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Security forces arrest ISIS spy chief in East of Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar. 19 (ANI): Afghanistan's security forces have arrested a spy chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group offshoot in Haska Mina district.
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ISIS using 'messenger app' to communicate in Pakistan without de
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Mar. 10 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists in Pakistan have been using the Telegram messenger app to communicate without detection and, so far, have been more than successful.
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Lucknow encounter a 'wake-up call': Experts
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Noida/Jammu/ New Delhi [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): Hinting at the involvement of the Islamic State in the Lucknow encounter, former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Vikram Singh on Wednesday said it is high time to give a befitting reply to such forces for the cause of India's
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IS forces captives to convert to Islam: Yazidi activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 6 (ANI): Lamia Haji Bashar, Yazidi woman activist, who escaped from the Islamic State in Iraq narrating her suffering said the extremists forced the captives to convert to Islam and called other religions unacceptable.
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Alarm bells ring in Pak as ISIS establishing strong footprint
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 4 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym 'Daesh' is reportedly in the process of establishing a strong footprint across Pakistan, and especially in the bo
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French presidential candidate Marine le Pen stripped of immunity over ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 9 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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Russia bombed site near US forces in Syria in ISIS fight
Updated : 8 years, 9 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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Iraqi forces recaptures Mosul airport from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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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NIA arrests two for joining ISIS in Kerala
Updated : 8 years, 9 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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