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ISIS media leader killed in Afghanistan: U.S.
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], June. 17 (ANI): In a major development, the United States military has confirmed the killing of a senior member and the destruction of a media hub of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K), the Afghanistan branch of the terrorist group.
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Russia denies confirmation of Baghdadi's killing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] , June 16 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that there is no confirmation yet that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in one of its airstrikes in Syria last month and therefore has initiated investigations into May 28 airstrike.
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39 Indian hostages in Iraq's Mosul alive:MEA
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that 39 Indians taken hostage in the Iraqi city of Mosul by the fighters aligned to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2014 are alive.
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Russia may have killed ISIS leader Baghdadi in airstrike
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 16 (ANI): Russia has said that ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi might have been killed in an airstrike carried out by its forces on the southern suburb of Syria's Raqqa in late May.
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ISIS claims capturing Bin Laden's hideout in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 16 (ANI): The offshoot of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, has claimed that it has captured slain al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden's hideout in the remote Tora Bora valley in eastern Nangarhar province.
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Refugee who fled Syria violence killed in London fire
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], June. 16 (ANI): In a heartbreaking revelation, it has been learnt that a Syrian refugee who escaped civil war and landed in the United Kingdom for a better life, was one of the victims of the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in west London.
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Russia fears as U.S. moves rocket launchers in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 15 (ANI): Russia said that the U.S. military has moved its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from Jordan into southern Syria for the first time, positioning it near the U.S.-Coalition training base at At Tanf and the hardware could be used against Bashar As
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ISIS leader Baghdadi killed in air strike in Syria: Reports
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], June 11 (ANI): Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has allegedly been killed in airstrikes, the Syrian state television reported on Sunday.
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Russian FM, UN envoy agree to strengthen cease-fire in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara[Turkey], June 9 (ANI): Russia has called for a strengthening of the cease-fire arrangement in Syria's de-escalation zones with the objective of accelerating peace talks during a meeting with a UN special envoy in Moscow on Thursday.
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U.S.-backed forces fighting ISIS enter Raqqa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Raqqa [Syria], June 9 (ANI): The Kurdish and Arab forces backed by the United States have entered Islamic State's de facto capital of Raqqa, in an apparent bid to reclaim the militants' largest stronghold in Syria.
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Russia advises U.S. to be careful while planning airstrikes in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Vladivostok [Russia], June 8 (ANI): Russia has recommended the U.S. led-international coalition fighting against the Islamic State to be more careful while planning airstrikes on extremists in Syria to avoid deaths of civilians.
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Paris' Notre-Dame's assailant reportedly said, 'This is for
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 7 (ANI): The man who attacked an officer on Tuesday at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris said, "This is for Syria," French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said.
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