Category: ISIS

New attacks inside Israeli, ISIS suspected

Israeli paramedics said Tuesday that at least five people were killed in a shooting in the central city of Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv. The shooting took place two days after a shooting in the city of Hadera that left two Israeli police officers dead, and a week after a stabbing in the southern […]

ISIS claims attacks within Israel

The militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday after a pair of Arab gunmen killed two people and wounded four in central Israel before they were killed by police. The two killed in the Sunday night attack were Israeli police officers, authorities said. It was the second deadly attack carried out by Arab assailants […]

Ericsson caught giving money to Islamic State

Ericsson Chairman Ronnie Leten said on Monday a comprehensive review is underway led by its new chief legal officer over the company's conduct relating to Iraq and how it was addressed. Ericsson has been mired in a scandal in recent weeks over potential payments to the Islamic State in Iraq, and failing to fully disclose […]

IS planned to assassinate Macron, Hariri and Basil

The Islamic State had planned to assassinate French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Lebanon in September 2020, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Monday. The daily said it has learned that the IS group had also been planning to assassinate ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil. The Lebanese investigations indicated […]

Baghdadi's brother becomes new Islamic State head

The new leader of Islamic State, whose appointment the group announced on Thursday, is the brother of slain former caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to two Iraqi security officials and one Western security source. Islamic State named its new leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Quraishi in a recorded audio message distributed online. The announcement came weeks […]

ISIS tack on US-backed fighters, Iraq army

Militants from the Islamic State group launched sophisticated attacks in Syria and Iraq, including an attempt to break into a prison where suspected extremists are being held by U.S.-backed fighters, officials said Friday. Dozens of people were killed. The separate attacks are believed to be some of the largest since IS lost the final sliver […]

Taliban adamant to kick ISIS out of country

Afghanistan’s interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Sunday that the Afghan Taliban would not allow the Daesh militant group to gain a “foothold” in the country or allow any terror outfits to use Afghan soil against other nations. Muttaqi spoke to Arab News in an interview on the sidelines of an Organization of Islamic […]

ICC refuses to prosecute Americans, goes after Taliban, ISIS instead

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor Monday defended omitting the United States from a probe in Afghanistan, saying the "worst crimes" were committed by the Taliban and the Islamic State group. Rights groups criticized Karim Khan's decision in September to "deprioritize" the investigation into American forces, and focus instead on Afghanistan's new rulers and the rival […]

Pentagon wants forces in Iraq, Syria to fight ISIS, not Iran threat

The US is working to keep its forces in Iraq and Syria to help fight Daesh, Al-Arabiya TV reported on Friday citing the Pentagon. It further said that it will keep tens of thousands of soldiers in military bases in the Middle East. On Iran, the Pentagon said there was no military solution to the […]

UN warns that ISIS located everywhere in Afghanistan

The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday delivered a bleak assessment of the situation following the Taliban takeover, saying that an affiliate of the Islamic State group has grown and now appears present in nearly all 34 provinces. U.N. Special Representative Deborah Lyons told the U.N. Security Council that the Taliban's response to Islamic State-Khorasan […]

Iraq says it captured ISIS leader

Iraq has captured Sami Jasim, a high-ranking member of the Islamic State (IS) group, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said on Monday. Jasim, who allegedly served as a deputy to former IS group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was arrested by intelligence services "outside the borders" of Iraq, Kadhemi said on Twitter. "While our [Iraqi security forces] heroes focused […]

ISIS claim they attacked Damascus gas pipeline

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a gas pipeline at Deir Ali power station in Syria, according to a statement published on Saturday on its affiliated Telegram channels. Earlier, Syria's electricity minister said the attack had led to an electricity outage that hit the capital Damascus, its outskirts and other areas. Source: […]

Cops, medics killed in Iraq by ISIS

Gunmen opened fire at a federal police checkpoint in rural northern Iraq, sparking clashes that killed 13 police, a security official said Sunday. He blamed the attack on Daesh and said the clashes with the militants lasted for nearly an hour. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak […]

Coordination with Taliban on table for war against ISIS, say Americans

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it's “possible” the United States will seek to coordinate with the Taliban on counterterrorism strikes in Afghanistan against Islamic State militants or others.Milley did not elaborate, and his comment Wednesday did not appear to suggest immediate plans to work with the Taliban. U.S. […]

ISIS retaliate with rocket attack on airport

US anti-missile defenses intercepted as many as five rockets that were fired at Kabul’s airport early on Monday morning, a US official said, as the United States rushed to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan to end its longest war. US and allied forces are hurrying to evacuate their remaining citizens and at-risk Afghans before completing […]

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