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'US will leave Syria only after ensuring safety of Kurdish fighters'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Jan 07 (ANI): United States troops will be pulled out of Syria only after defeating the Islamic States (ISIS) and ensuring that the Kurds are safe, President Donald Trump's national security advisor John Bolton said on Sunday.
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Iraq: Trump defends pulling out army troops from Syria
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Al Asad Air Base [Iraq], Dec 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump, who is on his first trip to visit troops stationed in Iraq, defended his decision of pulling out armed forces from Syria stating that US military gains against the Islamic State terror group is the reason he can withdraw 2,000
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ISIS claims responsibility for Libya attack
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Dec 26 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the gruesome attack on the Foreign Ministry building here that left three people dead and injured 18.
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US Sentences announces 40 years imprisonment for terror attacks plotting
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has sentenced Canadian citizen Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy to 40 years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks in New York City in support of the Islamic State terror group, the US Department of Justice has said.
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3 ISJK terrorists nabbed, arms and ammunition recovered
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi, (India), Nov 25, (ANI): The Special Cell of Delhi Police in a joint operation with the Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested three terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) terror outfit on Sunday. Arms and ammunition were also recovered from their possessi
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Syrian Kurds ally with SDF, resume fighting against ISIS
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Sousa (Syria), Nov 13 (ANI): In an attempt to drive out the Islamic State (ISIS) militants from its last remaining strongholds, the Syrian Kurdish forces have resumed the fight in an alliance with the Syrian Arab fighters, together known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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25 ISIS terrorists killed in US airstrikes in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kirkuk [Iraq], Nov 5 (ANI): As many as 25 terrorists from the Islamic State (ISIS) group were killed in US-led airstrikes in northern Iraq's Kirkuk province on Sunday.
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Afghanistan: 3 IS terrorists killed in US airstrike
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 25 (ANI): At least three terrorists from the Islamic State (IS) terror group were killed in an airstrike launched by the American forces in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
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US reaffirms support for Iraqi persecuted minorities
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): United States Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met Iraqi religious leaders to reaffirm the US' commitment to assisting religious minorities, including Yazidis and Christians, who have been persecuted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (
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IS trying to create stronghold in C. Asia: CIS Anti-Terrorism Centre
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Cholpon-Ata [Kyrgyzstan], Sept 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The Islamic State (IS) terror group is trying to create a stronghold in Central Asia and to activate Islamist sleeper cells in the region, Andrey Novikov, the head of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Anti-Terrorism Centre, said on
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Afghanistan: 10 ISIS-K terrorists killed in Kunar province
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kunar [Afghanistan], Sep 04 (ANI): At least ten terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) were killed in joint operations conducted by Afghanistan Police and military forces in the eastern Kunar province.
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ISIS Chief calls for unity during 'testing phase'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 23 (ANI): In a first for this year, the Islamic State has released an audio recording of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in which the leader can be heard urging people to stay united as the outfit is being "tested" by Allah.
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