Tag: IS Jihadists
Muslim body calls for ‘killing, crucifixion’ of IS fighters
Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious centre of learning, has called for the killing and crucifixion of militants from the Islamic…
Turkey in red alert as 3,000 residents linked with IS Jihadists
Around 3,000 people in Turkey are believed to be linked to the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, a Turkish intelligence…
IS says publishing new Mohammed cartoon ‘extremely stupid’
The Islamic State group’s radio on Wednesday described French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s publication of a new cartoon of the…
IS jihadists claim execution of eight people in Iraq
The Islamic State jihadist group has executed eight people, four of them policemen, in Iraq’s Salaheddin province, according to a…
US man pleads guilty to trying to help IS group
A US man pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to help the Islamic State jihadist group and now faces 15 years…
IS jihadists execute four women in Iraq
The Islamic State group has executed at least four women, including two doctors and a politician, in their northern Iraq…
FBI asks for tips on IS group volunteers
The FBI on Tuesday appealed for help tracking people planning to join the Islamic State group in combat, including an…
IS jihadists ‘seize parts of key Syrian town’
Islamic State jihadists pushed into the key Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border Monday, seizing three districts in…
IS war could reach Nigeria, says Ex-US Defense chief
Leon Panetta, who headed the CIA and then the Pentagon has said that Islamic State (IS) war could extend to…
IS Jihadists murder Briton, battle for Kurdish town
Islamic State jihadists mounted brutal offensives on both the Syrian battlefield and in their online propaganda war Friday, murdering a…
US-led strikes hit jihadists attacking Syria
The US-led coalition hit Islamic State group targets around a Syrian town on the Turkish border Saturday where tens of…
Qatar emir denies funding Syria extremists
The emir of Qatar has denied accusations that his country funds extremist groups in Syria, while stressing the Gulf state’s…
Australian police shoot dead ‘known terror suspect’
Police in Melbourne have shot dead a “known terror suspect” who stabbed two officers, a day after the Islamic State…
Australian laws to criminalise travel to terror hotspots
Tougher counter-terror laws to be introduced to Australia’s parliament Wednesday would make it a crime to travel to places considered…
Algerian troops hunt for French hostage
Algerian troops scoured a mountainous eastern region Tuesday for a Frenchman kidnapped by militants linked to the Islamic State group…
18 IS jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds
At least 18 jihadists from the Islamic State group were killed in overnight clashes with Kurdish fighters in northern Syria…
49 Turks kidnapped by IS militants freed
Dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq for more than three months have been…
IS jihadists down Syria warplane
Jihadists shot down a Syrian warplane conducting strikes on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory…
Iran accuses US of violating sovereignty in anti-IS fight
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council accused the United States on Saturday of violating the sovereignty of nations…
Britain arms Kurds with machine guns to fight IS
Britain is to ship heavy machine guns and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, Defence Secretary…
Obama sorry for golfing after Foley death
United States President Barack Obama now admits that his decision to play a vacation round of golf immediately after addressing…
Top Saudi cleric urges Muslims to fight IS jihadists
Saudi Arabia’s top cleric has urged Muslims to confront the “oppressive” Islamic State jihadist group if it fights Muslims after…
Islamic State claims to behead second US reporter
The so-called “Islamic State” released a video on Tuesday showing a masked militant apparently beheading an American journalist and threatening…
Kerry urges global ‘coalition’ to fight IS jihadists
United States Secretary of State John Kerry has called for a global coalition to combat Islamic State fighters’ “genocidal agenda”…
UN chief slams ‘brutal’ IS killings in Iraq
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday slammed “brutal killings of civilians” by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq,…
Obama says ‘no strategy yet’ as IS executes Syrian troops
United States President Barack Obama admitted Thursday that he still does not have a strategy to fight Islamic State jihadists…
Imam receives death threat, says IS recruiting in Canada
A Canadian imam known for his pacifist sermons warned Friday that Islamist militant group IS was actively recruiting in Canada…
Foley murder ‘terrorist attack’ against US
The murder of American journalist James Foley by jihadist militants in Syria was a “terrorist attack” against the United States,…
Singapore, Australia to boost intelligence sharing on jihadis
Australia and Singapore vowed Friday to enhance intelligence sharing in the face of growing fears about the threat posed by…
UK voices ‘absolute horror’ at IS beheading
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Wednesday voiced his “absolute horror” at the apparent beheading of US journalist James Foley,…