Washington: US President Donald Trump has approved a plan to arm Syrian Kurds, a key force in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. “Yesterday, the president authorized the Department of Defense to equip Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces as necessary to ensure a clear victory […]
An Australian teenager who has been linked to a suicide bombing attack in Iraq, left improvised explosive devices (IED) at his family home in Melbourne before going to Syria, media reported today
At least 45 people were killed when three car bombs exploded simultaneously at three places in the eastern Libyan city of Al-Gubba, security sources said, even as Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibily for the attacks
The UN Security Council strongly condemned the apparent murder of a Japanese citizen Haruna Yukawa by the Islamic State
Islamabad: The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack at a vegetable and fruit market in Pakistan’s city of Quetta. The militant group said in a statement on Saturday that one of its members carried out the suicide attack that killed and injured several Shiite community members and Pakistani troops, Xinhua reported. There […]
Colombo: The Islamic State (IS) terror group has claimed responsibility for an “ambush” carried out by three jihadis in Sri Lanka, saying that it caused 17 deaths after authorities in the island nation confirmed 16 dead in an operation in Kalmunai city. An Arabic language statement on the group’s official al-Amaq news agency on Saturday […]
Kabul: Twenty-two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and two others captured on Tuesday as security forces stormed their hideouts in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, an official statement said. According to the statement, the special operations were launched in the early hours of Tuesday against the hideouts in Khogiani district, reports Xinhua news agency. Four hideouts […]
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi: Amid developments after the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka which claimed 253 lives, an Islamic State (IS) affiliate group, “Al-Mursalat”, has been reportedly planning to carry out similar attacks in India and Bangladesh with its announcement of appointing a new “emir” (chief) in Bengal, sources said. The emir of […]
Baghdad: The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Baghdad market the previous day that killed 8 people. The extremist group released a statement early on Friday saying the bomber detonated his explosives vest at the Jamila marketplace in Baghdad’s sprawling Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City on Thursday evening. Fifteen […]
New Delhi: After the Army said it had “eliminated” Ishfaq Sofi of ISJK (Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir), the terror outfit has reportedly claimed to have established a “province” in India, which was rubbished by the Indian security apparatus. Sofi alias Abdullah Bhai, a local terrorist and close aide of one of the most wanted […]
London: The most senior female Islamic State (IS) captive has played a central role in the CIA’s hunt Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, helping identify safe houses used by the fugitive terror leader and in one case pinpointing his location in Mosul, Iraq, the Guardian reported. The captive, Nisrine Assad Ibrahim, better known as Umm Sayyaf, has […]
New Delhi: The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has issued an alert about Islamic State (IS) and ISI-backed terrorist groups planning attacks in India on the occasion of Eid on Monday. In a confidential report issued to state police units and police headquarters on Friday, the IB said that ISI-backed jehadi groups may carry out terror acts […]
Tripoli: The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) said it carried out an airstrike that killed Islamic State (IS) militants in southwestern Libya, in coordination with the UN-backed government. “In coordination with the Libyan Government of National Accord, US Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Libya terrorists in southwest Libya on Sept. 26, 2019,” AFRICOM said […]
Baghdad: A total of 12 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Wednesday in a raid and an airstrike in the Iraqi provinces of Salahudin and Diyala, respectively, security sources said. In Salahudin, an army force raided a house used as an IS hideout at a village in northwest of the provincial capital Tikrit, some […]
Cairo: The Islamic State terror organisation on Thursday confirmed the death of Abu Bak al-Baghdadi who was killed in a US raid in northern Syria. The IS also named Abu Ibrahim Al Qurayshi its new leader, Efe news reported. A spokesperson for the terror organization, Abu Hasan al Mohager, was also killed, the group announced […]
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