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New Orleans attacker’s apparent loyalty to Islamic State group highlights persistent threat of lone wolf terrorism

The deadly Jan. 1, 2025, attack in New Orleans serves as a reminder of the persistent threat to the U.S. from individuals inspired by extremist Islamist groups.

The Conversation

Islamic State’s force is diminished – but the threat of more lone actors looms

The FBI believes the New Orleans attacker acted alone, but he has been linked to IS and such violence tends to cluster

The Guardian - UK

Republican senator takes shot at media during New Orleans attack press conference

‘No cover-ups’ GOP senator demands as FBI reports New Orleans suspect carried Islamic State flag

The Independent UK

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FBI Probes Potential Accomplices In New Orleans Truck Ramming

Investigators homed in Thursday on whether a US army veteran had accomplices when he killed at least 15 people by plowing a pickup truck -- carrying an Islamic State flag -- into a dense New Year's party crowd in New Orleans.

International Business Times

FBI Investigates New Orleans Truck Attack Killing 15

Tragic New Orleans truck attack claims 15 lives, prompting global condolences and ongoing investigation.

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World leaders condemn 'shockingly violent' New Orleans attack which left 15 dead

KEIR Starmer has joined other world leaders in condemning the “shockingly violent” attack in New Orleans after US authorities said 15 people…

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Biden says New Orleans attack suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar ‘inspired’ by ISIS

President Joe Biden said suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar posted a video before the New Orleans New Year attack indicating he was inspired by Islamic State group.

The Independent UK

Macron joins world leaders in condemnation of New Orleans truck attack

Global condemnation has followed a suspected terror attack in New Orleans, where a pickup truck ploughed into a crowd celebrating the New Year, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more.

Radio France Internationale

No link found between New Orleans terror attack and Tesla explosion, says FBI

The FBI identified the driver who killed 15 people in attack on New Year’s Day as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a US citizen from Texas

Evening Standard

US Army veteran who killed 15 in New Orleans attack was inspired by Islamic State

President Joe Biden says the U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill

The Independent UK

New Orleans Truck Attack: What We Know So Far

The United States saw 2025 begin with a violent attack, after a man drove deliberately at high speed into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more.

International Business Times

Terrorism Suspected In New Orleans Truck-ramming That Killed 15

The FBI identified the attacker as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas. He appeared to have been a real estate agent working in Houston and had served as an IT specialist in the military. Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick described Jabbar as a "terrorist," while the FBI said "an…

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Biden: New Orleans Attacker Inspired By Islamic State Group

President Biden's revelation of attacker's ISIS inspiration in New Orleans incident underscores the ongoing threat of extremist ideologies and the importan...

The Independent UK

What is the Islamic State, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?

Police say they recovered the stark black flag of the Islamic State extremist group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year’s partygoers in New Orleans’ French Quarter

Radio France Internationale

France strikes IS positions in Syria as diplomacy drive continues in Lebanon

In a significant escalation of military engagement, France has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria as diplomatic efforts to strengthen stability in Lebanon are ongoing and a fragile ceasefire with Israel continues to hold.

The Guardian - UK

‘Left at the mercy of jihadists’: Niger’s junta fails to curb surge in violence

Islamic State affiliate expands control since 2023 coup, killing hundreds of civilians and enslaving women, as media ban allows regime to cover up attacks

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'Foreign Jihadists' In Syria Leader's Pick For Army Officers: Monitor, Experts

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has tapped dozens of former rebels for high-ranking army positions, several of whom are foreign fighters, a war monitor and experts said on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

Children of French jihadists found in Syrian orphanage

Three French children living in an orphanage in Damascus could be repatriated to France now that the regime has changed in Syria. An RFI investigation has identified the children as orphans of jihadists who were killed during the international coalition’s bombing of the Islamic State armed group.

The Guardian - UK

US lifts $10m bounty on HTS leader after talks in Syrian capital

In face-to-face meeting, Ahmed al-Sharaa gave assurances IS would not be allowed to operate in Syria, US official says

Evening Standard

US airstrike kills Islamic State leader Abu Yusif in eastern Syria

US Central Command Forces (Centcom) confirmed they targeted Yusif, also known as Mahmud, in the eastern province of Deir ez Zor

The Independent UK

Pentagon says it doubled the number of US troops in Syria before Assad's fall

The Pentagon says the United States doubled the number of forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group before the overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government

International Business Times

Assad's Fall Clears Way For Expanded US Strikes On IS Jihadists

Bashar al-Assad's overthrow has cleared the way for US strikes against the Islamic State group in areas previously shielded by Syrian and Russian air defenses -- but the jihadists may also try to exploit the vacuum left by his fall.

The Guardian - UK

Pope says he was almost assassinated in 2021 but British intelligence foiled plot

Excerpts from Francis’s autobiography say British intelligence and Iraqi police foiled two suicide bomb plots

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