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Israeli authorities arrest suspects planning ISIS training abroad
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Two residents of northern Israel were arrested for suspected involvement in the Islamic State terror group, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Israel Police announced on Wednesday.
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US opposes any escalation in Syria, supports 'current fire lines': Blinke
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The US opposes any escalation in Syria and supports the existing fire lines that allow for fighting the Islamic state terror group (ISIS) in that country, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
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US man sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to support IS
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A US man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State terror group (IS, banned in Russia), the Department of Justice said.
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ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul multiple blasts: Report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
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Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau dies after clash with IS terror group
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead after he detonated a suicide vest during an ambush by his rival Islamic State terror group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing Nigerian officials and intelligence it reviewed from a West Africa
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France calls US' plan to withdraw troops from Iraq dangerous as terrorist
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 22 (ANI/Sputnik): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the French LCI broadcaster on Sunday that Washington's intention to pull out its military personnel from Iraq is dangerous, as the threat posed by the Islamic State terror group still persists.
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34 IS terrorists surrender to security forces in Afghan province of Kunar
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Thirty-four terrorists from the Islamic State terror group have surrendered to the Afghan security forces in the country's northeastern province of Kunar, local officials said on Sunday.
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Iraqi security forces interrogate top IS captive Qardash
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iraqi security forces have begun interrogating Abdel Nasser Qardash, a member of the Islamic State terror group tapped as its new leader, an armed forces spokesman told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Turkey deports 11 French nationals over ISIS links
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Dec 9 (ANI): Turkey has deported as many as 11 French nationals over links to the Islamic State terror group, the country's Interior Ministry announced on Monday.
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4 men with links to Islamic State arrested in Indonesia
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Nov 14 (ANI): Four men with links to the Islamic State terror group were arrested by the Indonesian police on Thursday, a day after a suicide bomber attacked a police station in Medan city, killing six people.
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Police found materials with IS propaganda at Paris knife attacker's house
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], Oct 08 (Sputnik/ANI): French investigators have found a flash drive carrying materials with Islamic State terror group propaganda during checks at a house of the man who stabbed four colleagues to death at the Paris police headquarters earlier in October, media reported on Mo
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Iraq: Trump defends pulling out army troops from Syria
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Al Asad Air Base [Iraq], Dec 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump, who is on his first trip to visit troops stationed in Iraq, defended his decision of pulling out armed forces from Syria stating that US military gains against the Islamic State terror group is the reason he can withdraw 2,000
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