Tag: Islamic State
US strikes IS in Somalia for first time, killing ‘several terrorists’
WASHINGTON: The US conducted a pair of drone strikes against Islamic State fighters in Somalia on Friday, the first time America has hit the...
Airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 14 Da’ish terrorists
The airstrikes targeting three militant hideouts in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan have killed at least 14 Islamic State, also known as Da’ish, terrorists.
According to...
Defeat of Islamic State in Raqqa may herald wider struggle for...
WASHINGTON: The defeat of Islamic State in its de facto capital Raqqa may only be the start of a wider struggle by the United...
Islamic State cleared from Syria’s Raqqa: monitoring group
RAQQA, Syria: US-backed militias have completely taken Syria’s Raqqa from Islamic State, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
The fall of Raqqa...
Iraqi military captures Hawija from Islamic State
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from Islamic State, the military said in a statement on Thursday.
With...
Islamic State claims attack on Damascus police station
BEIRUT: Islamic State said three of its fighters carried out an attack on a Damascus police station on Monday in which 17 people were...
Daesh recruits 30 prisoners at Karachi jail;12 of them out on...
KARACHI: As many as 30 prisoners at the Karachi Central Jail have reportedly joined the feared terror outfit Islamic State (IS) or Daesh, a news channel reported on Wednesday.
According...
Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, children of suspected Daesh fighters
SOUTH OF MOSUL, IRAQ: Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Daesh fighters after government forces expelled the group from...
Raqa children tormented by beheadings, bombs
It could take decades for young people from the Islamic State group’s stronghold to overcome their psychological injuries, Save the Children warned.
Lebanon announces ceasefire in week-old battle against Islamic State
Militants have long been active in mountainous eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria, where a bloody civil war has raged since 2011.
Islamic State planning attacks in Britain: anti-terrorism lawyer
Islamic State militants are planning "indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians" in Britain on a scale similar to those staged by the Irish Republican Army...
Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State set to storm airport, clear way...
MOSUL: US-backed Iraqi forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul prepared on Tuesday to storm the airport and a nearby...
IS spreads chilling propaganda in Parachinar
Peshawar: Militants from notorious terror outfit Islamic State (IS) –also known as Daish– are running amok distributing propaganda pamphlets in the Parachinar area, sources reported...
IS ties : 13 Pakistanis among 16 held in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Saudi security forces have arrested 13 Pakistanis and three Saudis suspected of having links to extremists who blew themselves up during a weekend...
Trump stance on Iran and IS cause for optimism, says Saudi...
PARIS: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday he was positive about the way the incoming US administration wanted to restore American influence...
Iraq special forces sweep Mosul University for remaining militants
Iraqi special forces swept the campus of Mosul University on Sunday to clear it of any remaining Islamic State militants after taking full control...
In northern Afghanistan, bereaved women join fight against Islamic State
LONDON: Gul Bibi, an Afghan grandmother well into her eighties, never expected to become a fighter.
But now she is one of more than a...
