Terrorism

Money Laundering: Efforts to Remove Lebanon from the Grey List

Liliane Mokbel, 03/03 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The arrest this weekend of a passenger carrying $2.5 million in cash at Beirut’s International Airport marks an important step in the fight against the illegal transport of currency. This action underscores the Lebanese authorities' commitment to tightening controls and curbing such practices. Under the supervision of General Fadi Kfoury, the ...

Teen IS Sympathiser's Attack Plot Foiled

This is Beirut, 19/02 17:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Islamic State Austria Terrorism

Austria has arrested a 14-year-old alleged Islamic State group sympathiser suspected of plotting to carry out a terror attack at one of Vienna's main train stations, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The announcement comes just days after a Syrian refugee killed a teenager and injured five other people in southern Austria in what ...

A Libyan Man Arrested in Germany Over Israel Embassy Attack Plot

This is Beirut, 2024-10-20 05:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Germany Attack Terrorism

German police have arrested a Libyan suspected of links to the Islamic State group and of having planned an attack on the Israeli embassy, federal prosecutors told AFP Saturday. The Bild daily reported that police commandos had stormed a flat in Bernau north of Berlin in the evening and taken the 28-year-old man into custody. The newspaper said ...

Eiffel Tower Attack: Suspect to Face Terrorism Charges

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-06 15:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A French-Iranian national, Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, suspected of fatally stabbing a tourist near the Eiffel Tower, is facing terrorism charges. The incident has prompted an anti-terrorism investigation by French prosecutors, reflecting broader fears in the lead-up to the Paris Olympic Games. A man suspected of stabbing a tourist to death near ...

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