Olivia Rondonuwu & Stuart Grudgings, Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur – A foiled plot by suspected Islamic militants to attack and bomb targets in Bali, including a bar popular with tourists, m

Ezra Sihite – Indonesia became the eighth Asean country to ratify the group's counterterrorism convention after the House of Representatives adopted it into law on Tuesday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Didit Sidarta – Indonesia's National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) defended Sunday's deadly raid of two suspected terrorist hideouts in Bali, explaining

Farouk Arnaz – A man who was declared a suspect for firing at a church in Indramayu with a rifle was taught to hate Christians by his family, police said.

Nivell Rayda – The sun was rising slowly behind Salahutu Mountain but the island of Ambon remained dark as thunder-infested clouds hid the rays overhead.

Indonesia's counter-terror unit Detachment 88 is funded and trained by Australia. Why are we so involved with a unit whose work includes counter-separatist activities?

Bayu Marhaenjati – Former Global TV cameraman Imam Mochammad Firdaus was sentenced to three years and four months in prison at the West Jakarta District Court for his role in a plot to

Bayu Marhaenjati – The mastermind behind last year's book bombing plot, Pepi Fernando, was sentenced to 18 years in jail by the West Jakarta District Court on Monday.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – New Supreme Court chief justice, M.

Members of hard-line Muslim group Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid gathered outside the US embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday to protest last week's announcement by the US government designating the

Islamist militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir blamed the United States for increasing his jail term, two days after Indonesia's top court reinstated his 15-year sentence for terrorism.

Indonesia's top court on Monday upheld a 15-year jail term against Islamist militant Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorist acts, reversing an earlier decision to slash the sentence to nine yea

Keyko Ranti Ramadhani & Ronna Nirmala – The US government's decision to declare convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir's Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid group a terrorist organization will not

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The United States has formally included hard-line Islam group Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT), an extremist organization founded by infamous cleric Abu Bakar Ba'a

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Umar Patek, the man who allegedly built the 700 kilogram bomb that ripped through two crowded Bali nightclubs in 2002, is unlikely to be executed, terrorism analyst

Farouk Arnaz – As recently as last year, a terror network had held military training and exercises on a small island in Southeast Sulawesi, pointing to signs that it is still active, an

Mohd Adhe Bhakti – Three Islamic terrorists were each sentenced to between seven and nine years in prison on Wednesday for their roles in the suicide bombing of a West Java mosque last

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Ten out of 13 defendants associated with Muhammad Syarief, the suicide bomber who attacked a mosque at a police compound in Cirebon on April 15, 2011, were sen

Bandung – In anticipation of a growing number of social conflicts, the Indonesian Military (TNI) is organizing an antiterrorism drill to help soldiers build synergy among different mili

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Angela Dewan – Tolerance of Islamic vigilantism is helping to breed a new generation of terrorists in Indonesia, the International Crisis Group warned in a report on Thursday.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said that it would not be making quick decisions on whether to deploy its personnel to join the nation's fight against terrorism.

Zakir Hussain – Jemaah Islamiyah was set up in 1993 with the aim of establishing a region-wide Islamic state.

Nine terror suspects were sentenced to prison for between eight and nine years on Thursday for planning to murder foreigners and for running a terrorist training camp in Aceh.

A rundown of the key terror attacks, players and attack sites in Indonesia in 2011.

Major attacks:

Ulma Haryanto – In 2011, the nation got several wake-up calls that radicalism was still alive in Indonesia despite the arrests and convictions of key terrorists the year before.

Eddy Pratama – Six people accused of a series of bomb scares across Central Java a year ago were sentenced on Thursday to between five and six years in prison by the West Jakarta Distri

Farouk Arnaz – The Densus 88 Counterterrorism Unit ran into some luck on Friday when they knocked on a door and a terror fugitive suspect voluntarily opened the door.

Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) says the National Police Detachment 88 (Densus 88) antiterrorist unit has "borrowed" several terrorist convicts from prison but has not provided any informa

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The threat of terrorism in Indonesia remains high, with police and government bodies deemed to have transgressed against Islamic teaching now the main targets

Ulma Haryanto – The teachings of radical Islam do not appear to be taking root in Central Java despite it being home to many hard-line organizations, a survey has found.

Farouk Arnaz – Three more people with links to a high-profile terror suspect have been arrested by the police's Densus 88 counterterrorism unit, officials said on Monday.

Jakarta, Indonesia – Ten suspected militants have gone on trial for allegedly planning to bomb an Indonesian church before Easter mass and to film the inferno for broadcast.

Indonesia's legal system is the "weakest link" in the nation's fight against terrorism, analysts said after a court slashed the jail term of the country's slipperiest terror convict.

Jakarta – An Indonesian court says it slashed radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir's prison sentence in part because of his advanced age.

Jakarta – A radical Islamic cleric accused of setting up a terror training camp in western Indonesia had his prison sentence slashed from 15 years to 9 years, an appeals court said Wedn

Bandung – Siliwangi Military Commander Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – The Indonesian army's elite detachment 81 antiterrorist squad has organized a joint exercise with the National Police detachment 88 counterterrorism unit at the army special f

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced on Thursday a former teacher at West Nusa Tenggara's Umar bin Khattab (UBK) Islamic boarding school to four years in jail for fund

Jakarta, Indonesia – An Indonesian militant was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for helping set up a terrorist cell plotting attacks on Western hotels and embassies in the c

Indonesia's counter-terrorism police on Saturday arrested five people in connection with a suicide bombing of a mosque in April, a spokesman said.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Police played down the possibility of a terrorist link in the explosion of an automated teller machine (ATM) in Yogyakarta early on Friday.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the Indonesian military (TNI) to cooperate with the National Police in efforts to combat terrorism.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – In the aftermath of last week's suicide bombing by a rogue Islamist of a church in the Central Java city of Solo, messages flew around the social networking site T

Convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Baasyir has denied allegations linking him to the terrorist network behind the Cirebon and Solo suicide bombings.

Padang – Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad has arrested one of the country's most wanted Muslim militants for allegedly plotting suicide attacks.

Ezra Sihite & Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia police have revealed that they had installed additional security in anticipation of a terrorist attack on the Bethel Injil Sepenuh (GBIS

Ezra Sihite, Camelia Pasandaran, Dessy Sagita & Arientha Primanita – Police acknowledged on Wednesday that they had received advance warning of an attack against the Central Java ch

Gary LaMoshi, Bali – Indonesia was shocked and shamed on Sunday when a suicide bomber struck a Christian church in Solo, killing at least one congregant and injuring at least 27 others.

The government has blocked access to about 300 Web sites that could inspire acts of terrorism, the minister of communication and information technology said on Monday.