Report: Global Terror Deaths Lowest Since 2009

In Afghanistan, terrorist violence increased by 31.5 percent resulting in an 81.8 percent rise in casualties. (File photo: Reuters)

France 24: Global terror deaths lowest since 2009: report

Heavy losses for jihadist and militant groups in Syria and Iraq fuelled a 33-percent drop in global terror attacks in 2018, with fatalities falling to a 10-year low, defence analyst Jane's said Wednesday.

The downswing in attacks led to civilian fatalities falling by more than a quarter, according to the annual Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC) Global Attack Index released by business information provider IHS Markit.

"Over the course of 2018 JTIC recorded a worldwide total of 15,321 attacks by non-state armed groups, which resulted in a total of 13,483 non-militant fatalities", said Matthew Henman, head of JTIC.

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A List Of Islamic Terror Attacks

French CRS and judicial police work near the heavy truck that ran into a crowd at high speed celebrating the Bastille Day July 14 national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais killing 80 people in Nice, France, July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

WNU Editor: The religion of peace has been keeping count. The list is here.

Islamic State 'Ramadan Attacks' Target France, Tunisia, and Kuwait

NBC: Tunisia, France, Kuwait Attacks Follow ISIS Call for Ramadan 'Month of Disaster'

Terrorists launched horrific attacks across three continents Friday, killing dozens of people just days after ISIS urged supporters to unleash "a month of disaster" during the Muslim holy period of Ramadan.

A man was decapitated in an apparent Islamist attack on a U.S.-owned gas factory in southeastern France, while 25 worshipers were killed and 200 wounded during Friday prayers at a Shi'ite mosque in Kuwait.

In Tunisia, gunmen sparked panic at a beach resort, opening fire and killing more than 27 people, including some tourists. Bodies were seen lying on the sand and on sunlongers.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in Kuwait, but there were no immediate claims of responsibility for the others.

More News On Today's Terror Attacks In Tunisia, Kuwait, And France

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Bloody Friday: ISIS Celebrates Terror Attacks In France, Tunisia, Kuwait -- Vocativ
Terror attacks rock France, Kuwait, Tunisia -- Politico
Terror Friday: 41 killed in France, Kuwait and Tunisia attacks -- Hindustan Times
ISIS “Ramadan operations” leave 191 dead in France, Tunisia and Mid East -- Debka
Developing: Nearly 40 Dead in Three Terrorist Attacks on Three Continents -- Slate
Global Terror Attacks Kill at Least 44 -- The Daily Beast
The world reacts with shock to 'day of terror' -- BT
Attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait: What happened on Friday -- Mashable
Is Islamic State Terror Plot Behind Atrocities? -- SKY News

U.S. State Department: Global Terror Attacks Rise 35% In 2014

Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate on vehicles taken from Iraqi security forces, at a street in city of Mosul, June 12, 2014. Reuters/Stringer

Reuters: Terror attacks, deaths up sharply in 2014: State Department

Terrorist attacks worldwide surged by more than a third and fatalities soared by 81 percent in 2014, a year that also saw Islamic State eclipse al Qaeda as the leading jihadist militant group, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.

In its annual report on terrorism, the department also charts an unprecedented flow of foreign fighters to Syria, often lured by Islamic State's use of social media and drawn from diverse social backgrounds.

Taken together, the trends point to a sobering challenge from militant groups worldwide to the United States and its allies despite severe blows inflicted on al Qaeda, author of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in Washington and New York.

WNU Editor: These sobering stats .... Nearly 33,000 people were killed in almost 13,500 terrorist attacks around the world in 2014, report says (WSJ)

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Attacks Attributed To Al-Qaeda: 1992-2008

WNU Editor: This table is from The Economist.

U.S. State Department Annual Report On Global Terrorism Is Released

The highest number of casualties from terrorist attacks was reported from Iraq where 3,654 were killed in 2009. Afghanistan was second on the list with 2,778 deaths and Pakistan was third with 2,670 deaths. Photo by Reuters.

Last Year, 10,999 Terrorist Attacks Worldwide – A Decline From 2008 -- Christian Science Monitor

The frequency of international terrorist attacks has dropped in recent years, but a State Department report also finds that more Western-reared individuals are hearing the siren of radical Islam.

The frequency and deadliness of international terrorist attacks continue to drop, but Al Qaeda and Islamist extremism remain an adaptable and convert-recruiting foe – as witnessed by the growing number of cases of home-grown Muslim radicals.

Those are among the findings of “Country Reports on Terrorism,” the State Department’s annual report on international terrorist activity.

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State Dept.: Al-Qaida Still Biggest Threat To U.S. -- NPR
State Department report: Al Qaeda still top threat to U.S. -- CNN
Al-Qaida 'gravest threat' -- State Dept. report -- UPI
Report: Al-Qaida in Pakistan, affiliates abroad pose most dangerous terrorist threat to US -- FOX News
FACTBOX-Trends seen in 2009 U.S. Terrorism Report -- Reuters