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SDF accuses Turkey of backing ‘IS’ with Syria assault
BERLIN: Turkey is determined to push on with its massive offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, as...
Russian student sentenced to four years jail for trying to join IS
VOLOGDA: A Russian female student, sentenced to four and a half years behind bars for trying to join the Islamic State, has repented and...
Al Qaida to recruit from IS, its affiliates: report
GOR:Al Qaida has been trying to win over extremists from Islamic State, while the Isis “caliphate” collapses amid heavy losses of men, material, territory and...
Security report claims IS footprint ‘on rise’ in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Militant group Islamic State (IS) is continually on the rise in Sindh and Balochistan, as claimed in a security report, ‘Pakistan Security Report...
Top US commander wants more aggressive Afghan push this year
WASHINGTON: The top American commander for the Middle East wants a more aggressive Afghan military pressuring Taliban and other insurgents over the normally quieter...
Indonesia to add hundreds of counter-terrorism police to monitor IS
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s counter-terrorism police force is to get 600 extra personnel next year to monitor Islamic State (IS) networks, the chief of police in...
Turkish police detain 29 IS suspects in Ankara
ISTANBUL: Turkish police detained 29 suspected Islamic State members in Ankara on Friday, state media said, in a fresh operation after arresting some 120...
‘Militant group’ in IoK pledges allegiance to IS
In a video recently shared by a pro-IS media centre Al-Qaraar, a Kashmiri militant group pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group,...
Surge in violent activities in Balochistan is alarming: analysts
‘Afghanistan, RAW responsible for violence in the province’
'IS through its sympathisers and supporters managing to make roots in Balochistan'
QUETTA: Quetta, the provincial...
Pakistan steps up security after Quetta church attack
QUETTA: Pakistani officials said that security forces are on high alert across the country following a suicide bombing by the Islamic State group that...
French fighters appear with Daesh in Afghanistan
KABUL: French and Algerian fighters, some arriving from Syria, have joined the ranks of the Islamic State group in northern Afghanistan where the militants...
Iraqi PM declares ‘end of war against IS’ in Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday declared victory in a three-year war by Iraqi forces to expel the militant Islamic State (IS) group...
IS adopts new strategy to gain foothold in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Islamic State—also known as Daesh, ISIS, and ISIL—has adopted a new strategy to gain a foothold in Peshawar, according to security forces.
Security...
Man arrested over Melbourne ‘terror plot’
MELBOURNE: Australian police have arrested a man they allege was planning to carry out a terror attack during New Year's Eve celebrations in Melbourne.
The...
Hundreds of families displaced in IS, Taliban battle in Afghanistan
KABUL: An Afghan official has said that an intense gun battle has erupted between Taliban and Islamic State affiliate insurgents in eastern Nangarhar province.
Attahullah...
How the Islamic State is using ‘heroic storytelling’ to woo recruits
Beyond the slick, Hollywood-style cinematics, the Islamic State is targeting Western recruits with videos suggesting they, too, can be heroes like Bruce Willis’ character...
IS, Taliban ‘involved in human trafficking’: UN
A recent report published by the United Nations reveals that insurgent groups are involved in human smuggling for the purpose of sexual slavery and...
