Unclaimed Violence: ISIS, Bondi Beach, and Digital Mobilisation

On 14 December 2025, a mass shooting on Bondi Beach in Sydney became one of the deadliest incidents of its kind in Australia. Two gunmen, Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram, opened fire on a crowd gathered to celebrate the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, killing 15 people and injuring dozens. Before the shooting, the attackers threw improvised explosive devices (IEDs) […]

Three 'ISIS Brides' Arrested Trying to Return to Australia

Australian Federal Police officers on Thursday arrested three women with deep ties to the Islamic State right after disembarking from a plane as they tried to return to the country — ending the police’s roughly decade-long wait for the opportunity

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Bondi Beach mass shooting accused faces 19 extra charges

A man accused of murdering 15 people in an anti-Semitic mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach is facing a raft of fresh charges, court records released on Wednesday showed.

Naveed Akram is accused of opening fire as families thronged Bondi Beach for a Hanukkah celebration in December.

The 24-year-old has already been charged with dozens of serious crimes, including 15 murders and committing…

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Propaganda as Financial Infrastructure: How Islamic State and al-Qaeda Media Ecosystems Enable Terrorist Finance

Propaganda ecosystems function as parallel trust infrastructures, enabling extremist organisations to coordinate financial activity outside formal financial systems. While extremist propaganda is typically studied as a tool for recruitment or ideological dissemination, these ecosystems also perform a critical financial function as generators of the reputational legitimacy and interpersonal trust…

Lebanese Army Withdraws from Christian Villages, Leaving Locals Exposed on Holy Week

The Lebanese Army on Tuesday withdrew from four border villages, two of them Christian-majority towns whose residents have refused to follow instructions from Israel to evacuate the area while the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) battle the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah.

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Operation Ghost Protocol: Infrastructure-Level Evasion in Islamic State Supporter Ecosystems

In a pro–Islamic State Rocket.Chat (TechHaven) channel, a lengthy post appeared on 11 February 2026 under the title: “Operation Ghost Protocol: The 2026 Telegram Hardening Manual.” At first glance, it reads like yet another operational security reminder encouraging supporters to use encrypted messaging applications. But the substance of the post goes further. It does not simply recommend using…

Trio accused of planning to join ISIS in WhatsApp chat called ‘Lads Holiday’

The Old Bailey heard claims they researched the IS fighters’ clothing, territory held by IS and how to get there, and exchanged practical information on how to avoid detection and arrest (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images)

Three young men have denied planning to travel to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) in a group chat called ‘Lads Holiday’.

Chafik Aziz, 18, Muhammed…

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“No shadowbans. No algorithmic games”: The Exploitation of UpScrolled by the pro-Islamic State Online Ecosystem

Major social media platforms have intensified content moderation efforts in recent years in response to growing regulatory pressure and concerns about harmful and extremist content. One prominent example of these pressures emerged in January 2026, when ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, announced the sale of its US assets, which were subsequently grouped into a new corporate…

Understanding Terrorist Innovation: A Case Study in Drone Adoption

Modern conflict has been shaped by the use of new and emerging technologies. The use of drones is a prime example of a technology that has changed the nature of modern warfare. Drones have been adopted by both states and armed terrorist groups in almost every modern conflict theatre from Africa to the Middle East and parts of Asia. In […]

Extremist Nasheeds: Emerging Subcultures and the Cultivation of Radical Online Communities in Southeast Asia

This Insight relies on open-source intelligence to examine how nasheeds – Islamic hymns – are exploited by violent extremist actors, and rendered linguistically accessible by regional pro-Islamic State (IS) supporters as a tool for building radical online communities in Southeast Asia. The Insight traces the emergence of a nascent extremist nasheed online subculture in the region, demonstrating…

Australian refuses to repatriate women and children from Al Roj camp

CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reiterated that his country will not repatriate women and children from Al Roj camp, a detention facility housing individuals with alleged ties to Islamic State. Read More: Daesh threat hovers over Syria camp, rattling authorities On Monday, 34 women and children from 11 families were scheduled to travel from […]

Extremist Content Curation: Moderation Challenges on Pinterest and Means to Move Forward

On 17 October 2025, the Coimisiún na Meán – Ireland’s agency for developing and regulating a thriving, diverse, creative, safe and trusted media landscape – issued a decision concerning two hosting service providers under the Terrorist Content Online Regulation. The Irish agency warned Pinterest (alongside WhatsApp) “to take specific measures to protect their services from being used for the…

Tommy Robinson says he has fled the UK after being named a ‘priority target’ by ISIS

Activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, posted audio of a call from the police warning him he has been named in an ISIS-K magazine (Picture: Reuters)

Tommy Robinson says he has fled the UK after being named in an Islamic State magazine urging extremists ‘to commit violence’ against him.

The 43-year-old posted a clip of a phone call from police to his X account in which an…

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Potentially 200+ Killed in Suspected ISIS-Linked Attacks in Western Nigeria

Three separate attacks this week have left untold dead – at least 162 and counting – in Kwara state, western Nigeria, many of the victims reportedly Muslims slaughtered by an Islamic State offshoot for failing to accept its jihadist ideology.

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US Launches Renewed Strikes Against ISIS in Syria

U.S. aircraft, drones, and attack helicopters have launched significant airstrikes in recent days against Islamic State militants in Syria as part of the renewed air campaign against remnants of the group, U.S. officials said.

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