Tag Archives: Daesh

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and army troops have started a joint, full-scale anti-terrorist military operation in the country’s western province of Anbar. According to a statement by the media bureau of the PMF, better known by the name Hashd al-Sha’abi, the operation, codenamed “Heroes of the Second Victory,” commenced …

US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan say five rockets have hit a major American airbase in the country and that the attack, claimed by the Daesh terrorist group, left no casualties. “Five rockets were fired at Bagram airfield early this morning,” the NATO-led mission, Resolute Support, said in a post on …

A force from the 1st Brigade in the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) has foiled an attempt to target oil fields by ISIS, according to the official PMF website on Saturday. The website stated that “based on the intensity of monitoring and follow-up operations to secure the sector of responsibility, a …

A policeman has been killed and several others have been wounded in an explosion outside the United States Embassy in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said two assailants on a motorbike blew themselves up outside the embassy in the Lac district on Friday, adding that that attack also …

Iraq announced, on Wednesday, the transfer of 82 members of Daesh families to their country, Azerbaijan. This came in a statement issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of which Alghadeer received a copy. The statement quoted the ministry’s spokesman, Ahmed Al-Sahaf, saying that “Iraq has deported 82 children …

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) announced on Tuesday, launching an inspection operation in “Ain al-Tamr” area in Karbala, after information of the existence of ISIS activity. The commander of the Central Euphrates Operations of the PMF, Ali al-Hamdani said in an interview, “At 6 a.m.surveys and inspections were launched in …

A Turkish court on Monday remanded in custody four Iraqi nationals after they were arrested for their alleged links to Daesh/ISIS terrorist group, judicial sources said. The suspects were arrested by the provincial gendarmerie command and intelligence officials on Feb. 27 in simultaneous operations held in different parts of the …

Gunmen have killed 24 people and wounded 18 in an assault on a village church in northern Burkina Faso, officials say. The regional governor said on Monday that the local pastor was targeted in the attack. A group of “armed terrorists” burst into the village of Pansi, in Yagha, a …

The Iraqi army and country’s paramilitary forces on Wednesday launched a fresh military operation against the remnants of the Islamic State (IS). The operation, dubbed “Heroes of Iraq”, aims to clear Anbar deserts and Iraq’s border with Syria and Jordan, west of the country, according to joint operations command. This …

Deputy Commander of Anbar Operations of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Ahmed Nasrallah announced on Tuesday that brigade 18 repelled an attack by ISIS terrorist group, the second of its kind in a week, on checkpoints affiliated with the brigade west of Anbar. Nasrallah said that “a force from the …

The Islamic State terrorist group said on Monday it blew up a gas pipeline in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, claiming it was connected to Israel. Security sources earlier said the pipeline hit was a domestic one that connects to a power station in El-Arish, powering homes and factories in central …

Iraq’s military has agreed to resume joint operations against ISIS, the global coalition against the terrorist group said on Friday, four weeks after they were suspended in response to the US assassination of an Iraqi PMF Leader in Baghdad. The US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS announced the decision in …

Authorities in Turkey have arrested at least 10 people for their alleged ties to the so-called Islamic State, security sources said. Police in Turkey’s capital Ankara “carried out raids” at specific addresses where the suspects lived, the sources said, according to state-run Anadolu Agency. “The suspects were in contact with …

Germany is the latest country to donate additional funds for mine clearance efforts in Iraq with a USD 2.2 million contributions. The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) confirmed the donation in an official statement on Wednesday, noting that the war against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq “has resulted …

A Lebanese military sentenced has sentenced a Syrian refugee to three years of hard labor on charges of belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) and planning to commit crimes against the Lebanese people and undermining the authority of the state, activists said Saturday. The court also sentenced, in absentia, four …

Iraqi police announced on Thursday that they have discovered a depot where the Islamic State (IS) terrorists had hidden hundreds of bombs and other improvised explosive devices (IED) in Kirkuk. According to a statement by the Iraqi Police, the depot was found during a search operation in Sada village of …

Up to 40 Syrian soldiers have been killed and 80 others wounded in a multi-pronged attack by militants in the northwestern province of Idlib. Syria’s official news agency SANA cited a military source as saying that militants launched “fierce attacks with large numbers” on the country’s army positions in the …

“Hashd al-Shaabi (Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces), the army, the police, and border guards started Mantaqat al-Forat al-Awsat operations in 8 directions on Wednesday morning to establish security in Jazirat al-Najaf and Sahra al-Karbala regions,” General Ali al-Hamdani, a commander of Hashd al-Shaabi participating in the operations, was quoted by the …

A morbidly obese Daesh ‘mufti’ was caught in a raid yesterday by an elite Iraqi SWAT team, of the Nineveh regiment in the city of Mosul. Shifa Al-Nima, also known as Abu Abdul-Bari, was too overweight (reportedly weighing over 135 kilograms) to be taken into a police car, however, and …

Two Iraqi soldiers were killed overnight on Tuesday in an attack by the Islamic State (IS) terrorists, Iraq’s War Media Cell, part, and parcel of the country’s army confirmed in a statement. At least five other soldiers were wounded by the IS terrorists who managed to escape after the attack. …