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ISIL-K seeks to recruit lone actors through India-based handlers: U.N. report

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ISIL-K seeks to recruit lone actors through India-based handlers: U.N. report

“Despite not being able to conduct large-scale attacks in India, ISIL-K seeks to recruit lone actors through their India-based handlers and released a booklet in Urdu magnifying Hindu-Muslim antagonism and outlining its strategy as regards India,” U.N. reports said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Terror group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant — Khorasan…

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Oman Mosque Attack: Islamic State group’s new strategy of surprise and dramatic strikes

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Oman Mosque Attack: Islamic State group’s new strategy of surprise and dramatic strikes

At the corner of the Arabian Peninsula, Oman has long been seen as one of the safest, secluded countries in the Middle East, spared of militant violence that has struck elsewhere. Six people were killed while they were offering their prayers at a Shiite Mosque in the capital this week, which changed that image and…

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Islamic State killed more than 4,000 since Syria territorial defeat: monitor

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Islamic State killed more than 4,000 since Syria territorial defeat: monitor

Islamic State militants pass a checkpoint bearing the group’s trademark black flag in the village of Maryam Begg in Kirkuk, 290km north of Baghdad, Iraq. File | Photo Credit: AP Islamic State fighters have killed nearly 4,100 people in Syria since 2019 when the jihadists lost their last stronghold in the country, a war monitor…

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Russian Prison Siege By ISIS Inmates Ends, Hostages Safe

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Russian Prison Siege By ISIS Inmates Ends, Hostages Safe

Moscow: Two prison guards at a jail in southern Russia have been freed without harm after they were taken hostage by Islamic State inmates, with the assailants “liquidated”, the country’s prison service said Sunday. “During a special operation… the criminals were liquidated and the employees taken hostage were freed and were not wounded,” the service…

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Russia says Islamic State behind deadly Moscow concert hall attack

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Russia says Islamic State behind deadly Moscow concert hall attack

Members of the Russian Emergencies Ministry carry out search-and-rescue operations at the Crocus City Hall concert venue after a shooting attack and fire, outside Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia on May 24 admitted for the first time that Islamic State coordinated the deadly concert hall attack in Moscow in…

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Islamic State Claims Attack In Afghanistan’s Bamiyan That Killed 3 Spanish Tourists

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Islamic State Claims Attack In Afghanistan’s Bamiyan That Killed 3 Spanish Tourists

Taliban said four people had been arrested over the attack in which gunmen opened fire (Representational) Cairo: Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack by gunmen on tourists in Afghanistan’s central Bamiyan province, the group said on its Telegram channel. Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in…

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15 pro-government Syrian fighters killed in IS attacks: monitor

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15 pro-government Syrian fighters killed in IS attacks: monitor

Islamic State group militants killed at least 15 Syrian pro-government fighters on Friday after they attacked three military positions in the Syrian desert, a war monitor said. It is the latest attack of its kind by remnants of the jihadists. They “attacked three military sites belonging to regime forces and fighters loyal to them… in…

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Gunman kills six in attack on Afghanistan mosque: Government spokesman

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Gunman kills six in attack on Afghanistan mosque: Government spokesman

Picture for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters “A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people,” a government spokesman said on April 30. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said that on Monday around 9 p.m. (1630 GMT) “an unknown armed person shot at civilian worshippers in a mosque” in…

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Watch | What is the Islamic State-Khorasan and why did they attack Russia?

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Watch | What is the Islamic State-Khorasan and why did they attack Russia?

In June 2015, a few months after the Islamic State (IS) announced its Wilayat Khorasan, the Taliban wrote a letter to the IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Taliban’s demand was that the IS should stop recruiting jihadists in Afghanistan. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State were insurgencies that time. The letter, signed by…

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IS-Khorasan’s attacks in Russia, Iran point to an Islamic State resurgence | Analysis

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IS-Khorasan’s attacks in Russia, Iran point to an Islamic State resurgence | Analysis

In June 2015, a few months after the Islamic State (IS) announced the establishment of its Wilayat Khorasan (Khorasan Province), the Taliban wrote a letter to the then IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, asking him to stop recruiting jihadists in Afghanistan. The letter, signed by the then political committee chief of the Taliban, Mullah Akhtar…

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