ISIS militants kill 30 in central Afghanistan
Militants linked to ISIS killed around 30 civilians, including children, in the central Afghan province of Ghor, the local government said today. The incident occurred late Tuesday north of the provincial capital Firoz Koh, with the government calling it a revenge attack after a local ISIS commander was killed. “Our security forces with the help of locals conducted an operation and killed an ISIS commander yesterday. ISIS...
Attack in Iraq’s Kirkuk over, 74 IS jihadists dead
Iraqi security forces today ended an attack by the Islamic State group in Kirkuk city, killing at least 74 jihadists in three days of clashes, the provincial governor said. “The attack is over and life has returned to normal,” Najmeddin Karim, the governor of Kirkuk province, told AFP. “The security forces have killed more than 74 Daesh (IS) terrorists and detained several others, including their leader.” Karim...
Daesh Militants Execute Over 280 Residents of Mosul Area Amid Army Offensive
Daesh terrorist group has executed 284 men and boys in the Mosul area amid the Iraqi army’s offensive to drive the militants out of the city, media reported today. According to CNN, citing an Iraqi intelligence source, those killed were used as a human shield against the attacks against the terrorists by the Iraq forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. Daesh, outlawed in many countries worldwide, is said to have used a bulldozer...
‘IS inspired’ teens charged in Australia
Two 16-year-old boys were charged Thursday with planning an imminent terror attack after being arrested with “bayonet-type” knives in Sydney, with police saying the pair were inspired by the so-called Islamic State group. The boys, who were not named, were seized in the city’s southwest after buying the weapons in a shop, renewing fears about youth radicalisation. They face life imprisonment if convicted on charges...
ISIS confirms ‘minister of information’ killed
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said Monday that a senior operative considered the group’s information minister had been killed, confirming an earlier Pentagon report. An ISIS statement on social media affirmed the “martyrdom” of Abu Mohammad al-Furqan, the nom de guerre of Wa’il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, saying he was an “emir” of the group’s central media body. It did not release any further details. Last month the...
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