Tag: Islamic State
Row as France remembers troops slain in hostage raid
PARIS: France paid its emotional final respects Tuesday to two commandos killed during a raid to rescue four hostages in the Sahel region of Africa...
Britain removes citizenship from two IS brides of Pakistani heritage: report
LONDON: Britain has revoked citizenship from two more women who joined the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, a newspaper reported on Sunday,...
Shamima Begum: IS teenager’s family challenges citizenship move
The family of Shamima Begum - who left the UK to join the Islamic State group in Syria - have told the home secretary...
Islamic State claims credit for Orakzai bombing
Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack a day earlier in northwestern Pakistan, the group’s Amaq news agency said.
It said...
Islamic State says US-led strikes kill 40 in militant pocket in...
AMMAN: At least forty people, mostly women and children were killed on Saturday in the latest wave of US-led coalition airstrikes against the last...
Melbourne police see Islamic State ‘inspiration’ behind stabbings
MELBOURNE: An Australian man who set fire to a truck laden with gas cylinders in the center of Melbourne and stabbed one person to...
Spain deports Pakistani man over alleged links with Islamic State
ISLAMABAD: Spain on Wednesday deported a Pakistani national for alleged links with Islamic State terrorist group, also known as Daesh.
The authorities at New Islamabad...
Taliban claim to be preparing onslaught to drive Islamic State from...
Taliban commanders say they are preparing a major offensive to drive Islamic State group militants from their stronghold in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of fighters spearheaded by...
Egyptian forces kills 52 militants in Sinai, says military
CAIRO: Egyptian troops and security forces have killed at least 52 suspected militants in recent days, the army said in a statement on Sunday,...
Jordan army clashes with Islamic State militants fleeing Syrian forces
AMMAN: The Jordanian army said on Thursday it killed several Islamic State militants who approached its border as they fled a Syrian offensive that...
Families flee as Taliban battle Islamic State in northern Afghanistan
MAZAR-I SHARIF: Battles between Taliban and Islamic State fighters in a remote district of Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan have caused heavy casualties and...
Islamic State claims attack on Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan
KABUL: The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs...
Coalition attacks on Syria’s Raqqa may have broken law, says Amnesty
BEIRUT: Attacks by the US-led coalition against Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa last year may have broken international law by endangering...
Syrian army clears south Damascus of Islamic State
BEIRUT: The Syrian army pushed Islamic State militants out of a south Damascus pocket on Monday, effectively clearing all insurgents from around the capital,...
Iraqi F-16 warplanes target Islamic State positions in Syria
BAGHDAD: Iraqi warplanes attacked an Islamic State explosives factory and other positions inside Syria on Thursday, Baghdad’s military said, in a rare air assault...
Violence drops for third straight year: report
ISLAMABAD: Deaths and injuries linked to militancy have dropped in Pakistan for the third consecutive year, with 21 per cent fewer incidents in 2017 than...
Turkey arrests 12 alleged IS militants after US embassy closure
ANKARA: Turkey on Monday launched a crackdown on the Islamic State extremist group and boosted security in Ankara after the US embassy said it...
