Brooklyn Man, Mohamed Naji Sentenced to 20 Years for Attempting to Join ISIS in Yemen
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Mohamed Rafik Naji was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Frederic Block for attempting to provide material support or resources to More...
South Carolina Man, Zakaryia Abdin Sentenced for Attempting to Provide Material Support to Isis
Zakaryia Abdin, 20, of Ladson, South Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham More...
20 Nigerian soldiers killed, 9 captured in Boko Haram attack on military outpost
On the night of Monday, 20 May, Boko Haram militants loyal to the ISWAP faction attack a military outpost near the town of Gubio in Borno State. This attacked led to the deaths of 20 Nigerian soldiers, and 9 being More...
Dallas Man, Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim Found Guilty of Conspiring to Support ISIS
A federal jury convicted a Dallas man on multiple terror charges, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced today. Following More...
Indonesia Police Arrests Terrorists Ahead of Plotted Attacks
(International Christian Concern) –Over the last weekend, the anti-terror squad of the Indonesian police arrested several and killed two terrorists belonging to ISIS-linked local group, weeks before their plotted More...
Boko Haram Killed 15 Soldiers and took Military Base in Nigeria
(International Christian Concern) –Late Friday evening, Boko Haram attacked a military base in Northeast Nigeria. During the attack, they killed at least 15 soldiers and injured more than 20 others. The rest of More...
Kissimmee Man, Robert Pratersch Convicted for Death Threats to Senator Bernie Sanders
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury yesterday found Robert Francis Pratersch (57, Kissimmee) guilty of threatening a federal official and interstate transmission of a threat to More...
Sri Lankas Muslims Hold Prayer for Peace Following Easter Bombings
(International Christian Concern) –Nearly 10,000 soldiers were deployed across Sri Lanka to provide security for religious centers following last Sunday’s deadly Easter bombings. Among those protected were Sri More...
Greenville Man, Michael Messer Looking to Join ISIS Sentenced to 10 Years
United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Michael Bruce Messer, Jr., age 51, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville after pleading guilty to being a felon in More...
Adam Raishani Sentenced 20 Years for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that ADAM RAISHANI, a/k/a “Saddam Mohamed More...
Georgia Woman, Kim Anh Vo Arrested for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Isis
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge More...
North Carolina man, Erick Hendricks sentenced to 15 years for trying to ISIS Recruitment
Erick Jamal Hendricks, 38, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). A jury in Akron, Ohio, convicted More...
Ohio man, Damon Joseph charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS
A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging an Ohio man with attempting to provide material support to ISIS, attempting to commit a hate crime, and possessing firearms in furtherance of a crime More...
Fort Pierce Resident, Charlton LaChase Sentenced to Prison for ISIS Related Threats
A Fort Pierce resident was sentenced to prison yesterday for making ISIS related threats. Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal More...
Iraq: Isam Bahnam cites lack of water, electricity, and employment for mass exodus
(International Christian Concern) –On Saturday, the governors of two Christian towns in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains warned that a lack of basic life necessities are causing citizens to relocate back to or remain in More...
Egypt: Islamic State militants kidnap Coptic Christian in Sinai Peninsula
(International Christian Concern) –A Coptic Christian man traveling on a microbus in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula was kidnapped by Islamic militants on January 18th. Abeed Nakhla Yassa was traveling to the city More...
Libya: Mass grave found with over 30 dead Ethipian Christian bodies, murdered by Islamic State
(International Christian Concern) –The bodies of 34 Ethiopian Christians killed by ISIS militants in 2015 have been discovered in a mass grave in Sirte, Libya. Authorities located the mass grave as a result of More...
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif attacks Islamic State’s persecution of Christians
(International Christian Concern) –Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has completed a tour of Iraq. During this trip, he highlighted his meetings with representatives of Iraq’s religious minorities More...
Syria: President Bashar Assad says state will rebuild Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Deir Ezzor
(International Christian Concern) –The Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Deir Ezzor will be rebuilt with state funds, according to a pledge given by Syrian President Bashar Assad. The announcement was made More...
Terrorist Sentenced to 40 Years for Plotting to Attack New York City for ISIS in 2016
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced today that ABDULRAHMAN EL BAHNASAWY was sentenced More...