Tag: Daesh
IS inflicts irreparable damage on Palmyra
Militants have reduced several temples, columns and other treasures to heaps of stone in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, which archaeologists fear will never...
Daesh commander killed in airstrike near Syria’s Raqa: monitor
A drone strike near the Daesh group’s de facto Syrian capital Raqa killed a militant commander heading to Aleppo province on orders from the organisation’s chief,...
British news channel says Daesh plans attack on Jewish children in...
Britain’s Sky News quoted intelligence sources on Monday as saying that Daesh had “advanced plans” to kill Jewish children in Turkey by attacking kindergartens, schools and...
Israel urges citizens to leave Turkey, cites Daesh threat
Israel urged its citizens in Turkey on Monday to leave “as soon as possible” in an upgraded travel advisory predicting possible follow-up attacks to...
Citizen moves IHC for case against Maulana Aziz, Umm-e-Hassan over Daesh...
A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking registration of a case against Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz, his...
Syrian forces close in on Daesh-held Palmyra
Syrian pro-government forces were poised on Wednesday to launch an assault to retake the ancient city of Palmyra from militants, as Washington sought to...
Trump claims British Muslims are not reporting suspected terrorists
British Muslims are “absolutely not reporting” suspected terrorists, Donald Trump said as he pledged to “hit Isis so hard you wouldn't believe it” if...
Multiple IS bombings in Brussels kill at least 35
Over 150 reported injured as blasts at departure lounge of Brussels airport and metro terminals trigger transport shutdown, with all flights halted in and...
Afghan Taliban’s top dissident Mullah Rasool arrested in Pakistan
The chief of a breakaway Afghan Taliban group, Mullah Muhammad Rasool, has been detained by Pakistani authorities, according to two Taliban leaders on Monday....
IS ‘minister of war’ likely killed in US air strike in...
A militant Islamic State (IS) group commander described by the Pentagon as the group's "minister of war" was likely killed in a United States...
ISIS offers a cause JuD jihadists are finding hard to resist
Security sources say educated youth taught to live and die in the name of Islam are feeling disoriented after JuD went soft on active jihad and started focusing on welfare activities
In Nisar’s eyes, Abdul Aziz is innocent until proven guilty
Interior minister says govt will take action against radical cleric if he ‘breaks the law’
Denies Daesh’s physical presence in Pakistan, says local militant outfits...
Sindh governor dismisses Daesh presence in Karachi
Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad on Saturday dismissed the existence of Daesh, the so called Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Karachi.
Speaking to media...
Security czar doesn’t see Daesh as imminent threat
Days after IB chief’s warning of dreaded terror network's presence in Pakistan, Nisar says Daesh does not maintain the same level of presence in...
Daesh has no organised foothold in Pakistan: FO
The Foreign Office has clarified that the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh has no organised foothold in Pakistan.
The...
Daesh gaining foothold in Pakistan, says top civilian spy chief
Director General Intelligence Bureau Aftab Sultan on Wednesday said militant group Islamic State’s presence is growing in Pakistan.
Addressing the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior...
Daesh operative involved in Safoora carnage nabbed
In yet another success in the war on terror, law-enforcement agencies on Monday detained another Daesh terrorist involved in the Safoora carnage.
The arrested Daesh...
