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U.S. starts delivering arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Despite opposition from Turkey, the United States has started delivering military equipment to the Kurdish fighters within the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), including small arms and vehicles, as part of an effort to take the Islamic State-controlled cit
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Civilian deaths in war against Islamic State inevitable: Pentagon head
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday said that civilian casualties in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are inevitable even as the U.S. forces "do everything humanly possible" to prevent them.
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US-led airstrike kills 20 civilians in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Raqqa [Syria], May 29 (ANI): At least 20 civilians were killed in a U.S. led airstrike against the Islamic State terrorists in the southern countryside of Raqqa province in Syria.
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Top ISIS leaders killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 26 (ANI): At least seven Islamic State fighters of ISIL-Khorasan province, a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, were killed in the latest anti-IS operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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Four ISIS terrorists arrested in Moscow terror plot
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 25 (ANI) : Russian security forces on Thursday have arrested four men linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) terror network and suspected of planning a series of terror attacks on Moscow's transport system.
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Philippines troops rescue 78 hostages, kills 13 ISIS-linked terrorists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow[Russia], May25 (ANI) :At least 13 ISIS linked terrorists were killed in the Philippines city of Marawi where government forces carried out an operation over 70 hostages held captive by the Islamic State linked Maute Group inside the Amai Pakpak Medica center public hospital.
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NATO to formally join U.S.-led anti-'Islamic State' coalition
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 25 (ANI): The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will formally join the United States-led coalition against the Islamic State extremist group, DW reported, citing sources.
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Philippines may impose nationwide martial law to tackle IS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 24 (ANI): The Philippines may be put under martial law to tackle the threat of Islamic State, said President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday.
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Hours before blast, ISIS sympathiser tweeted Manchester arena with 'I
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): According to unconfirmed reports, an unknown twitter account of a possible Islamic State sympathizer sported a tweet about the Manchester Arena in England, hours before the explosion rocked pop star Ariana Grande's concert.
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Hyderabad: Three ISIS suspects detained, questioning underway
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana): The Hyderabad Police on Wednesday detained three persons suspected to be members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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India less threatened by Islamic State: Former U.S. envoy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Former United States special envoy for Israeli- Palestinian negotiations Martin Indyk on Tuesday lauded India's "wise policies" to avoid the rise of Islamic State (IS) terrorists and said that New Delhi was less threatened by the dreaded origin
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Trump revealed ISIS related classified info to Russian Foreign Minister
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about the Islamic State to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the meeting in the White House, according to some U.S. officials.
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