Salafi jihadism

An Al-Qaeda member wanted with a red notice has been caught in a joint operation organized by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the security teams in the southern province of Hatay.

In the operation conducted by the MİT and Hatay police, M.Ş., wanted with a red notice for being a member of the armed terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, was caught.

They accuse him of using a Facebook account to issue a series of posts promoting the Islamic State and its late leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and calling for a holy war in the Middle East and Africa.

El Salih was released on June 11 after an Appeals Court rejected a prosecution request to keep him in custody until trial.

Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has claimed that his just concluded visit to China is a 'successful' one, as the Asian giant has agreed to help India in tackling threat posed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) - a Salafi jihadist militant group that follows an Islamic fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Salafi jihadist militant group, plans to carry out 'guerrilla attacks' in India in order to "wipe out Hindus".

Hundreds of Islamic extremists are ready for terrorist attacks in Europe after returning from Syria and Iran, Spanish officials have warned.

This allegedly concerns jihadists "trained by Islamic State or groups affiliated to the al-Qaeda that are preparing to launch attacks in Europe," according to British media reports.

Libya asked the Council of the United Nations Security to lift the arms embargo so they can reorganize their army, in order to be able to deal with jihadists of the Islamic State and other extremist groups.

Foreign fighters are flocking to Syria at an "unprecedented" rate, with more than 20,000 volunteers from around the world joining the Islamic State or other extremist groups, US intelligence officials said on Feb. 10.