Tag: ISIS
Syrian Kurds battle ISIS in northeast
At least two dozen Islamic State fighters have been killed in northeastern Syria in a battle with Kurdish forces supported by US-led air strikes,...
ISIS releases more than 200 captive Yazidis in Iraq
More than 200 elderly and infirm Yazidis were freed on Wednesday by Islamic State militants who had been holding them captive since overruning their...
Mother of two abandons husband to join Islamic State
Azizul Islam a dejected man, said he could not control his tears to find out from police that she had travelled to a Syrian gateway Gaziantep, popular for fighters from abroad and their ‘brides’.
Islamic State dresses baby as suicide bomber in publicity stunt
The images are reflective of the group’s aim to radicalise the younger generations
Arab League calls for multinational force to fight militants
The Arab League called for the creation of a regional force to combat militants as countries face a growing threat from Islamic State and...
Pakistan in a fix over Saudi request for help against IS
ISLAMABAD:
Islamabad is yet to accept Riyadh's request for support to prevent military invasions into Saudi Arabia by the Islamic State (IS), the ultra-extremist group...
Iran’s role worries anti-IS coalition, says US general
The Shia militias, armed and advised by Iran, are playing a major role in the Tikrit offensive
UN chief calls IS’ destruction of Iraq’s Nimrud a war crime
After rampaging through Mosul’s museum with sledgehammers and torching its library last month, IS “bulldozed” the nearby ruins of Nimrud on Thursday
ISIS bulldoze ancient Iraqi city
Islamic State militants have bulldozed an ancient Iraqi city using heavy military vehicles in their latest attack on the country's historical heritage.
The jihadists have...
Turkish Airlines ‘aid’ investigation into Brit school-girls, believed to have joined...
ISTANBUL:
Flag carrier Turkish Airlines said on Friday it was assisting an investigation into three British schoolgirls believed to have gone to Syria to join...
‘Jihadi John’ unmasked as Londoner
LONDON/WASHINGTON:
The masked "Jihadi John" killer who fronted Islamic State beheading videos has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a British computer programming graduate from...
CAGE blame Jihadi John’s beheadings on British Intelligence, ISIS murder ‘spies’...
Images of four men sentenced to death by ISIS in Iraq went viral after campaign group CAGE defended Jihadi John, unmasked on Thursday as...
IS chops off three women’s hands, flog men for using mobile...
The militant group has also issued a ruling prohibiting the use of mobile phones, with a punishment resulting in 30 lashes
Egypt strikes IS targets in Libya after beheadings video
Pope denounces slaying of 21 Egyptian Copts by IS terrorists
Do not call Charlie Hebdo killers ‘terrorists’, says BBC Arabia
Kafala’s comments may seem shocking but they are in line with the BBC’s editorial guidelines on reporting terrorism.
US Central Command Twitter feed, YouTube hacked by IS sympathisers
The US Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts were suspended on Monday after apparently being hacked by Islamic State supporters.
The Twitter feed had several...
ISIS conspiring to start Shia-Sunni clashes: Malik
Former interior minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Rehman Malik has said that ISIS is conspiring to start violence between Shia and Sunni...
