Barely a week after Islamic State claimed responsibility for the death of 10 soldiers in Borno state, the group says it has carried out another attack in the north-eastern state. According to information released via Amaq, the insurgent group struck at a barracks in Gajiganna local government area of Borno state, killing 11 soldiers and […]
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Speaking through AMAQ, its news agency, the Islamic State (IS), has claimed it killed 10 soldiers in an attack in Magumeri, a community in Borno state, on Friday. According to Reuters, IS uploaded images of barracks that were burnt and the remains of the dead soldiers. A source in the Nigerian army was said to […]
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The Islamic State (ISIS), has released a picture of the suicide bombers responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka. The image was reportedly released by Amaq news agency, the official media outlet of the terror group. ISIS had earlier claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings, which led to the death of 359 people. […]
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Kuwait will lend $1 billion to Iraq and commit a further $1 billion of investment to the country, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Sabah told an international conference on Iraq’s reconstruction on Wednesday. Donors and investors have gathered in Kuwait this week to discuss efforts to rebuild Iraq’s economy and infrastructure as it emerges from a […]
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Syria’s army on Thursday declared victory over Islamic State. The army said capturing of the jihadists’ last town in the country marked the collapse of their project in the region. The army and its allies are still fighting Islamic State in desert areas near Albu Kamal, the last town the militant group had held in […]
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A Russian warship on Tuesday fired cruise missiles from the Mediterranean at the Islamic State group near the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor where regime forces are battling the jihadists. The Russian defence ministry said the strike, which was carried out by the frigate “Admiral Essen,” hit IS targets near the town of Al-Shula, which […]
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The Islamic state has claimed responsibility for the killing of 13 persons, when a van ploughed through a crowd in a busy Barcelona tourist district on Thursday. About 100 people were injured in the incident. ISIS made the claim via Amaq News Agency, as two men were arrested, just as Catalan Police also confirmed the […]
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U.S.-backed forces now have Islamic State fighters surrounded in central Raqqa, a Syrian Kurdish commander said, but he predicted that driving the militants out could take up to four months. “We’ve cleared about half of Old Raqqa … and we’re advancing on all axes,” said Haval Gabar, the 25-year-old commander from the Kurdish YPG militia […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, not less than 148 people were killed in bombings credited to the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria. These attacks are described as the deadliest attacks to date in the regime’s coastal heartland. Seven near-simultaneous explosions targeted bus stations, hospitals and other civilian sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus, which until […]
Continue ReadingConcrete evidence has it that Ibrahim Uwais, the son of former Chief Justice Mohammed Uwais, who voluntarily joined ISIS in 2015 is dead. Ibrahim Uwais is one of numerous Islamist terrorists who perished as US military airstrike bombarded known ISIS camps near the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. Recall that Ibrahim Uwais left Nigeria in […]
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