Islamic State claims two attacks on Syrian army, announces ‘new phase’ of operations
- 22-Feb-2026
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for two attacks targeting Syrian army personnel in northern and eastern Syria, as the militant group signaled what it described as a new phase of operations against the country’s leadership. The militant group said on its Dabiq news agency that it had targeted “an individual of the apostate Syrian […]
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. […]
U.S. carries out airstrikes on Islamic State in Somalia, says Trump
- 02-Feb-2025
U.S. forces carried out airstrikes in Somalia on Saturday targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner and other members of the militant group, killing many of them, President Donald Trump said. “These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “The […]
Russia says hard to believe Islamic State could have launched Moscow attack
- 28-Mar-2024
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that it was “extremely hard to believe” that Islamic State would have had the capacity to launch an attack on a Moscow concert hall last Friday that killed at least 143 people. Zakharova repeated Moscow’s assertions, for which it has not yet provided evidence, that Ukraine was behind […]
Islamic State claims attack on Sikh temple in Kabul that killed two
- 19-Jun-2022
An attack claimed by Islamic State on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said, another deadly incident in a spate of violence targeting minorities and places of worship. On an affiliated Telegram channel, the local branch of the Islamic State said the […]
US exit will stop IS attacks in Afghanistan: Taliban
- 30-Aug-2021
KABUL: The Taliban’s spokesman says the group will crack down on Islamic State attacks and expects them to end once foreign forces leave the country. “We hope that those Afghans who are influenced by IS… will give up their operations on seeing the formation of an Islamic government in the absence of foreigners,” Taliban spokesman […]
Islamic State ‘planner’ killed in drone strike, US says
- 28-Aug-2021
The United States attacked an Islamic State “planner” in Afghanistan in retaliation for a deadly bombing outside Kabul airport and said there was a high risk of further blasts as it nears the end of a mission to evacuate civilians and withdraw troops. Among the scores killed in Thursday’s suicide bomb blast, claimed by an […]
More terrorist attacks feared after 85 killed in Kabul airport carnage
- 27-Aug-2021
KABUL: U.S. forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks on Friday after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed 85 people, including 13 U.S. soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport. Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions on Thursday, causing a […]
Foreign Policy magazine exposes links between India and terrorists
- 09-Oct-2020
The IS officially announced the creation of an affiliate in India last.
Turkey says it captured Baghdadi’s sister
- 05-Nov-2019
He named the woman as Rasmiya Awad, and said she was born in 1954