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US President confirms death of IS chief al-Baghdadi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed the death of Islamic State (IS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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Source in Iraqi intelligence confirms Baghdadi neutralised in Syria's Idli
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Oct 27 (Sputnik/ANI): A high-ranking source at the Iraqi intelligence service confirmed Sunday that the leader of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, Abu Bakr Baghdadi, has been neutralised in the Syrian province of Idlib, INA news agency has reported.
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Baghdadi death can only be confirmed after DNA test: US defence officials
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): US defence officials on Sunday said that final confirmation regarding the death of Islamic State chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, will come only after the DNA and biometric tests are conducted.
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Amid reports of IS leader Baghdadi's death, Trump tweets 'something very b
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 27 (ANI): Amid reports of killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that "something very big" has happened.
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US lawmaker introduces resolution opposing US withdrawal from Syria
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): United States Senator Mitch McConnell and other top Republican lawmakers on Tuesday (local time) introduced a resolution in opposition to President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria, warning that his decision has benefited Syrian Presi
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Trump considering to leave 200 soldiers in eastern Syria
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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Afghan special forces killed 16 Taliban, ISIS terrorists in operations
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 19 (ANI): The Afghan special forces have neutralised 16 Taliban and Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in operations conducted in three provinces of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday.
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UNSC expresses concern over situation in northeastern Syria
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], Oct 17 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday expressed deep concerns over the risks of the further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in northeastern Syria and the escape of Islamic State terrorists following Turkey's military operation in the countr
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'Syria's sovereignty, territorial integrity should be respected': China u
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Oct 16 (ANI): China on Tuesday called on Turkey to stop its military operation against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, saying that Ankara's actions may lead to the outbound escape of terrorists and the resurgence of the Islamic State, thereby exacerbating counter-terro
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Kurdish forces could be releasing imprisoned IS terrorists to make US invo
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 14 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Kurdish forces could be releasing imprisoned Islamic State terrorists to make Washington remain involved in northeastern Syria.
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Airstrikes kill 9 Taliban, ISIS terrorists in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], Oct 14 (Sputnik/ANI): At least nine terrorists from Taliban and the Islamic State (ISIS) were killed in Afghanistan following a series of airstrikes.
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Dozens of high-value IS detainees left behind by US Forces in Syria
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 14 : The American military was unable to carry out a plan to transfer about five dozen "high value" Islamic State detainees out of Kurdish-run wartime prisons, The New York Times reported on Sunday (local time).
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