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French presidential candidate Marine le Pen stripped of immunity over ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar. 03 (ANI): Leader of National Front party and co-chair of the Europe of Nations and Freedom group in the European Parliament Marine Le Pen was stripped of her immunity from prosecution over a tweet post in connection with the Islamic State (IS) by the European Parliament
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Accepting defeat in Iraq, ISIS chief Baghdadi asks fighters to flee
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Mar. 2(ANI): Islamic State's supreme leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has delivered a farewell speech where he ordered his fighters to flee urban areas in Mosul and acknowledged the group's defeat in Iraq, according to reports.
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Russia bombed site near US forces in Syria in ISIS fight
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 2 (ANI): Russian air forces bombed a site extremely close to U.S. troops in Syria on Tuesday, a near-miss while targeting the Islamic State - though the strikes still hit U.S.-backed forces.
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45 killed in car bomb explosion in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Feb. 24 (ANI): At least 45 people have reportedly been killed and several others injured after a car bomb hit Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a village near al-Bab.
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Iraqi forces recaptures Mosul airport from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 24(ANI): Iraqi security forces recaptured the Mosul airport from ISIS, a key part of the government's offensive to drive the Islamic State (IS) from the western half of the city.
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Iraq starts offensive against ISIS in western Mosul
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Feb. 19 (ANI): Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced that Iraq has launched an operation to regain control of western Mosul from the Islamic State militants.
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Foreign nationals held in Russia on way to join IS in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk [Russia], Feb. 17 (ANI): A group of foreign nationals, who tried to enter Syria to join the Islamic State extremist group, have been detained in Russia's Far Eastern Sakhalin Island.
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Russian airstrike kills three Turkish soldiers in northern Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 10(ANI): A Russian airstrike in northern Syria killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others on Thursday, in a friendly fire incident that could test the shaky coordination between the two countries in the fight against the Islamic State.
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Six Afghan Red Cross workers killed by suspected IS gunmen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb. 9(ANI): Six Afghan Red Cross aid workers have been killed in an ambush in the country's north by a suspected Islamic state gunmen, while travelling to a remote area to deliver humanitarian aid.
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NIA arrests two for joining ISIS in Kerala
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Jan. 28 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two people in connection with the criminal conspiracy hatched within and outside India, with the intention of furthering the objectives of the Islamic State(IS) and for joining and supporting the orga
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Air strikes kill 21 ISIS loyalists in Afghanistan's Zabul province
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 23 (ANI): At least 21 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have been killed in air strikes carried out by the Afghan Air Forces in Zabul province.
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ISIS militants kidnap 13 seminary teachers in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 16 (ANI): At least 13 seminary teachers were abducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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