Brussels ISIL terror cell

Brussels ISIL terror cell
Active	2014 - 2016
Countries	Belgium  France  Syria  Iraq  Sweden  Morocco  United Kingdom  Algeria
Allegiance	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Type	Terror cell
Size	20+
Garrison/HQ	Brussels, Belgium / Raqqa, Syria
Engagements	November 2015 Paris attacks 2015 Saint-Denis raid 2016 Brussels police raids 2016 Brussels bombings
Disbanded	March 2016

The Brussels ISIL terror cell are a group of people who have been connected to large-scale attacks in Paris and Brussels, as well as other smaller scale terrorist attacks against European targets. The terror cell is connected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a jihadist terrorist organisation primarily based in Syria and Iraq and led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Before those attacks, several other Islamist terrorist attacks had originated from Belgium, and a number of counter-terrorist operations had been carried out there. In 2014, a gunman with ties to the Syrian Civil War attacked the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people. In January 2015, anti-terrorist operations against a group thought to be planning a second Charlie Hebdo shooting had included raids in Brussels and Zaventem. The operation resulted in the deaths of two suspects. In August 2015, a suspected terrorist shot and stabbed passengers aboard a high-speed train on its way from Amsterdam to Paris via Brussels, before he was subdued by passengers.

Belgium has more nationals fighting for jihadist forces as a proportion of its population than any other Western European country, with an estimated 440 Belgians having left for Syria and Iraq as of January 2015. Due to Belgium's weak security apparatus and competing intelligence agencies, it has become a hub of jihadist-recruiting and terrorist activity.

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