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Iran court sentences eight men to death over Islamic State attack
TEHRAN: An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced eight men to death over attacks that killed 18 people at the parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s...
Syrian army, Islamic State wage fierce battle in south Damascus
BEIRUT: The Syrian army and its allies engaged in a fierce battle on Saturday with Islamic State fighters in an enclave south of Damascus...
Islamic State threatens polling station attacks ahead of Iraq vote
BAGHDAD: Islamic State said it would attack polling stations in Iraq during parliamentary election next month and that anyone who participated in the vote...
Iraq launches airstrikes on IS positions inside Syria
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Air Force on Thursday carried out airstrikes on the positions of Islamic State (IS) militants inside Syria near the border, the Iraqi...
Iraq to take ‘all necessary measures’ to prevent Islamic State attacks...
BAGHDAD: Iraq will take “all the necessary measures” to prevent cross-border attacks by Islamic State militants in Syria, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said...
Egypt’s anti-IS operations: 4 soldiers,10 militants killed in Sinai
CAIRO: Egypt’s military said on Sunday four soldiers and 10 extremists were killed in a military operation in Sinai against Daesh.
The deaths raise military...
Hundreds fear arrest in Mosul for sharing names with IS jihadists
MOSUL: Since jihadists were pushed out of Mosul, Mohammed has not left his home. Although he never joined the Islamic State (IS) group, he...
Indian home ministry says IS doesn’t exist in Kashmir
NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Tuesday sought to downplay the issue of the presence of the Islamic State (IS) in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), saying...
UN chief urges world support for Iraq after war with IS
UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the international community on Thursday to support Iraq's reconstruction after its devastating war with the Islamic State group.
“The whole...
US govt says American detainee worked for IS in Syria
WASHINGTON: An American detained by US forces was carrying thumb drives containing files on how to make bombs plus administrative spreadsheets describing work he...
One in four Iraqi children in poverty after war with IS
BAGHDAD: One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country’s war...
Word ‘Daesh’ written on bridge in Peshawar: report
PESHAWAR: Word ‘Daesh’, written with red paint, was spotted on a bridge located on the peripheries of Peshawar on Tuesday, reports a local English...
Kazakh court sentences woman for 9-years over planning to join IS
QARAGHANDY: A court in central Kazakhstan has sentenced a 30-year-old woman to nine years in prison on charges that she was planning to join...
US-led coalition against IS ‘shifts its focus’ in Iraq
WASHINGTON: The US-led coalition against the extremist group Islamic State (IS) says it will "shift its focus" in Iraq away from combat operations against...
Taliban, IS create perfect storm of bloodshed in Kabul
KABUL: The Taliban and the Islamic State group are creating a perfect storm of carnage in Kabul, adapting to ramped up security in the...
Abducted boy raised by US Islamic State woman in Raqqa
DOHUK: Eight-year-old Ayham Azad loves America, insists on speaking only in English and says he wants to be "an American man" when he grows...
Turkey kills at least 260 Kurdish, IS fighters in Afrin offensive: military
ANKARA: Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of...
