Tag: Islamic State (IS)
Iran sentences 3 to death over Islamic State-linked shrine attacks
The three were convicted of providing logistical support, including weapons and ammunition, for the twin assaults that left 13 people…
4 IS militants killed in airstrike in Iraq
The statement added that the airstrike resulted in the killing of four IS militants, including the leader of the IS…
IS militants ambush Syrian military bus, kill 23 soldiers
The IS militants attacked the bus in the desert region of al-Mayadeen City in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour,…
4 IS militants killed in operation near Baghdad
Four Islamic State (IS) militants, including a local IS leader, were killed Wednesday in an operation north of the Iraqi…
Senior IS leader Abd-al-Hadi Mahmud killed in Syria
The man was a senior Islamic State leader and "operational planner responsible for planning terror attacks in the Middle East…
Türkiye detains 10 Islamic State suspects
The Turkish government designated the IS a terrorist organisation in 2013, blaming it for a spate of deadly attacks in…
US captures top Islamic State leader in Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the operation had been carried out in rural Aleppo in…
France captures top IS militant, Albakaye in Mali
Albakaye was captured by Operation Barkhane forces between the night of June 11 and the early hours of June 12…
Terrorism: Turkey issues arrest warrant for 64 IS members
Ankara designated the IS a terrorist organisation in 2013 and the group had been blamed for a spate of deadly…
Terror cell dismantled, 6 IS suspects arrested
The Moroccan security services dismantled on Tuesday a terrorist cell linked to the Islamic State (IS) militant group and arrested…
1.3m children displaced by Iraq-IS war – UNICEF
About half the 2.6 million people displaced in Iraq after a three-year war with Islamic State (IS) militants are children…
Islamic State ‘has been crushed’ but still posing threat – May
British Prime Minister Teresa May said on Friday that although the Islamic State (IS) has been crushed, thanks mostly to…
Islamic State in Libya prepares to regroup after losing stronghold
Islamic State (IS) in Libya is preparing to regroup, one year after the terrorists lost the city of Sirte.