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IS-made mass grave found in Iraq
Jun 14, 2021Iraqi authorities have found a mass grave in the Badoush area of the Iraqi city of Mosul. On Sunday (June 13), the remains of 123 people were found there, the Kuwait Times reported. According to the... -
French IS widow in Syria camp, veil-free, wants to ‘go home’
Apr 7, 2021In a Syrian detention camp for people linked to the Islamic State group, French mother-of-five Emilie Konig has swapped her all-engulfing black robe for a sweatshirt and baseball cap. The 36-year-old widow — who is on... -
Armed attackers killed at least 235 worshippers in a bomb and gun assault on mosque in North Sinai province in Egypt
Nov 24, 2017Witnesses said the assailants had surrounded the mosque with all-terrain vehicles then planted a bomb outside. The gunmen then mowed down the panicked worshippers as they attempted to flee and used the congregants’ vehicles they had... -
British-Bangladeshi IS fugitive claims to be sexually harassed in Indian prison
Nov 4, 2017News Hour: Samiun complained that five guards stripped him naked and touched his genitals while laughing. A British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, who was arrested in Dhaka in September 2014 on charges of recruiting for the... -
‘Jihadi Jack’ charged with being IS member
Oct 28, 2017News Hour: A 21-year-old man from Oxford has been charged with being a member of so-called Islamic State, officials from the Kurdish region of Syria have said. Jack Letts, dubbed “Jihadi Jack”, travelled to Syria in... -
Spanish police arrest brother of dead Bangladeshi IS militant for ‘terror financing’
Sep 23, 2017News Hour: Police in Spain have arrested a brother of Bangladeshi Islamic State militant Saiful Haque Sujan, killed in an airstrike in Syria two years ago, on charges of financing terrorism, Rapid Action Battalion or RAB... -
Lebanon’s army prepares to clear border area of IS militants
Aug 9, 2017News Hour Lebanon’s U.S.-backed military is gearing up for a long-awaited assault to dislodge hundreds of Islamic State militants from a remote corner near Syrian border, seeking to end a years-long threat posed to neighboring towns... -
Police charge Australian man over weapons after ‘IS-inspired’ plane plot raids
Aug 6, 2017News Hour: An Australian man who was detained during raids to disrupt what authorities described as an Islamic State-inspired plot to bomb an Etihad Airways flight has been charged with weapons offences and released on bail,... -
Kremlin declines to comment on whether IS leader killed
Jun 16, 2017News Hour: A Kremlin spokesman on Friday declined to comment on a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry that one of its air strikes may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The spokesman, Dmitry... -
Iran parliament and Mausoleum under attack, at list 12 person killed
Jun 7, 2017News Hour: Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked Iran’s parliament and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran on Wednesday morning. According to The media, at least 12 people were killed in the attacks and dozens were...
