A Norwegian court on Tuesday sentenced a woman who lived as a housewife in Syria to prison for being a member of the Islamic State group (IS), despite not actively fighting herself.
A woman on trial in Norway for supporting the Islamic State group provided a glimpse this week of life with members of the terror group she said she was unable to flee despite numerous attempts.
Norway's decision to allow a woman linked with the Islamic State terror group back into the country on humanitarian grounds could have far-reaching consequences for the government.
Norway said Tuesday it was repatriating from Syria a woman linked to the Islamic State (Isis) group and her two children, one of them reportedly seriously ill, citing humanitarian reasons.
The alleged leader of a group of jihadists admitted killing one of two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco, and accused his co-defendant of killing the other.
A Norwegian court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamist to nine years in prison for recruiting a jihadist candidate who wanted to join the Islamic State (Isis) group.
In its 2017 threat assessment released on Monday, the Norwegian Intelligence Service (Etterretningstjenesten - NIS) warned that Russia will continue to carry out extensive intelligence activities on Norwegian targets.
A cement company with a factory in Syria that has received 4.2 billion kroner from Norway’s massive oil fund is accused of giving money to the terror group Isis.
The international community must use all means necessary to stop the the Islamic State terror group, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Tuesday.
An Oslo court on Wednesday jailed two jihadists of Pakistani and Chechen origin for six and seven and a half years respectively for joining the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.
According to Ritzau, reports from the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish intelligence services indicate that there are fewer Scandinavian citizens travelling to the Middle East to fight for the militant group Isis, also known as Daesh or Islamic State.
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia on Wednesday that US patience on the Syria conflict and the issue of President Bashar al-Assad's fate is running out.
Justice Minister Anders Anundsen has proposed allowing authorities to confiscate or refuse to issue passports to people who are seen as potential foreign fighters.
Norway's justice minister is set to propose a law reform which will make it easier to charge Norwegians suspected of participating in the Syrian conflict. There will also be harsher punishments.
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence has confirmed that it is considering a request from the United States to up its contributions in the fight against Isis.
The suspected ISIS terrorist hunted by Norwegian police on Thursday has been arrested by Sweden’s Säpo security police at a refugee centre in Boliden in northern Sweden.
Norwegian Police have put out a nationwide alert for the ISIS terrorist Sweden's security services believe is planning an imminent attack on their country.
The Islamic State jihadist group said it had killed a Norwegian hostage Ole-Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, two months after it had demanded a ransom for his release.
