Trump, Macron spar over need to return fighters from ISIS
Dec 04, 2019, at 10:45 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron appeared at odds on Tuesday during a press conference in London when the two leaders discussed efforts to take back citizens who joined the Islamic State terror group (banned in Russia).
Dec 01, 2019, at 06:30 pm
London/IBNS: The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the London Bridge stabbing attack incident which left two people dead on Friday even as more information coming to fore showed that the attacker, a Pakistani origin man, had been radicalised in madrassa to prepare for acts of terrorism in Kashmir and the United Kingdom (UK).
Turkey to deport 11 French IS suspects: minister
Nov 29, 2019, at 10:30 am
Ankara/Xinhua/UNI: Turkey will deport 11 French national Islamic State (IS) suspects to their home country next month, said Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Thursday.
Iraq boosts security on Syrian border to prevent IS Terrorist Infiltration: Reports
Nov 24, 2019, at 06:48 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Iraqi border guards along the Iraqi-Syrian frontier have increased security measures to prevent terrorists from finding their way into the country, national media reported.
Turkey arrests senior IS member behind bomb attacks in 20 countries
Nov 23, 2019, at 06:28 am
Ankara/Xinhua/UNI: Turkey has arrested and is now interrogating Ebu Cihad al-Din al-Nasir Ubeyde, a senior Islamic State (IS) member, codenamed Yusuf Huda, who is behind the attacks in 20 countries, the Turkish Interior Minister said.
ISIS terrorists from Pakistan surrender to Afghan Army
Nov 21, 2019, at 06:10 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Eighty-six ISIS terrorists- all Pakistani by nationality- have recently surrendered to the Afghanistan Army, said Afghan Army Lieutenant Rehan Khan.
US charges citizen with aiding Islamic state online recruitment - Justice Dept.
Nov 20, 2019, at 10:14 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: A US citizen faces charges of helping the Islamic State terror group (banned in Russia) develop computer code to preserve its recruitment propaganda following removal by social media censors, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
German police arrest man on suspicion of preparing terror attack
Nov 20, 2019, at 10:12 am
Berlin/Xinhua/UNI: German authorities arrested a man suspected "of preparing a serious violent act threatening the state", the German federal public prosecutor announced on Tuesday.
Ankara contributed to elimination of IS leader Al-Baghdadi: Turkish Foreign Minister
Nov 19, 2019, at 09:13 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says that the elimination of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State terrorist organization (IS, also known as ISIS, banned in Russia), became possible after his confidant, detained in Ankara, pointed to the leader's location.
ISIS terrorists surrender to security forces in Afghanistan
Nov 11, 2019, at 05:58 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A group of Islamic State terrorists, which included foreign nationals, surrendered to the security forces in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
Afghanistan: ISIS fighters disguised as women arrested
Nov 08, 2019, at 09:20 am
Kabul/IBNS: Security forces in Afghanistan have arrested four ISIS Khurasan militants who had disguised as women and were attempting to escape the operations in Nangarhar province in the country, media report said on Thursday.
IS militants detained in Tajikistan admit preparing terror attacks - Security Committee
Nov 06, 2019, at 06:18 pm
Dushanbe/Sputnik/UNI: The people who have staged at attack on the border crossing checkpoint at the Tajik-Uzbek border are members of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia), and they have admitted preparing to stage terror attacks, a representative of the Tajik State Committee for National Security told Sputnik on Wednesday.
IS militants flee Syria to uncontrolled mountainous areas in northern Iraq - Reports
Nov 05, 2019, at 05:20 pm
Moscow, Nov 5 (Sputnik/UNI) Militants of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) are fleeing Syria and moving to ungoverned areas in northern Iraq, media reported, citing US military and commanders of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the region, who also hint at the threat of the re-emergence of the self-proclaimed "caliphate."
Turkish authorities capture IS leader Baghdadi's sister, her family - Reports
Nov 05, 2019, at 08:49 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Turkish authorities have detained the leader of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) Abu Bakr Baghdadi's older sister and her family in northern Syria, media reported, citing senior Turkish official.
ISIS says Bangladeshi terrorists support their new leader
Nov 03, 2019, at 06:20 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: A media arm of terror group Islamic State has claimed that terrorists from Egypt's Sinai and Bangladesh have pledged allegiance to the new leader of the outfit following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, media reports said.
Islamic State confirms death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, names his successor
Nov 01, 2019, at 09:06 am
Washington/IBNS: Terror group Islamic State has announced Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi as its new leader following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Baghdadi replacement in ISIS eliminated by US troops: Donald Trump
Oct 29, 2019, at 08:57 pm
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that his forces eliminated the replacement of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
United Nations unable to verify Baghdadi’s death - Spokesman
Oct 28, 2019, at 11:32 pm
United Nations/ Sputnik/UNI: The United Nations cannot verify the credibility of the United States’ statement announcing the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State terror group (banned in Russia), and believes that such information has to be confirmed by the various authorities on the ground, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said in a press briefing on Monday.
'Not a big deal' - Iranian minister on IS leader Baghdadi's elimination by US troops
Oct 28, 2019, at 09:24 am
Moscow/ Sputnik/UNI: Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi on Sunday said that the elimination of Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State terrorist organization (IS, ISIS, banned in Russia) by the US air force was not "a big deal" and that Washington had simply destroyed its own "creature."
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi believed killed in US operation: Reports
Oct 27, 2019, at 11:08 am
Washington/IBNS: ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been killed in Syria in a special operations raid against ISIS, though an official confirmation is awaited, media reports said.
ISIS leader surrenders to security forces in Afghanistan
Oct 22, 2019, at 03:47 pm
Kabul: An Islamic State terror group leader has surrendered to the security forces in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: ISIS militant hailing from Iran surrenders
Oct 20, 2019, at 05:25 pm
Kabul/IBNS: An ISIS militant, who hails from Iran, handed over himself to Afghan forces in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.
Iraq detains several IS members who fled from Syria – Defence Minister
Oct 17, 2019, at 09:03 am
Damascus (Sputnik/UNI) Iraqi Defence Minister Najah Hassan Ali Shammari said on Thursday the country's authorities had detained several members of the Islamic State terror group (IS, banned in Russia) who fled from Syria.
Military operation in northeast Syria could see unintentional release of ISIL affiliates: UN chief
Oct 15, 2019, at 09:34 am
New York: The ongoing Turkish military incursion in northeast Syria could unintentionally lead to the release of scores of people associated with the terrorist group ISIL, the UN Secretary-General fears.
Iraqi officers liquidate IS terrorists who blocked off road amid protests – Press Service
Oct 04, 2019, at 10:21 am
Baghdad, Oct 4 (Sputnik/UNI) Members of the Islamic State terror organization (banned in Russia) blocked off a road between the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and the city of Samarra amid anti-government protests in the country, the press service of the Iraqi security service said on Friday, adding that security officers subsequently liquidated the group.
Syria, Iraq open border crossing along Euphrates river after IS defeat
Sep 30, 2019, at 04:17 pm
Al Bukamal, Syria, Sep 30 (Sputnik/UNI) Syria and Iraq have completed all preparations needed to reopen the border checkpoint between the towns of Al Bukamal and Qaim, a major crossing point that has been closed for years following the defeat of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia), a Sputnik correspondent said on Monday.
US airstrike kills 17 IS militants in southwestern Libya
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:22 am
Tripoli (Xinhua/UNI) The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) on Friday said it carried out an airstrike that killed Islamic State (IS) militants in southwestern Libya, in coordination with the UN-backed government.
Russian court arrests 9 people for sponsoring IS terrorists in Syria, Iraq - Investigators
Sep 27, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Moscow, Sep 27 (Sputnik/UNI) A court in Moscow has arrested nine supporters of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) for sponsoring terrorists in Syria and Iraq, an aide to the head of the Russian Investigative Committee's Moscow department, Yulia Ivanova, said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Special Forces kill, detain 11 Taliban and ISIS militants
Sep 24, 2019, at 06:18 pm
Kabul, Sept 24 (IBNS): The Afghan Special Forces have killed or detained 11 Taliban and Islamic State terrorists while conduction operations in Wardak, Balkh and Nangarhar provinces of the country, media reports said.
Special Forces storm ISIS hideout in Kabul, 3 hurt
Sep 13, 2019, at 06:15 pm
Kabul, Sept 13 (IBNS): The Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security stormed a hideout of ISIS terrorist group in Afghanistan's Kabul city and left three people wounded, media reports said on Friday.