Turkey strikes in Syria, Iraq a week after Istanbul bombingWarplanes attacked bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and the Syrian People's Protection Units, or YPG, the ministry s...
20 Nov, 2022, 07.21 PM IST
Turkey blames blast on Kurdish militants, arrests 22, including suspected bomberVideo footage obtained by Reuters showed the moment the explosion occurred on Sunday afternoon, sending debris into the air and leaving sev...
14 Nov, 2022, 02.18 PM IST
Islamic State chief blows himself up during US raid in SyriaThe operation was the biggest blow to the jihadist organisation since his predecessor, the better-known Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in...
03 Feb, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
View: Keep out Rohingyas. India must practice hard state politicsIndia should resist all attempts to take in large numbers of Rohingya refugees given the possibility of demographic change creating more co...
11 Sep, 2017, 12.18 PM IST
Seven Indian companies supplying components to ISIS: ReportSeven Indian companies are among those from 20 countries named in a list whose components were used by the ISIS to make explosives, a EU-ma...
26 Feb, 2016, 10.23 AM IST
One of the biggest weaknesses in the fight against ISIS is being fully exposed in TurkeyA recent terror attack in the southeast has drawn attention to the many extremists potentially slipping through the cracks.
01 Aug, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
Turkey is 'playing a dangerous game' - and what comes next could make it worseTurkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkish security forces have rounded up 1,050 suspected members of ISIS, Kurdish militants, and ultra-lefti...
31 Jul, 2015, 11.50 AM IST
US-led warplanes are pummeling the de-facto ISIS capital like never beforeThe US-led coalition battling the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) has drastically intensified its air war against the militant g...
10 Jul, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
Why Turkey probably won't invade northern SyriaKurdish fighters gesture while carrying their parties' flags in Tel Abyad of Raqqa governorate after they said they took control of the are...
03 Jul, 2015, 12.54 PM IST
US President Barack Obama asks for war powers, says Islamic State is 'going to lose'Obama made the remarks after sending a draft resolution to the Congress to authorise the use of force against Islamic State of Iraq and Lev...
12 Feb, 2015, 02.09 PM IST
Islamic State group recruits, exploits childrenAcross vast region under IS control, group is actively conscripting children for battle and committing abuses against most vulnerable at yo...
23 Nov, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
ISIS threatens to kill British jihadis wanting to return homeThe report comes after the killing of another young Muslim from Portsmouth on the frontline in Syria, the fourth to die from a group of six...
26 Oct, 2014, 04.00 PM IST
Baghdad not under 'imminent threat' from IS, says USUS says Iraq's capital Baghdad is not under imminent danger of falling to IS despite gains made by the jihadist group in the country's west.
17 Oct, 2014, 01.47 PM IST
'Tackling IS requires strong military action, diplomatic plan'White House Press Secretary, Josh Earnest, told reporters at a different news conference that the strategy is not a short-term proposition.
09 Oct, 2014, 07.14 AM IST