Tag: ISIS
Boko Haram kills 16 in Nigeria
NIGERIA: Boko Haram militants have killed at least 16 farmers and left dozens missing in the latest attacks in restive northeast Nigeria's Borno state,...
US-led fight on Islamic State killed more than 1,100 civilians, says...
WASHINGTON: More than 1,100 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in...
Political rows, worsening security greet Mattis in Afghanistan
KABUL: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Kabul on Friday to meet the new commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan and discuss progress...
Tremendous improvement seen in Pak-Afghan bilateral ties
ISLAMABAD: The last few months have witnessed a tremendous improvement in bilateral ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as seen in the signing of their...
US-backed forces announce three-day curfew in Raqqa city
AMMAN: US-backed forces in control of Syria’s Raqqa city imposed a three-day curfew on Sunday and declared a state of emergency saying Islamic State...
Stopped from joining Islamic State fiance in Syria, teen planned London...
LONDON: A London teenager who wanted to attack the British Museum with grenades and firearms after she was prevented from traveling to Syria to...
Iraq sentences Belgian to death as Islamic State fighter
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Central Criminal Court sentenced a Belgian on Tuesday to death by hanging as a senior foreign fighter for Islamic State, a rare...
Iraqi air force destroys Islamic State command centre in Syria
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi air force carried out a strike on an Islamic State (IS) position inside Syria, state television reported on Monday citing a...
Suicide bomber on motorbike wounds police in Indonesia’s Surabaya
SURABAYA: A suicide bomber on a motorbike wounded several Indonesian police outside a police building in Surabaya on Monday, a day after Islamist militants...
Indonesia investigates reports top Islamic State commander killed
JAKARTA: Indonesia is investigating reports from Islamic State supporters that the most senior Southeast Asian commander of the militant group was killed by US...
Top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan killed in airstrike
KABUL: A high-ranking Islamic State (IS) commander in Afghanistan has been killed in an airstrike, officials said Saturday, as Afghan and US forces dial up...
Sryia Islamic State policy remains unchanged, says Pentagon
WASHINGTON: US military policy toward fighting Islamic State militants in Syria remains the same following discussions with President Donald Trump this week, and the...
MCIS 2018: Pakistan urges world to play role for Kashmir, Palestine
Dastgir offers to share Pakistan’s extensive counterterrorism experience with partners
MOSCOW: Minister for Defence Khurram Dastgir has said that the international community should play its...
Trump seeks Syria pullout as advisers warn of hard work ahead
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wanted to “get out” of Syria but offered no timetable, as his advisers warned of...
Islamic State says behind car suicide bombing in east Libyan town
BENGHAZI: Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide car bombing this week in the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya, the militant group’s...
Suicide attack on Afghanistan mosque kills one, injures seven
--Islamic State claims responsibility
Two suicide bombers attacked a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Sunday, killing one person and wounding seven others,...
Pause in some operations against ISIS due to Turkish offensive, admits...
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon acknowledged on Monday that a Turkish offensive against a US-backed militia in Syria had affected the fight against Islamic State and...
