Brussels Isis Attack

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a shooting in Brussel's that killed two Swedes, saying the attack targeted Sweden for its membership in a global coalition battling jihadists.

A Brussels court on Tuesday convicted French citizen Salah Abdeslam and Belgian-Moroccan Mohamed Abrini for 2016 jihadist bombings in the Belgian capital that killed 32 people, after the country's largest-ever criminal trial.

An ISIS terrorist suspected of beheading more than 100 people in Raqa and with possible links to the Paris and Brussels attacks has been captured in Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Saturday.

The prime surviving suspect in the 2015 ISIS attacks on Paris said he would answer no questions as his trial in Belgium over a shooting that preceded his arrest got under way in Brussels on Monday.

The group's monthly online magazine Rumiyah, issued on Thursday, named Abu Maysun al-Faransi as the man who rammed a car carrying weapons and explosives into a police van as it drove in a convoy down Paris's Champs Elysees on June 19.

The ISIS group on Thursday said two of its members were responsible for attempted attacks in Paris and Brussels last month.

A year after ISIS suicide bombers killed 32 people in Brussels, Belgian authorities say much remains unclear about who ordered the attacks, even if those who staged them are either dead or in jail.

Belgian police were holding three people for questioning after anti-terror raids late Saturday in central Brussels, reports said.

Family members of three Americans who were killed in attacks by the ISIS in the Brussels airport bombing in 2016 and Paris attack in November 2015 have filed a lawsuit against Twitter, accusing it of aiding the extremist group by ignoring its tweets.

A Belgian man accused of giving money to a key suspect in the Brussels and Paris terror attacks took the stand in his British trial on Thursday to protest his innocence and condemn ISIS terrorists as "worse than animals".

French investigators have identified a Syria-based extremist of dual Belgian and Moroccan nationality as a suspected coordinator of attacks in Paris and Brussels, sources close to the case told AFP on Tuesday.

A Belgian judge on Tuesday sentenced 15 members of an ISIS terrorist cell - nine of them in absentia - to up to 16 years in prison after convicting them of plotting attacks on targets including Brussels airport.

In a first, an ISIS terror suspect in custody over suspicions of his role in Paris and Brussels terror attacks has turned into an informer for UK police intelligence services against the terror outfit.

Belgium arrested two people and charged them with "participating in activities of a terrorist group", federal prosecutors said on Saturday, part of wide-ranging investigations following the deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels that have been claimed by ISIS.

Belgium will extend its F-16 air strikes against ISIS jihadists in Iraq into Syria, the government said today, as it grapples with the aftermath of deadly ISIS-claimed bomb attacks in Brussels in March.

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a shooting in Brussel's that killed two Swedes, saying the attack targeted Sweden for its membership in a global coalition battling jihadists.

A Brussels court on Tuesday convicted French citizen Salah Abdeslam and Belgian-Moroccan Mohamed Abrini for 2016 jihadist bombings in the Belgian capital that killed 32 people, after the country's largest-ever criminal trial.

An ISIS terrorist suspected of beheading more than 100 people in Raqa and with possible links to the Paris and Brussels attacks has been captured in Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Saturday.

The prime surviving suspect in the 2015 ISIS attacks on Paris said he would answer no questions as his trial in Belgium over a shooting that preceded his arrest got under way in Brussels on Monday.

The group's monthly online magazine Rumiyah, issued on Thursday, named Abu Maysun al-Faransi as the man who rammed a car carrying weapons and explosives into a police van as it drove in a convoy down Paris's Champs Elysees on June 19.

The ISIS group on Thursday said two of its members were responsible for attempted attacks in Paris and Brussels last month.

A year after ISIS suicide bombers killed 32 people in Brussels, Belgian authorities say much remains unclear about who ordered the attacks, even if those who staged them are either dead or in jail.

Belgian police were holding three people for questioning after anti-terror raids late Saturday in central Brussels, reports said.

Family members of three Americans who were killed in attacks by the ISIS in the Brussels airport bombing in 2016 and Paris attack in November 2015 have filed a lawsuit against Twitter, accusing it of aiding the extremist group by ignoring its tweets.

A Belgian man accused of giving money to a key suspect in the Brussels and Paris terror attacks took the stand in his British trial on Thursday to protest his innocence and condemn ISIS terrorists as "worse than animals".

French investigators have identified a Syria-based extremist of dual Belgian and Moroccan nationality as a suspected coordinator of attacks in Paris and Brussels, sources close to the case told AFP on Tuesday.

A Belgian judge on Tuesday sentenced 15 members of an ISIS terrorist cell - nine of them in absentia - to up to 16 years in prison after convicting them of plotting attacks on targets including Brussels airport.

In a first, an ISIS terror suspect in custody over suspicions of his role in Paris and Brussels terror attacks has turned into an informer for UK police intelligence services against the terror outfit.

Belgium arrested two people and charged them with "participating in activities of a terrorist group", federal prosecutors said on Saturday, part of wide-ranging investigations following the deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels that have been claimed by ISIS.

Belgium will extend its F-16 air strikes against ISIS jihadists in Iraq into Syria, the government said today, as it grapples with the aftermath of deadly ISIS-claimed bomb attacks in Brussels in March.