Tag: ISIS
Dadullah’s killing breaks down Ghani-Taliban peace process
The tiff between the Afghan Taliban and a newly formed rebel group have intensified after Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s loyalists killed rebel commander Mullah Mansour...
Next Vienna talks must identify ‘terrorist groups’ in Syria: Iran
The next meeting in Vienna on the Syrian conflict must draw up a list of “terrorist groups”, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said...
IS recruiter arrested from Peshawar
The provincial police claimed on Monday to have arrested a recruiter for the self-styled Islamic State (IS) from the Badaber area of Peshawar.
The suspect...
Russian airline blames ‘external’ factors after IS releases ‘video proof’ they...
The Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt came down because of “external” factors, the airline company said Monday, hours after Islamic State released...
ISIS-linked group in Egypt ‘not capable of downing plane’
The ISIS-linked group that claimed to have downed a Russian plane over the Sinai peninsula has surface-to-air missiles smuggled from Libya, but nothing powerful...
US, Russia, Iran seek to bridge gaps on Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting separately with his Iranian and Russian counterparts in Vienna, before international talks on Syria the top...
Three IS militants killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan
At least three suspected militants, belonging to the self-styled Islamic State militant group, were killed on Thursday in a US drone strikes in Nazyan...
IS militants tie captives to Palmyra columns, blow them up
It was the latest gruesome method of killing by the militant group, which has become known for horrific beheadings and immolation of its prisoners
At least three dead in suicide attack at Saudi mosque
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Najran in southern Saudi Arabia on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding...
Nearly 450 killed in Russian strikes on Syria: monitor
Russian air strikes in Syria have killed at least 446 people, more than a third of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
ISIL Militants in Afghanistan Estimated at 3,500: Russian Ambassador
Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov has said that number of terrorists from the Islamic State in Afghanistan is estimated to be approximately 3,500...
Iraq’s ruling alliance, Shia militias urge PM to request Russian strikes...
Iraq’s ruling alliance and powerful Shia militias have urged Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to request Russian air strikes on Islamic State militants, who control large...
Sindh IG reveals links between LeJ and IS
Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh Ghulam Hyder Jamali on Monday informed the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior that Daesh or the self-styled Islamic State...
IS on outskirts of Aleppo despite Russia’s air strikes on Syria
Fighters of the self-styled Islamic State advanced on Friday to the outskirts of Syria’s second city Aleppo, despite 10 days of Russian air strikes...
IS blows up Arch of Triumph in Syria’s Palmyra
Self-styled Islamic State (IS) extremists have blown up the famous Arch of Triumph in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, the country's head of...
‘Can you imagine? Cotton supplied by Islamic State’
Islamic State (IS) militants have got their hands on Syrian cotton production, worrying some manufacturers even though there appears little risk for now that...
ISIS group draws more Indians, alarm bells in Delhi : Indian...
Early this month, the Indian Home Ministry called a meeting of the Directors General of Police and Home Secretaries from 12 states to discuss...
