Islamic State (IS)
- Middle East
Turkey detains 100 IS suspects across 24 provinces
Turkish authorities have detained 100 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) linked to the Daesh terrorist organisation in the past week, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday. The operations, dubbed…
- Middle East
Iraqi PM says IS commander for country killed
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that security forces killed the commander of the Islamic State (IS) group for Iraq and eight other senior leaders in an operation in a…
- Middle East
4 Islamic State (IS) militants killed in airstrike on Iraq
Baghdad: Four Islamic State (IS) militants, including a senior group member, were killed in an airstrike on their hideout in Salahudin province, north of Baghdad, the Iraqi military reported on Tuesday. The…
- Middle East
Six IS militants killed in Iraq
Six Islamic State (IS) militants, including a senior group member, were killed in airstrikes on their hideout in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said on Thursday. The militants…
- Middle East
Turkish police capture IS suspect planning bomb attack in Istanbul
Turkish police on Friday arrested a suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) in Istanbul who was accused of planning a bomb attack, local media reported. According to the NTV broadcaster, anti-terror…
- Pakistan
38 suspected terrorists arrested in Punjab province of Pakistan
Lahore: Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies have arrested 38 suspected terrorists, mostly belonging to the Islamic State (IS) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in Punjab province, police said on Saturday. The Counter Terrorism Department…
- India
SL launches probe after 4 Lankan nationals with IS links arrested in India: Report
Colombo: Sri Lanka has launched an investigation to obtain information on four of its citizens with links to the banned Islamic State, who were arrested in India when on an alleged mission…
- India
Rameshwaram Cafe blast accused in touch with with ISIS operatives?
Bengaluru: The Rameshwaram Cafe blast case has taken a significant turn with the arrest of Musavir Hussain Shajeeb and Abdul Mateen Ahmed Taha, who are suspected to have ties with the terrorist…
- Middle East
US military announces capture of IS official in Syria
Washington: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that its forces captured an official of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group during a helicopter raid in northern Syria on September 23. In a…
- India
ISIS module case: NIA seizes ‘incriminating material’ from Shamil Nachan’s house
Mumbai: The NIA on Thursday searched the house of Shamil Saquib Nachan, arrested last week in the Pune ISIS module case, near here and recovered “incriminating material” that reveals the terror organisation’s…
- Middle East
Turkey neutralises IS leader in Syria: Erdogan
Ankara: Turkey has neutralised Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, leader of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, during an intelligence operation in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. “The National Intelligence Organization (MIT)…
- Telangana
British man pleads guilty to ISIS related terror charges in UK
London: A British man arrested at Heathrow Airport over a year ago when he flew back from Pakistan pleaded guilty on Friday to travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS)…
- Middle East
5 IS militants killed in airstrikes in Iraq, says official
Baghdad: Five Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, the Iraqi military said. Based on intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes carried out two airstrikes on IS…
- Afghanistan
Kabul rejects Washington’s claim over IS strength in Afghanistan
Kabul: The Taliban-led caretaker government in Afghanistan has dismissed Washington’s claim over the alleged stronger presence of Daesh or Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan as utterly fabricated. “The statements of US officials…
- Kashmir
NIA raids house of suspected Islamic State operative in Srinagar
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency on Monday raided the house of a suspected Islamic State operative in Srinagar as part of an investigation in a case related to activities of some individuals…
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