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People look at a charred vehicle near a collapsed railway bridge the morning after a blast by separatist militants at Kolpur in Bolan district, Balochistan province on August 27,2024

Inside Balochistan’s deadly bus attack

Al Majalla speaks to some of the victims of a wave of separatist violence that singled out men from Punjab and has become a major problem for Pakistan's government and a worry for Chinarn

Kaswar Klasra 29, Aug 2024

The harrowing sounds of war in Gaza no longer come from just whistling bombs but from projected screams via Israeli quadcopters sent out over refugee camps at night.

Lina Jaradat

Sounds of screams and barks: Israel's aural terror of Gaza at night

Israel's quadcopter drones are fitted with loudspeakers and flown over camps after midnight playing the sounds of children screaming and women pleading. Those who go out to help are then shot

Salem Al Rayyes 21, Aug 2024

How AI technology could be used by terrorists to significantly enhance violent attacks through automation, increased precision, and pre-determined targeting.

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How AI can increase the threat of terrorism

Artificial intelligence could be used by terrorists to significantly enhance violent attacks through automation, increased precision, and pre-determined targeting.

Charles Lister 10, Sep 2023

Media report in front of destored building after a deadly 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu on August 21, 2022.

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US counter-terrorism efforts increasingly focusing on Africa

Concerns are mounting about growing threats posed by transnational terrorist groups across several regions in Africa

Shelly Kittleson 27, Mar 2023

Captured Afghan al Qaeda members sit on a bench as they are presented to the media in Tora Bora, in this file picture taken December 17, 2001. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

Iran - Al-Qaeda Relation: A Marriage of Convenience

Discussing the relation between al-Qaeda and Iran develops into a conversation about quite a perilous situation. After all, the two conjoin over terroris operations on an international level in terms…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 05, Mar 2022

Audience attending a show by the Confrontation and Roaming Theater troupe held in Halayb town, Red Sea Governorate. Photo Credit: Mohamed El-Sharkawy, the Director

Fighting Extremism With Arts

An Egyptian theatrical troupe was established in 2018 to tour the country and to correct wrong perceptions and dispel harmful thinking. The “Confrontation and Roaming Theater” is affiliated with…

Salwa Samir 12, Feb 2022

Protesters against Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed seen in Mogadishu, Somalia, April 2021. Feisal Omar / Reuters

Somalia’s Dangerous Authoritarian Turn

Until recently, Somalia was on an upward trajectory. Although it continued to struggle with piracy, famine, and terrorism, the country was turning the corner after decades of bloody civil war. It had…

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 29, Jan 2022

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon Waleed Bukhari (Supplied)

Saudi Envoy Says Relations with Beirut 'Too Deep To Be Affected With Irresponsible Statements' -Saudi Media

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon, Waleed al Bukhari, said on Thursday that "the kingdom's relations with Lebanon are too deep to be affected with irresponsible and absurd statements," Saudi media…

07, Jan 2022

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldiers rest next to a road after Islamist rebel group called the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked area around Mukoko village, North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/File Photo

ISIS in Congo and Uganda

Recent American reports criticized the Biden administration for ignoring what the reports called “ISIS in the Equator,” and warned that sub-Saharan Africa, after West Africa, might be ISIS's next…

Mohammad Ali Salih 10, Dec 2021

Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel speaks at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

A UK Blow to Hamas

The British government announced on November 19, 2021 that it will present a draft bill before parliament declaring the political wing of the Palestinian group Hamas to be a terrorist organization…

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