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Tag: ISIS (Islamic State – Daesh)

Syria: Three killed in clashes between Kurdish forces and Islamic State

Syria: Three killed in clashes between Kurdish forces and Islamic State Syria: Three killed in clashes between Kurdish forces and Islamic State

Three people, including a woman and a child, were killed in an internally displaced refugee camp in Syria’s al-Hool district during clashes between Kurdish forces and Islamic State (IS) jihadists, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today. The overcrowded al-Hall, controlled by the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration and home to about 56,000 people according to […]

Pakistan: At least 58 dead and nearly 200 injured in Shiite mosque blast

Pakistan: At least 58 dead and nearly 200 injured in Shiite mosque blast Pakistan: At least 58 dead and nearly 200 injured in Shiite mosque blast

At least 58 people have been killed and nearly 200 injured in a suicide bombing at a Shi’ite mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, authorities say. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement. This is one of the biggest attacks by the jihadist organization in Pakistan. A […]

Sweden: Court finds woman guilty of letting her son be recruited by IK in Syria, where she died

Sweden: Court finds woman guilty of letting her son be recruited by IK in Syria, where she died Sweden: Court finds woman guilty of letting her son be recruited by IK in Syria, where she died

A Swedish court has found a Swedish woman guilty of war crimes for failing to prevent her 12-year-old son from becoming a child soldier in Syria, where he was killed in the war. The woman had denied the allegations. “A district court has sentenced Lina Isaac to six years in prison for violating international law […]

Soylu openly admits that Turkey has sent ISIS jihadists to the West

Soylu openly admits that Turkey has sent ISIS jihadists to the West Soylu openly admits that Turkey has sent ISIS jihadists to the West

Turkey openly admitted on Wednesday that it had sent “thousands” of ISIS terrorists to the West. “We have sent thousands of members of the Daesh terrorist organization (ISIS) to the West because they were transported to conflict zones,” Soilu said. “They are partners in drug trafficking, immigration and oil smuggling,” Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu […]

Jihadists obtained Turkish citizenship and brought weapons to ISIS from China

Jihadists obtained Turkish citizenship and brought weapons to ISIS from China Jihadists obtained Turkish citizenship and brought weapons to ISIS from China

Three Turkish construction companies have supplied Islamic State (ISIL) with multimillion-dollar materials used to drone weapons, the Turkish daily Birgün reported, citing a report by the Turkish Economic Crimes Commission (MASAK). The companies – Altun cinci, Elferah and Mavi Yelken – all founded by the Syrian citizen who has been granted Turkish citizenship, Ibrahim Hag […]

Iraq: Seven ISIS members killed in airstrikes

Iraq: Seven ISIS members killed in airstrikes Iraq: Seven ISIS members killed in airstrikes

Seven members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group were killed today in an airstrike in Nineveh, northern Iraq, the Iraqi armed forces said. Utilizing intelligence gathered, Iraqi forces launched an attack this morning on a 140-meter-long cave where IK fighters had set up headquarters in the Hatra desert, south of Nineveh, a spokesman for […]

Syria: Nine soldiers and pro-government militias killed in Islamic State attack

Syria: Nine soldiers and pro-government militias killed in Islamic State attack Syria: Nine soldiers and pro-government militias killed in Islamic State attack

LAST UPDATE: 13.33 Nine pro-government fighters were killed and 15 others wounded in an attack by the Islamic State organization against a phalanx of military vehicles in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced today. According to the Observatory, a UK-based non-governmental organization with an extensive network of sources in Syria, nine Syrian […]

Iraq: Wanted for terrorism kills at least 12 members of his family and commits suicide to avoid arrest

Iraq: Wanted for terrorism kills at least 12 members of his family and commits suicide to avoid arrest Iraq: Wanted for terrorism kills at least 12 members of his family and commits suicide to avoid arrest

In a state of amok, a fugitive who ransacked his home killed at least 12 members of his family, including at least seven children, and then ended his life, three Iraqi security sources said. The tragedy unfolded in the village of al-Rasajed, in the province of Babylon, when men from the special forces and the […]

Islamic State attack in Iraq: At least 12 dead

Islamic State attack in Iraq: At least 12 dead Sweden: Court finds woman guilty of letting her son be recruited by IK in Syria, where she died

At least 12 people, including three civilians and seven Peshmerga fighters, were killed in an attack on a village near Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, which was attributed to the Islamic State, the regional government said today. Last Thursday night, jihadists attacked the village of Kidir Ziza, south of Arbil, killing three civilians. The peshmerga, the armed […]

Uganda: Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing in Kampala

Uganda: Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing in Kampala Sweden: Court finds woman guilty of letting her son be recruited by IK in Syria, where she died

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a double suicide bombing in the Ugandan capital, Kabbalah, today, the Amaq jihadist group said in a statement, saying it was carried out by three suicide bombers. At least three people were killed and 33 wounded earlier in the day in a double “suicide bombing” in Kabbalah carried out […]