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US Treasury sanctions Turkish, British-based Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas financial networks

Washington imposed fresh sanctions targeting what it described as a transnational Hamas financing network, including Muslim Brotherhood affiliates and a Turkish trading company.

An illustrative image of a silhouette over the backdrop of the Hamas flag.
Motorists drive their vehicles past a political billboard featuring US President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz along Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 26.PremiumPremium

By mistaking delay for diplomacy, the West is again falling into Iran's negotiation trap - analysis

King Abdullah II of Jordan. Analysts say that the return of the death penalty is intended to send a clear message of deterrence as the kingdom grapples with multiple internal and external challenges.PremiumPremium

'Killing security officers is a red line': Why Jordan brought back the death penalty

Israeli paratroopers and US Army soldiers in a joint Israeli-US military Juniper Cobra exercise at the Tze’elim Urban Warfare Training Center base in southern Israel in 2018.PremiumPremium

The future of US-Israel ties depends on America's Middle East strategy - analysis


Syria’s missing women: What really happened to Batoul Alloush? - exclusive

Syrian authorities have maintained that the woman voluntarily left her family home and converted of her own free will. Her family, however, contends that she was abducted and is being held by force.

BATOUL SULEIMAN Alloush.

'Unconscionable': Human rights activist decry EU visas for Taliban officials

Since its return to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has steadily rolled back on women’s rights, banning girls from age 13 from attending school, legalizing domestic violence and child marriage.

Taliban delegates arrive to meet with US and European delegates in Doha, Qatar, last week.

Qatari media fueled global antisemitism after Oct. 7 - the world must take notice - opinion

We need to put political correctness aside and admit that the new wave of antisemitism taken grip on the Western world is an “imported one,” and Qatari media is playing a key role.

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

UK charity regulator allowing Islamist, Iran-backed hate to spread, victims say - report

Survivors of Islamist terror attacks accused Britain’s charity watchdog of moving too slowly against organizations alleged to platform extremists and Iranian-linked propaganda.

Text reading "7 July 2005 Opposite this Place A Bus Was Bombed Killing" is displayed on the memorial to victims of the London Bombing in Tavistock Square on June 02, 2025 in London; illustrative.

Sectarian violence, divides on display in Lebanon as Beirut moves on General Amnesty Law

The drafted law, which aims to tackle Lebanon’s overwhelmed judicial systems and severely overcrowded prisons, would see sentences reduced and potentially thousands of prisoners released.

Members of the Lebanese police gather outside Baabda prison, Lebanon, November 21, 2020.

US to prioritize destruction of Islamist terror groups, Muslim Brotherhood seen as root problem

The CTS explains that Jihadi terrorists, especially those backed by state actors, continue to pose a threat to the US.

Abdul Hamid Thunaibat of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, speaks as he addresses people gathered to pay condolences after the killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri, at the headquarters of Jordan's Islamic Action Front, in Amman, Jordan January 3, 2024

Israeli-Turkish woman arrested in Turkey over IDF service rescued following US intervention

Jessica Becher, 28, was arrested in Turkey after Islamist groups targeted her for her IDF service. Following US intervention, she was rescued and returned to Israel under Israeli security protection.

Israeli-Turkish woman Jessica Becher, who was detained while visiting her family in Istanbul.

Australia's mid-way through terror listing of Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir

Established in Jerusalem in 1953, Hizb ut Tahrir is dedicated to establishing a caliphate across the Muslim world.

 The Hizb ut Tahrir logo.

Suspected Lakurawa militants kill 34 in coordinated attacks on Nigerian villages

The gunmen swept through villages in the remote border district, opening fire in what survivors described as highly organized, indiscriminate attacks.

People look on as Nigerian Military arrives at Woro community, after an overnight attack by gunmen that killed dozens of residents, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, February 4, 2026.

Eight Nigerian soldiers killed, up to 50 wounded, in Boko Haram attack

A military source said the military formation was part of an offensive to flush out insurgents from the Timbuktu Triangle, a longstanding militant stronghold in northeastern Nigeria.

Nigerian Army soldiers patrol near the scene after a deadly gunmen attack in Yelwata, Benue State, Nigeria, June 16, 2025.