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MILITANT CELLS IN SYRIA
Operation Hawkeye Strike: US hits more than 70 ISIS targets in massive assault across Syria, in retaliation for the deadly ambush that killed two soldiers and a civilian interpreterIn retaliation for a deadly ambush that killed two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter, the United States launched extensive air and gro...
American and Syrian forces conduct airstrikes on ISIS weapons storage facilities, US military saysAmerican forces eliminated fifteen Islamic State weapons storage sites in southern Syria. The operation, conducted between November 24 and ...
Islamic State reactivating fighters, eying comeback in Syria and IraqMiddle East leaders and Western allies are concerned about a potential resurgence of Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq following the fal...
Syria sets deadline for 'small groups' to join Defence MinistrySyria's defence minister has urged remaining small armed groups to integrate into the security apparatus within 10 days, threatening unspec...
US warns of possible attacks in Syria during Eid el-Fitr holidayThe US warned of a heightened risk of attacks in Syria during the upcoming Eid el-Fitr holiday. Syrian authorities have detained multiple m...
Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Abu Khadija has been killed, Iraqi prime minister saysAbdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, known as 'Abu Khadija,' a prominent leader of ISIS, was killed in an Iraqi intelligence operation with U.S. ...
What is Islamic State, the radical group implicated in New Orleans deadly mass killing? ExplainedNew Orleans crash: The suspect in the New Orleans deadly was mass killing was identified as 42-year-old army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar. Au...
What is Islamic State, the group implicated in Germany stabbing? Check history, new tactics, and strength in Africa and Middle EastThe Islamic State identified a Syrian man involved in a stabbing spree in Germany as its 'soldier.' The group, despite major setbacks, carr...
22 US soldiers injured in Syria helicopter 'mishap': CentcomThe United States has about 1,000 troops deployed in Syria as part of international efforts to combat jihadists, and periodically carries o...
U.S. forces detain 6 Islamic State group militants in SyriaIn their statement, U.S. Central Command said the raids were conducted over the preceeding 48 hours, and identified one of the detained mil...
Iraqi airstrikes kill 9 IS militants, including 4 LebaneseIS was largely defeated in Iraq in 2017. The group was dealt a final blow in 2019 when it lost its last territory in southeast Syria during...
Rockets land in Baghdad's Green Zone, near United States embassyThe attack which came shortly before daybreak followed two separate attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in western Iraq and across the bor...
Russia says its airstrike in Syria killed 200 militantsKarpov said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the air raid killed some 200 militants and destroyed 24 vehicles and about...
ISIS plotting attacks across Europe, says British media reportThe November 2015 Paris attacks were a series of coordinated terror attacks in Paris and the city's northern suburb of Saint-Denis.
IS trying to recruit lecturers expert in bombs, weaponsMahmud was reported to be seeking to set up the South-East Asian Islamic State organisation, by uniting terrorist cells in Malaysia, Indone...
ISIS leaders getting paranoid as group loses some groundUnlike other terror groups, the Islamic State sees seizing and controlling territory as essential to its mission and purpose.
IS-inspired Malaysia detainees had planned kidnappings: PoliceMalaysia said that 17 militants detained in a suspected terror plot had planned to kidnap high-profile figures in a bid to create an Islami...
British extremists offer cash to teenagers to join ISIS: ReportWhen Aisha expressed an interest in running away to live in IS territory, he offered to provide cash via an intermediary in the UK.
New terror group 'Khorasan' could pose more direct threat to US, Europe: OfficialsMembers of the cell are said to be particularly interested in devising terror plots using concealed explosives. It is unclear who, besides ...
Al-Qaeda training Britons, Europeans to carry attacks at homeAl-Qaeda is training and encouraging Britons and Europeans fighting in Syria to return to their countries as "jihadists" and carry out car ...