Turkish authorities detained two Russian women suspected of joining the Islamic State
Turkey's state-run news agency says two Russian women who are suspected of being Islamic State militants and are allegedly listed as wanted by Interpol have...
Year: 2019
Arrival of UAE-backed forces stokes tensions on Yemen’s Socotra
The arrival last week of hundreds of UAE-backed Yemeni forces on Socotra has fuelled protests and further divided residents of the small island. On one...
Man from Lebanon held in Australia over Sydney terror plot
Three men were arrested on Tuesday over an Islamic State group-inspired plot to attack a variety of Sydney targets including police and defense buildings, courts,...
The future of the Islamic State and Khorasan front
Today, the Islamic State’s Khorasan front poses a challenge to the regional peace and stability and has added to the already deteriorating regional security situation....
Pakistan hails the US decision to declare Balochistan Liberation Army as a global terrorist group
Pakistan has hailed the US decision to declare the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as the global terrorist group on Wednesday and called for action against...
Islamic State claims killing of Chechnya police officer in grenade and knife attack
Islamic State claimed one of its fighters killed a police officer in the Achkhoi-Martanovsky district Chechnya on Monday, just eight days after an ISIS-claimed attack...
Nine people arrested in Turkey over ties to the Islamic State terrorist group
At least nine foreign nationals were arrested on Tuesday in central Turkey over suspected ties to the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. A police source...
Bomb squad dismantles Islamic State explosive belt in Fallujah
Iraqi bomb squad managed, on Tuesday, to dismantle an explosive belt belonging to the Islamic State group, in the city of Fallujah in Anbar Province....
Terrorist sleeper cells and Islamic State terrorists remain in Iraq
Iraqi leaders told UN Security Council member representatives during a trip to the Middle East last week that it would be a political mistake to...
Dead bodies of more Islamic State victims found in Raqqa city
The Kurdish-language Hawar News website reported that civil teams in the city have found the corpses of 190 people from a mass-grave in al-Talaeh Garrison...
Syrian authorities hands over 100 Islamic State terrorists to Iraq
Iraq has received 100 Islamic State jihadists, including senior leaders, from Syria, an Iraqi mayor said seemingly under an agreement to hand over a total...
Wanted Islamic State militant blows himself up in Tunisian capital
A wanted militant wearing an explosive belt blew himself up in the Tunisian capital after being surrounded by police, the government said on Wednesday, but...