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ISIL chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi makes video appearance after a gap of 5 ye
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Apr 29 (ANI): A week after a series of bombings rattled Sri Lanka in which more than 250 people were killed, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has appeared for the first time in a propaganda video since the declaration of Caliphate
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Sri Lanka: IS claims responsibility for attacks in Kalmunai
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI): The Islamic State (IS) terror group on Saturday claimed that the three men who detonated their suicide vests during a standoff with Sri Lankan police belonged to their group.
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US never targets innocents: Zalmay Khalilzad on UN report
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Apr 25 (ANI): Asserting that his country never targets innocents, US peace envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on Thursday said Washington is "distressed" after the release of the United Nations reports that have stated that Afghan forces and their US allies had kil
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ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Negombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 23 (ANI): The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the coordinated bombings that claimed the lives of over 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
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ISIS loses its last stronghold in Syria to SDF
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Sanaa [Syria], Mar 23 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has lost its last stronghold, Baghouz, in eastern Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday.
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Syria to announce 'complete victory' over ISIL, says SDF chief
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Mar 1 (ANI): Syria will announce "a complete victory" over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terror group in a week, said Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander in Chief Mazloum Kobani on Thursday (local time).
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UK revokes citizenship of teen who left to join IS
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [Britain] Feb 21 (ANI): Britain on Wednesday revoked the citizenship of Shamima Begum who had left the United Kingdom four years ago to join the Islamic State in Syria.
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Trump instructs Pompeo to not allow woman who joined ISIS to return to US
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US] Feb 21 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to not allow Hoda Muthana, an Alabama woman who left in November 2014 to join the Islamic State, to return to the US.
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ISIS controlling just 700 sq mts in Syria: SDF
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 17 (ANI): The Islamic State (ISIS) has been reduced to just 700 square metres in Syria, as the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched a major offensive last week to eliminate the terror outfit from the war-torn country, a top commander overseeing the opera
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Top US general unhappy with Trump's decision of withdrawing troops from Sy
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Feb 16 (ANI): A top US general in the Middle East on Friday disagreed with President Donald Trump's last December decision of withdrawing around 2,000 troops, warning that the Islamic State (IS) was "far from defeated", contradicting the President's opinion that the t
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France to remain 'military engaged' in Middle East: Macron
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 18 (ANI): Noting the recent attack by the Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Syria that claimed 16 lives, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that Paris would continue to remain "militarily engaged" in the Middle East region throughout the entire year.
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Syria blast: US soldier, 7 civilians killed, ISIS claims responsibility
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 16 (ANI): The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb blast that killed a US military personnel and seven civilians. The bomb blast took place near a hotel in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday.
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