Tag: Islamic State
Once in Guantánamo, Afghan now leads war against Taliban and Islamic...
Haji Ghalib did just what the American military feared he would after his release from the Guantánamo Bay prison camp: He returned to the...
Syrian army advances against Islamic State east of Aleppo
The Syrian army captured territory from Islamic State east of Aleppo including several kilometres of highway linking the city with the extremists’ de facto...
Erdogan denies Turkey buys any oil from Islamic State
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey does not buy any oil from Islamic State, insisting that his country’s fight against the jihadist...
Friends recruit most Islamic State fighters
A terrorism expert says three-quarters of those who become foreign fighters for the self-styled Islamic State (IS) extremist group are recruited through friends and...
US ‘will not relent’ in campaign against Islamic State: Obama
US President Barack Obama vowed Sunday that the United States and its international partners “will not relent” in the fight against the militant Islamic...
Beijing vows justice after Islamic State executes Chinese captive
China vowed on Thursday to bring to justice those responsible for executing one of its citizens after self-styled Islamic State (IS) said it had...
Turkey detains 8 Europe-bound Islamic State suspects ‘posing as refugees’
Turkish police detained eight suspected members of the Islamic State, state media said Wednesday, adding they were planning to sneak into Europe posing as...
Islamic State claims execution of Norwegian, Chinese captives
The self-styled Islamic State (IS) group said in its magazine on Wednesday that it had killed a Chinese and a Norwegian captive, showing what...
With Egypt, Paris attacks, IS shows international reach
Unlike its forerunner and now rival Al-Qaeda, which has focused largely on spectacular foreign attacks, IS has promoted a strategy of “remaining and expanding” in territory in Syria and Iraq.
Britain says Islamic State militants plotting deadly cyber attacks
Islamic State militants are trying to develop the capability to launch deadly cyber attacks against Britain’s infrastructure, finance minister George Osborne will say on...
Obama urges Russia to join renewed effort to eliminate Islamic State
US President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State and prevent more attacks like those in Paris, while...
Britain: ‘High probability’ IS bomb downed Russian jet
Britain’s foreign minister said Monday it is highly likely that a bomb planted by the Islamic State supporter downed the Russian passenger jet lost...
US now sees Taliban as reconciliation partners: Pentagon
US Defence official says US working ‘very extensively’ with Pakistan in fight against terrorism
The US Department of Defence said on Friday that it’s no...
Russia’s aim in Syria is defeat of Islamic State, not prop...
The aim of Russia’s military operation in Syria is not to keep President Bashar al-Assad in power but to defeat Islamic State militants, Russian...
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...
Russia bombs 10 Islamic State targets in new Syria strikes
Russia’s military said on Sunday it had bombed 10 Islamic State targets in Syria over the past 24 hours in a further escalation of...
Would not allow even a shadow of Islamic State in Pakistan,...
Army chief General Raheel Sharif has said Pakistan would not allow “even a shadow” of Islamic State and termed the group a greater threat...
