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US airstrike in Iraq kills top ISIS leader
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 30 (ANI): The US-led military coalition killed the top Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader in Iraq at Kirkuk on Wednesday in an airstrike, reported The Hill.
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Islamic State claims responsibility for Vienna terror attack
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], November 4 (ANI): Barely 24 hours after the terror attack in the heart of Vienna, the Islamic State claimed responsibility, calling the shooter a "soldier of the caliphate", according to a statement translated by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors online extremist
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Islamic State expanding its presence in South Asia under Pakistan's patron
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): After the fall of the caliphate in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State is fast spreading its network in South Asia, the region which already has a large number of terrorist and extremist groups.
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Turkey strongman Erdogan making all-out efforts to re-establish Caliphate
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 14 (ANI): With Turkey reconverting the famed Hagia Sophia into a mosque, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is making all-out efforts to establish himself as the ruler of the Muslim world.
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'Erdogan is openly calling for re-establishment of caliphate in Turkey'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 3 (ANI): Ever since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO world heritage site and museum, as a mosque, critics have questioned whether the move is a long-running attempt to undo Turkish secularism or an effort to bring calip
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NIA court orders framing of charges against 15 for trying to establish 'ca
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): An NIA court in Delhi on Tuesday ordered the framing of charges under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against 15 accused of allegedly trying to establish a 'caliphate' in India in association with terror outfit ISIS.
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Trump considering to leave 200 soldiers in eastern Syria
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 21 (ANI): US President Donald Trump is considering a plan to leave a small contingent of American troops, nearly 200, in eastern Syria to combat the Islamic State, a senior administration official told the New York Times.
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Kolkata STF arrests 4 members of banned terror outfit
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], June 25 (ANI): Following a credible source, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata arrested 4 members of a banned terror outfit Neo-Jama'at Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)/Islamic State.
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ISIL chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi makes video appearance after a gap of 5 ye
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Apr 29 (ANI): A week after a series of bombings rattled Sri Lanka in which more than 250 people were killed, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has appeared for the first time in a propaganda video since the declaration of Caliphate
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ISIS loses its last stronghold in Syria to SDF
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Sanaa [Syria], Mar 23 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has lost its last stronghold, Baghouz, in eastern Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday.
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Trump claims to have defeated ISIS caliphate in Syria, Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 21 (ANI): US President Donald Trump claims to have destroyed the "ISIS physical Caliphate" in Syria and Iraq ever since taking office in 2016.
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Syria: SDF resumes attack on last ISIL enclave
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], March 11 (ANI): The United States-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have resumed their attack against the final ISIL enclave in eastern Syria with an objective to clear out the last traces of its self-declared ‘caliphate’.
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