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The Iraqi Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency announced on Thursday (January 20) the arrest of a suspect who had a hand in a major terror attack in Baghdad in 2016 as well as numerous other terrorist operations in the Iraqi capital. A statement from the agency, cited by Iraqi News …

The Security Media Cell (SMC) announced on Friday that Baghdad Operations had arrested (17) wanted persons, including two terrorists and drug dealers. The SMC said in a statement, received by Al-Ghadeer, that “the security services and intelligence agencies continue their efforts to pursue terrorists, elements of organized crime, and those …

A security source said on Tuesday that the criminal court in Dhi Qar Governorate had issued a death sentence against eight members of al-Qaeda. The source told Shafaq News Agency, “based on Article 4 of the Anti-Terrorism Law, the criminal court issued a death sentence against these eight terrorists who …

The Intelligence agency deputy director noted that intelligence agencies were already noticing activities by al-Qaeda to re-establish a presence in Afghanistan. US intelligence officials warned Tuesday that the terrorist group al-Qaeda could re-establish itself in Afghanistan within the next one to two years. President Joe Biden ordered the complete withdrawal …

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service, in cooperation with the Asayish forces of Kurdistan Region, arrested leaders of the “Al-Qaqaa” battalion in ISIS, according to the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Major General Yahya Rasool said in a statement that the service arrested five terrorists, including four leaders of the …

Several prominent Egyptian activists and journalists were released from custody on Sunday following months of detention on charges including joining or aiding a terrorist group and spreading false news, lawyers representing them said. Egyptian authorities have in recent months released detainees ahead of major Muslim holidays. Sunday’s releases come two …

Iraqi security forces dismantled a terrorist network in Kirkuk and arrested its members earlier today, Thursday. According to the Security Media Cell (SMC), a force from the “Agency for Intelligence and Federal Investigations” arrested six terrorists who formed a network affiliated with the terrorist organization of ISIS. The terrorists had …

The explosion took place in the evening at a building in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area, and rescuers reached the scene, said Faisalur Rahman, a fire control room official.

The Criminal Court of Salahaddin issued five rulings against the Jurisprudence Judge of ISIS over various charges on Monday.

Iraqi security forces apprehended members of death gangs involved in assassinations in the Basra governorate in the far south of Iraq. The spokesperson of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major-General Yahya Rasool, said that the Iraqi Security forces arrested “those who killed the Journalist Ahmed Abdel Samad and a …

The Speicher Massacre became known as one of the first examples of the genocidal brutality of ISIS Seven years ago members of ISIS kidnapped more than 1,700 unarmed young cadets who had been training in Iraq and executed them. The Speicher Massacre became known as one of the first examples …

Burkina Faso mourns as UN chief calls on countries to redouble efforts to fight ‘violent extremism and its unacceptable human toll’. Gunmen have killed at least 132 people in Burkina Faso’s volatile north, the government said, as the United Nations chief condemned “the heinous attack” and called on countries to …

Experts say they established convincing evidence that ISIL committed genocide ‘against the Yazidi as a religious group’. A United Nations team investigating atrocities in Iraq found “clear and compelling evidence” that ISIL (ISIS) “committed” genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014, its head has said, adding that the armed group …

The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasool, announced on Sunday, the arrest of the “most dangerous terrorist” who participated in the Camp Speicher massacre. Rasoul said in a statement, “The anti-terrorism forces were able, through field follow-up and months of efforts, to arrest the …

Militants stormed a high-end seaside hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 20, in the second attack by Islamist insurgents on a highly fortified target in the Somali capital this week. Militant group al Shabaab claimed the attack on the Elite Hotel in …

Iraqi Security Media Cell revealed, on Friday, the arrest of 31 people, all of them Syrians, who were about to cross into Iraq from Syria, while noting that they found in their possession 140 boxes of TNT sticks. The cell said in a statement received by Alghadeer, ” according to …

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry announced on Saturday that it has arrested the ringleader of a terrorist group known as Tondar which is based in the United States. Iran has dealt a “heavy and severe blow” to a terrorist group based in the US. Iran has arrested Jamshid Sharmahd, the alleged ringleader …

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashed al-Sha’abi forces repelled a fierce attack by terrorists at the Syrian border with Iraq. Hashed al-Sha’abi announced on Tuesday that its forces prevented ISIS terrorist forces to enter Iraq’s Anbar Province from Syrian territory. ISIS terrorist forces had to escape to …

Heavy clashes have broken out between Syrian government troops and remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the country’s central province of Homs with reported casualties from both sides. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a report on Saturday that clashes had taken place between Syrian …

French Islamist Tyler Vilus has been sentenced in Paris to 30 years in prison for crimes committed in Syria. The jihadist was accused, among other things, of having participated in the murder of two prisoners. French ISIS member Tyler Vilus has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for crimes …