Tag: Is Militants

The rulers of Afghanistan are expected to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the nation's security, Raisi was quoted as saying.

New Delhi: Two suspected Islamic State (IS) militants hailing from Jammu and Kashmir have been arrested from here, police said on Friday. The suspects were arrested from the Red Fort area on Thursday night, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, P.S. Kushwah said. Kushwah said the arrested were suspected to be associated with the global […]

Moscow: About 120 Islamic State (IS) militants and more than 60 foreign mercenaries in Syria were killed in airstrikes launched by Russia over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday. The Russian airstrikes destroyed an IS strongpoint in the town of Albu Kamal near the Syrian-Iraqi border, killing about 40 militants […]

Baghdad: Iraqi forces on Saturday launched an operation to clear the desert area near the border with Syria from the Islamic State (IS) militants, the military said. The Iraqi army, paramilitary Hashd Shaabi force and the border guards force advanced in the vast desert area to free the Akashat village and to clear nearby areas, […]

Baghdad: At least 27 Islamic State militants were killed in airstrikes by international coalition against IS posts in the IS-held areas in Iraq’s western province of Anbar on Sunday, an Iraqi army source said. According to intelligence reports, the US-led coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike on an internet cafe used by IS militants as a […]

Baghdad: A total of 10 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in an airstrike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence reports, the coalition aircraft on Friday attacked an IS hideout at a desert in al-Baaj area near the border with Syria, the […]

Baghdad: The paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces repelled an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, leaving a paramilitary fighter dead and three others wounded, a provincial security official said. The extremist IS militants attacked Hashd Shaabi positions near the town of Khanaqin, some 165 km northeast of the capital Baghdad, […]

New Delhi: The three IS militants arrested in the national capital on Thursday have terror links with Syria and Malaysia, police sources said on Saturday. Syria is the stronghold of the ISIS. Zakir Naik, prime accused in carrying out several anti-national activities, has been living in Malaysia for many years after fleeing India. The intentions […]

Baghdad: The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) killed 42 militants of the Islamic State (IS) terror group during an operation in Nineveh province, the country’s military has confirmed. Acting on intelligence reports, the CTS forces backed by Iraqi and international coalition aircraft, stormed into the Ayn al-Jahash area south of the provincial capital of Mosul, the […]