Tag: Terrorism
How Big of a Threat Are the Houthis?
The Saudi ambassador to the U.S. compared them to the Islamic State.
The British Police Rearrest Two in Connection With Alleged Terror Plot
The counterterrorism police investigating a threat against an English air base used by U.S. bombers said the two men were working on behalf of Iran.
MI5 Chief Warns of Growing Iranian and Russian Threats to U.K.
The head of Britain’s domestic security agency accused Tehran and Moscow of escalating their hybrid campaigns on British soil. He called Iran-led attacks on Jewish communities “sickening.”
Book Review: ‘The Best Kind of American,’ by Kim Ghattas
In “The Best Kind of American,” Kim Ghattas shows what an American’s assassination in Lebanon four decades ago reveals about chaos in the Middle East.
Three Vans, a Startled Farmer and an Iranian Plot Against the U.S.
A Times national security correspondent explains the bizarre set of events swirling around an air base in Britain.
Man Arrested in Connection With Incident at UK Air Base RAF Fairford
A 22-year-old from London was the seventh person to be arrested by the counterterrorism police investigating an incident at R.A.F. Fairford last month.
The Rise of Gig Economy Warfare
An incident at a British air base may demonstrate a new era of low-intensity conflict.
U.K. Base Would Be Ambitious Target for ‘Gig Economy’ Warfare
The U.S. war in Iran unleashed small-scale attacks by local criminals or disenfranchised young men hired anonymously to target Jewish and American sites in Europe and North America, experts say.
How RAF Fairford in a Quiet Corner of England Became a U.S.-Iran Flashpoint
A mysterious call last Sunday near a military base used by the U.S. set in motion a huge counterterrorism response and days of uncertainty in Britain.
U.K.-Iranian Man Arrested in Connection to RAF Fairford Air Base Incident
British counterterrorism police said that a 27-year-old British-Iranian dual national had been arrested on Thursday.