Tag Archives: Terrorism

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 said on Sunday they have seized 65 explosive devices belonging to the Islamic State (IS) in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk. The police said in an official statement that during separate anti-IS operations they have also seized a large number of materials used by IS to develop bombs. …

At least 90 people were killed when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said, in the deadliest attack in more than two years. The dead included many students and two Turkish nationals, Somalia’s foreign …

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), better known as name Hashd al-Sha’abi, says it has fought off an attack by the Daesh terrorist group against an area south of the Iraqi city of Samarra. In a statement on Friday, the Hashd al-Sha’abi said the Daesh elements were trying to infiltrate through …

Islamic State released a video purporting to show its militants beheading 10 Christian men in Nigeria, saying it was part of a campaign to avenge the deaths of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and its spokesman. The militant group posted the footage on its online Telegram news channel on Thursday, …

The Iraqi Ministry of Defense on Saturday released a video recording showing airstrikes on Islamic State sleeper cell positions in the Diyala province portion of the Hamrin mountain range. Iraqi F-16 fighter jets raided one of the terrorist group’s hideouts on the mountain near Lake Hamrin in Diyala. The operation …

Turkey has captured a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, more than a week after the former Islamic State leader killed himself during a raid by U.S. special forces. “The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about …

The US got rid of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s body mere hours after a swift DNA test confirmed the terrorist’s identity, Pentagon officials said, adding that all evidence of the raid and his burial at sea remains classified. Following the US special forces operation in northwestern Syria, in which Washington claims …

Seven people have been killed in attacks by Takfiri terrorists in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno. Late on Friday, terrorists raided a military post in the town of Gajiganna, triggering a fierce gunfight, local residents and pro-government militias said on Saturday. “The gunmen killed two soldiers and a civilian during …

An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced to death nine people convicted of involvement in the bombing of the Justice Ministry six years ago. The so-called Islamic State had previously claimed responsibility for the March 2013 bombing that killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens. The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council …

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), on Friday, seized a drone belonging to the Islamic State (Daesh) and destroyed hideouts of the extremist terrorists in the eastern province of Diyala, a local security official said. Acting on an intelligence tip-off, a force from the Hashed al-Sha’abi’s 24th brigade carried out a …

Iraq’s Joint Operations Command announced on early Monday the start of a military operation to “dry up the sources of terrorism” in the desert areas between the provinces of Anbar and Najaf along the Saudi Arabian border. This marks the latest military campaign Iraq has launched among four other operations …

  Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces (CTF) in cooperation with the United States Air Force conducted a bombing raid on an ISIS-infested island in Iraq on September 10, 2019. F-35A Lightning II and F-15E Strike Eagle jets dropped more than 36,000 kilograms of bombs in a terrain denial operation that sought to …

Iraqi counter-terrorism forces conducted an airdrop operation on Monday in an area between Diyala and Salahaddin provinces where they killed 15 Islamic State (IS) terrorists, security officials confirmed. Ali Haidar, an officer with Diyala intelligence police, said that the Iraqi forces were backed by the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) also …

Eight Daesh terrorists were killed Sunday in an air raid that targeted a terrorist hotbed in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh. “The US-led international coalition warplanes launched an airstrike, targeting a terrorist hotbed in Hamam al-Alil district in Nineveh,” the Security Media Cell said in a press statement. “Eight …

Syrian air defense systems have intercepted three drones launched by “terrorists” in the west-central province of Hama. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military official, reported on Saturday that air defense units foiled aerial aggression after they detected and intercepted three explosives-laden hostile drones as they were approaching …

The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq announced that Rusafa Central Criminal Court had issued a life sentence against Daesh convict of Pakistani origin over terrorism charges. The council said on Thursday that the criminal court issued a life sentence against a terrorist holding the Pakistani nationality after he admitted offering …

Hong Kong police have used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse crowds as tens of thousands marched in the city, defying a ban. Demonstrators lit fires, threw petrol bombs at riot police and attacked the parliament building. An event to mark five years since Beijing ruled out …