Two people were killed and 22 wounded in a bomb blast in a Shiite district of Kabul, a day after a similar attack killed eight, Afghan police said. The Islamic State organization claimed responsibility for the attack, which also claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attack. Today, the bomb was hidden in a vase placed on the […]
Tag: islamic state
Afghanistan: Bomb blast in Kabul – Eight dead and at least 22 injured
LAST UPDATE: 19:15 A bomb exploded on a busy shopping street in the Afghan capital Kabul today, killing eight people and wounding at least 22, hospital officials and witnesses said. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. The explosion occurred in a western district of the city where members of the minority Shiite Muslim […]
US: Canadian jihadist, voice of IS, sentenced to serve life in prison
A Canadian jihadist who was a key factor in the propaganda of the Islamic State (IS) organization, as he was the narrator in many of its videos, was sentenced yesterday Friday by the American judiciary to serve life in prison. Mohammed Khalifa, 39, who was born in Saudi Arabia, pleaded guilty in December to charges […]
ISIS leader killed in US airstrike in Syria
The leader of the Islamic State group in Syria was killed by a US drone strike, the Pentagon said. US officials who spoke to NBC News said the target was IS’s leader in Syria, Maher al-Aghal, and his deputy. It is not clear if the second person was killed or injured. Earlier, the Syrian White […]
US-led international anti-jihadist coalition captures Islamic State operative in Syria
The US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has said its forces arrested a leader of the Islamic State (IS) organization during an operation in Syria in the early hours of today. The coalition frequently carries out raids and strikes, mainly from the air, against this jihadist organization, which despite its defeat on the battlefield three […]
Turkish media: Islamic State leader arrested in Istanbul
Senior Turkish officials say the new ISIS leader has been arrested in a recent raid in Istanbul. Counterterrorism men and MIT agents have arrested a man believed to have led the extremist group since its former leader was killed in a US-led operation in Syria in February, officials said on condition of anonymity. The Turkish […]
Islamic State vows revenge for leader’s death, calls for new attacks in Europe
The Islamic State group has vowed to avenge its leader’s death in February and has called on its supporters to take advantage of the war in Ukraine to repeat the attacks in Europe. On February 3, US President Joe Biden announced the death of former Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, who was blown […]
Russia concerned over Islamic State plans to destabilize Central Asia
The Russian government is concerned about the Islamic State (IS) jihadist plans to destabilize the region of Central Asia as well as the country itself, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian state news agencies. The Russian foreign minister also said that the first Afghan envoy of the Taliban regime had […]
Syria: Fifteen soldiers killed in Islamic State attack in Palmyra desert
Fifteen Syrian army soldiers were killed today in an attack by Islamic State on a military bus in the desert of central Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. “Islamic State cells attacked a military bus in the Palmyra desert, killing 15 soldiers and wounding 18 others,” the Observatory said. This figure may […]
Syria: 18 killed in Islamic State attacks and Russian Air Force raids
Nine fighters close to Syrian Kurdish forces and nine jihadists were killed overnight in attacks in the Syrian desert, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. In Deir Ezzor province, two separate attacks by Islamic State jihadists on military outposts killed a total of nine fighters from groups allied with Kurdish security forces. The […]