Tag Archives: Islamic State

Iraqi security forces on Wednesday arrested 38 people in the country’s eastern province of Diyala, Police Spokesperson Nihad Mohammed said. The individuals are suspect of having links to the Islamic State (IS) or being involved in terrorist attacks, Mohammed added. Alghadeer has learned that the majority of arrests were made …

Iraqi security forces have foiled a series of major terrorist attacks after capturing a group of militants in the capital city, an official revealed on Tuesday.

A senior cleric with Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram confirmed the death of its leader and urged fighters to stay loyal in its fight against rival Islamic State terrorists, according to a video seen by Reuters on Friday. Bakura Sahalaba, a cleric with the Lake Chad branch of Boko Haram, …

A blast struck a checkpoint in the southern Libyan city of Sebha on Sunday, killing at least two people including a senior police officer, local police, city officials and medics said. A security source in Sebha said the blast was caused by a suicide bomber who detonated a car bomb. …

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group said in an audio recording on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian terrorist Islamist group Boko Haram, was dead. Shekau died around May 18 after detonating an explosive device when he was pursued by ISWAP fighters following a battle, …

An Islamic State terrorist group attack on a prison in eastern Afghanistan holding hundreds of its members raged on Monday after killing at least 21 people in fighting overnight, a local official said. Another 43 people have been wounded in the attack that began late Sunday when an Islamic State …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered a three-month renewal for the long-running state of emergency in the country on Tuesday, citing health and security concerns. Egypt has been under a state of emergency since April 2017, when twin church bombings claimed by an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) affiliate group …

The Iraqi army on Sunday said its air force carried out a series of strikes against positions held by the so-called Islamic State in rural Salahuddin province, killing a ‘group of’ fighters. This marks the latest air operation the Iraqi forces have carried out using F-16s, targeting hideouts of the …

The Iraqi army has confirmed a rocket attack on the K1 military base in the province of Kirkuk has caused no casualties. The attack occurred Thursday evening at 20:14 (local time), soon after which security forces searched the vicinity of the base where they found a rocket launcher. The base …

The Islamic State terrorist group said on Monday it blew up a gas pipeline in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, claiming it was connected to Israel. Security sources earlier said the pipeline hit was a domestic one that connects to a power station in El-Arish, powering homes and factories in central …

Germany is the latest country to donate additional funds for mine clearance efforts in Iraq with a USD 2.2 million contributions. The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) confirmed the donation in an official statement on Wednesday, noting that the war against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq “has resulted …

A Lebanese military sentenced has sentenced a Syrian refugee to three years of hard labor on charges of belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) and planning to commit crimes against the Lebanese people and undermining the authority of the state, activists said Saturday. The court also sentenced, in absentia, four …

The death toll from the bombing of a mosque in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta rose to 15 on Saturday, officials said, in an escalation of militant violence. An improvised explosive device ripped through the mosque during Friday evening prayers, killing 13 people and wounding more than 20, police …

Islamic State released a video purporting to show its militants beheading 10 Christian men in Nigeria, saying it was part of a campaign to avenge the deaths of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and its spokesman. The militant group posted the footage on its online Telegram news channel on Thursday, …

The Iraqi Ministry of Defense on Saturday released a video recording showing airstrikes on Islamic State sleeper cell positions in the Diyala province portion of the Hamrin mountain range. Iraqi F-16 fighter jets raided one of the terrorist group’s hideouts on the mountain near Lake Hamrin in Diyala. The operation …

Iraqi police arrested a key deputy of deceased Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Tuesday in the town of Hawija in Kirkuk province. Abu Khaldoun, who was carrying a fake ID at the time of his capture, was the terrorist group’s military commander for Salah al-Din province, according to Iraq’s …

French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkey of working with Islamic State proxies and said Ankara needed to clarify those ambiguities during meetings this week. “The common enemy today is the terrorist groups. I’m sorry to say, we don’t have the same definition of terrorism around the table,” Macron told reporters …

Thirteen French soldiers were killed when two helicopters collided during an operation against terrorists in Mali, the French president’s office said. It’s believed to be the biggest single loss of life for the French military since the 1980s. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his “deep sadness” over the incident. An …

Iraqi security forces carried out an operation against the Islamic State (IS) near Mosul, north of Iraq, during which they killed at least 14 jihadists. According to Iraq’s state-owned news agency, the operation was conducted in the remote areas south of Mosul, Nineveh province. Other reports claimed also that 13 …

Turkey captured the sister of dead Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official says, and is interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law who were also detained. Rasmiya Awad, 65, was detained in a raid near Azaz, the official said, …