Islamic State reactivating fighters, eying comeback in Syria and Iraq
- 12-Jun-2025
DAMASCUS: Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime to stage a comeback in Syria and neighbouring Iraq. Islamic State (IS) has been attempting just that, according to more than 20 sources, including security and political officials from Syria, Iraq, the U.S. […]
Taliban kill IS ‘mastermind’ of Kabul airport attack: White House
- 26-Apr-2023
Taliban government forces have killed the Islamic State mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in 2021, the White House said Tuesday. The bomber detonated a device among packed crowds at the Kabul airport’s perimeter as they tried to flee Afghanistan on […]
Pakistan hopes attack on Kabul embassy to be thoroughly probed
- 05-Dec-2022
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday said it was in active contact with the Afghan authorities on the matter of attack on Pakistani Embassy in Kabul, expressing confidence that the matter would be fully investigated, ARY News reported. In a statement, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the foreign office was in active contact […]
IS claims responsibility for attack on Pakistani embassy in Kabul
- 04-Dec-2022
Islamic State (IS) Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan’s embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, a statement carried by one of the militant group’s affiliated channels on Telegram said on Sunday. The embassy came under attack on Friday with gunfire wounding a Pakistani security guard, officials said, in what Islamabad […]
US says Islamic State leader killed in Syria raid
- 03-Feb-2022
AMMAN/WASHINGTON: The leader of the militant group Islamic State died in a US special forces raid in northern Syria on Thursday when he detonated a bomb that killed him and family members, the US administration said. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi had led the group since the death of its founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was […]
US releases Baghdadi raid video
- 31-Oct-2019
The declassified, grainy, black-and-white aerial videos from Saturday’s raid showed U.S. special operations forces closing in on the compound and U.S. aircraft firing on militants nearby
TikTok removes propaganda videos
- 22-Oct-2019
TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, claimed some 500 million users globally last year, making it one of the most popular social apps
Explosions in Afghanistan wound dozens on 100th Independence Day
- 19-Aug-2019
The Jalalabad bombs were planted near a market where hundreds of people had congregated after attending Independence Day events
Dutchman held by IS-linked rebels killed
- 31-May-2019
Horn was on an expedition to photograph rare birds on the remote Tawi-Tawi island group in the southern Philippines when he was abducted by unknown gunmen and turned over to the Abu Sayyaf.
Taliban storm checkpoints in Afghanistan, kill 7 policemen, says official
- 04-May-2019
Both the Taliban and IS are active in eastern Afghanistan, especially in Kunar and neighbouring Nangarhar provinces