ISIL

28

Aug

With ISIS down but not out, continued vigilance is key, UN Security Council told

Despite ISIS’s territorial defeat in Syria, the terrorist group, also known as Da’esh “continues to aspire to global relevance”, the United Nations top counter-terrorism officials warned the Security Council. “It…

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19

Jul

Four beheaded by ISIS in Egypt

At least two people were killed by a suicide bombing in North Sinai hours  after four headless bodies were found in the same area. The victims of the bombing were…

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11

Jul

ISIS still a serious threat

Islamic State poses a challenge to all countries in the world, while rival terrorist group al Qaeda is resurgent and could be plotting attacks in Europe, the UK's security minister…

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03

Jul

The RAF continues to take the fight to Daesh in Syria

  Following the liberation by the Syrian Democratic Forces of the last territory held by Daesh or ISIS in Syria, Royal Air Force aircraft have continued to fly daily armed…

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19

May

Instability could lead to 95% oil production loss in Libya

    Mustafa Sanalla, Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) chief, told reporters in Jeddah that the  continued instability in Libya could make it lose 95% of its oil production. Currently…

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11

May

ISIS claims ‘province’ in India

  ISIS claimed for the first time that it has established a "province" in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region. ISIS's Amaq…

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05

May

People in Sri Lanka asked to hand in knives and camouflaged military uniforms

Sri Lankan authorities have called on the public to surrender swords and large knives amid heightened security concerns following the deadly Easter Sunday attacks. Police said knives used for legal…

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05

May

Another ISIS attack in Libya

Officials in Sabha, in southern Libya, announced that eight fighters from Libyan National Army (LNA) were killed Saturday in an attack on their training camp in the southern city. A…

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29

Apr

Face coverings in Sri Lanka banned after Easter Sunday attacks

Sri Lanka has banned face coverings in public, following the suicide attacks on Easter Sunday that killed at least 250 people and injured hundreds. President Maithruipala Sisirsena said he was…

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23

Apr

Isis claim responsibility for Easter Sunday attacks… Footage emerges of one of the Sri Lankan terrorist entering a church

Isis have just claimed Sunday’s suicide attacks in Sri Lanka, claiming they were the work of “fighters of the Islamic State” via their Amaq news agency. The group did not…

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22

Apr

ISIS takes responsibility for Sunday’s attack in Saudi Arabia

  ISIS is claiming that it was behind an attack on Sunday on a Saudi Interior Ministry building in the town of Zulfi. An attack in which all four gunmen…

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12

Apr

Italy warns of humanitarian crisis in Libya… another attack by ISIS

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told the Lower House Parliament that the conflict in Libya risks creating a humanitarian crisis with major consequences for security. Conte said the humanitarian crisis,…

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10

Apr

Italian companies in energy sector leave Tripoli… ISIS attack in Fuhaqa

The Libya Observer reported that the President of the Italian-Libyan Chamber of Commerce, Gianfranco Damiano confirmed that part of the Italian companies operating in the oil and gas sector and…

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29

Mar

Denmark to deprive jihadists’ children of their citizenship

The Danish Immigration Ministry in a statement announced that children born abroad to Danish citizens who fought alongside Islamic militants will no longer receive Danish citizenship. "As their parents have…

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27

Mar

Kurds want an international court to try ISIS foreign fighters

Kurdish Syrian fighters that defeated and removed ISIS fighter from their last strongholds called for an international tribunal to prosecute hundreds of foreigners rounded up in the nearly five-year campaign…

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24

Mar

Trump welcomes fall of ISIS in Syria

  US President Donald Trump welcomed the fall of ISIS's five-year "caliphate", but warned that the terror group remained a threat. Mr Trump's remarks came after Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces…

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23

Mar

Kurdish fighters and White House declare complete fall of ISIS in Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have declared an end in the battle against ISIS in Baghouz, eastern Syria, the last bastion of ISIS in Syria. The SDF have claimed "all territory…

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23

Mar

Syrian Islamic State member detained in Hungary

Hungarian police detained a Syrian man accused of taking part in beheadings in Syria as a member of Islamic State, Budapest prosecutors said in a statement. The man, who was…

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18

Mar

ISIS announces the killing of an Italian citizen

ISIS announced that it killed an Italian citizen identified as 33 year Lorenzo Orsetti from Florence. Initial information indicates that Orsetti had left Italy to join Kurdish forces fighting against…

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10

Mar

Italian ISIS fighter warns of sleeper cells

  In a Reuters exclusive report Mounsef al-Mkhayar, a 22-year-old of Moroccan descent who grew up in Italy, warned that the Islamic State (ISIS) was planning for the next phase,…

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23

Aug

Two people killed by knife-armed man in Paris suburb of Trappes. Prosecutors are not treating the attack as a terrorism case. UPDATE

France 24 Prosecutors are not treating the attack as a terrorism case, but were following it closely. The 36-year-old man, who has not been officially identified, fatally stabbed his relatives…

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23

Aug

ISIL leader calls on followers to keep fighting

Al Jazeera reports that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), called on followers to keep fighting in his first purported message in a year.…

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24

Jun

Iraq killes 45 IS jihadists

The Telegraph: Iraq said Saturday it had killed 45 jihadists from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), including senior members, in an air strike in eastern Syria. Iraqi F-16 fighter jets carried out…

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12

May

Iraqis vote since country declared victory over IS

Iraqis have voted in the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group at the end of…

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15

Apr

Syria – The Why, Who, and How of an 8 year conflict

  Now having gone on longer than World War II, the war in Syria is causing profound effects beyond the country's borders, with many Syrians having left their homes to seek…

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