Tag: Islamic State

U.S. military reports series of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria

February 14, 2026 admin

A file image of the aftermath of a airstrike on Syria. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The U.S. military on Saturday (February 14, 2026 reported a series of strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter. U.S. Central Command…

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Turkiye steps up anti-Islamic State raids, arresting 125 suspects

December 31, 2025 admin

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya speaks to the media. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Turkiye on Wednesday (December 31, 2025) detained another 125 Islamic State group suspects in a string of nationwide raids, a Minister said, following warnings that IS militants planned attacks over the holidays. Nearly 600 people have now been detained in anti-IS…

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U.S. raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of Islamic State group official

December 5, 2025 admin

A raid by U.S. forces and a local Syrian group aiming to capture an Islamic State (IS) group official instead killed a man who had been working undercover gathering intelligence on the extremists, family members and Syrian officials have told The Associated Press. The killing in October underscores the complex political and security landscape as…

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Islamic State claims responsibility for Chinese national killed in Afghanistan

January 23, 2025 admin

Representational image showing the flag and terrorists of the Islamic State. | Photo Credit: AFP The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel late on Wednesday (January 22, 2025). Afghan police in the province had said on Wednesday…

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Big Challenge For Anti-Terror Agencies

January 3, 2025 admin

New Delhi: In the early hours of New Year’s Day, an attack in the US city of New Orleans left at least 15 dead and dozens injured. The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US Army veteran, drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd. Jabbar, who died in a shoot-out with police, was…

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US Strike Killed Islamic State Group Leader In Syria: Military

December 20, 2024 admin

Washington: American forces killed an Islamic State (IS) group leader and another of the group’s members in a strike in Syria, the US military said on Friday. Washington has stepped up military action against the jihadist group since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government earlier this month, hitting areas that were shielded by Syrian and…

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Turkiye strikes Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria following deadly attack on defence company

October 23, 2024 admin

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya speaks as he visits headquarters of Turkey’s aviation company TUSAS, where people were killed and over a dozen others wounded in an attack, near Kahramankazan, a town of Turkish capital Ankara, on October 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Turkiye’s air force struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria…

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600 Massacred Within Hours In This Country

October 5, 2024 admin

About 600 people were killed within a few hours by members affiliated with Al-Qaeda in an August attack on the town of Barsalogho in Burkina Faso, a report claimed on Friday. The residents of Barsalogho were shot dead on August 24 as they dug protective trenches. The attack, in which most of the victims were…

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Islamic State group claims Kabul suicide attack that killed at least 6

September 3, 2024 admin

Afghan men walk near the site a day after a suicide bomber triggered explosives in front of the General Directorate for Monitoring and Follow-up of Decrees and Directives, in Kabul on September 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility Tuesday (September 3, 2024) for this week’s suicide bombing at…

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US Confirms Sharing Intel To Prevent Attack At Taylor Swift’s Vienna Concert

August 10, 2024 admin

Three alleged ISIS supporters have been arrested for plotting a suicide attack at Taylor Swift’s concert. Washington: The United States provided intelligence to Austria that helped disrupt an alleged Islamic State plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert, the White House confirmed Friday. “We work closely with partners all over the world to monitor and…

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