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Revival of terror outfits at the core of the current escalation in violenc
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Aden [South Yemen], Sept 3 (ANI): The resurgence of terrorist outfits such as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic State (Daesh) has led to the current escalation in conflicts in the South of Yemen.
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ISIS recruit Jack Letts stripped of British citizenship
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 19 (ANI): Jack Letts, a British-Canadian national who converted to Islam and fled his home in Oxford to join the Islamic State (ISIS) five years ago, has been stripped of his British citizenship while being held in a Syrian prison.
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Kerala man, who joined ISIS, dies in US drone strike in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 31 (ANI): A man from Kerala, who joined the Islamic State (ISIS) in October 2017, reportedly died in an American drone strike in Afghanistan on July 18.
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US-led coalition admits 'unintentionally' killing 1,321 civilians in Syria
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 26 (ANI): The US-led coalition forces have admitted to unintentionally killing at least 1,321 civilians in Iraq and Syria since the beginning of operations against the Islamic State (IS).
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Attackers of Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings were inspire by ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people were carried out by local groups who drew inspiration from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group, a top investigator said on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan: University professor held for links with ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jul 8 (ANI): Three suspects, including a lecturer from Kabul University, was arrested by Afghan forces on Sunday over charges of having suspected links with the Islamic State (ISIS) and plotting terror attacks in the Afghan capital.
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Iraq: Court sentences 2 French citizens to death for joining ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 3 (ANI): A Court here on Sunday (local time) sentenced two more French citizens to death for being members of the terror group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS).
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Iraq court sentences fourth French ISIS member to death, France opposes
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 28 (ANI): A court here on Monday announced death sentence for a fourth French citizen in a row for joining the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS).
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Death sentence to 3 French ISIL members
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 26 (ANI): An Iraqi court on Sunday pronounced death sentence to three French citizens affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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US warns Syria over suspected use of chemical attacks
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 22 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday warned the Syrian government over carrying out chemical attacks as a counter-offensive, particularly in its northwestern region, the remaining holdout of the Islamic State.
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IS planning new strategy to target smaller countries, claims Sri Lankan Pr
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): It is quite possible that the Islamic States (IS) has launched a "new strategy" by beginning to target smaller countries, says Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.
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ISIL chief says Sri Lanka attack was 'vengeance for brothers in Baghouz'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Apr 30 (ANI): Chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a propaganda video, asserted that the battle for Baghouz, ISIL's final bastion in eastern Syria, "is over."
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