-terrorism investigation.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stated that the recent counter-terrorism operations reflect some of the most significant threats to state security in recent years.

Owen Lawrence, 38, key suspect in the Leeds crossbow incident, died in hospital from a self-inflicted injury, as police focus their inquiries on him.