Islamic State
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Islamic State claims first attack on new Syria forces since Assad fall: monitors
May 30, 2025The Islamic State (IS) group on Thursday claimed its first attack on Syria’s new government forces since the fall of longtime Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, two war monitors said. In a statement picked up by SITE... -
Mali’s army claims arrest of an Islamic State group leader
Jan 5, 2025The army of Mali announced on Saturday that it had detained two men, one of whom was a prominent member of the Islamic State group’s Sahelian branch. The army declared that during an operation in the... -
Islamic State group claims deadly Kabul bomb blast
Aug 12, 2024The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a minibus explosion in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of the capital of Afghanistan that left one person dead and eleven injured. Late on Sunday, the jihadist group announced... -
Russia says Islamic State is behind deadly Moscow concert hall attack
May 25, 2024For the first time in two decades, Russia acknowledged on Friday that the Islamic State organization was behind the deadly March music hall assault in Moscow. Although Moscow has made repeated attempts to associate the attack... -
Islamic State posts video of Moscow concert hall attack
Mar 24, 2024According to the SITE Intelligence Group, a video purportedly captured by the gunmen responsible for the fatal assault on a Moscow music hall has been shared on social media platforms frequently utilized by the terrorist organization... -
Germany detains two Islamic State suspects over Swedish attack plan
Mar 19, 2024Thuringia, a state in central Germany, is home to two alleged supporters of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) jihadist militia, according to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Germany on Tuesday. The two Afghan nationals are accused... -
Islamic State attacks in Syria kill 34 government loyalists: monitor
Nov 9, 2023In one of the bloodiest attacks of the year, Islamic State group attacks on Wednesday in the Syrian desert killed at least 34 pro-government militants and soldiers, according to a monitor. An organization headquartered in Britain... -
Death toll in Islamic State attack on Syria army bus rises to 33: monitor
Aug 12, 2023An earlier death toll of 26 troops has been revised to 33 as a result of an attack by the Islamic State group on Syrian government forces in the east of the war-torn nation. According to... -
Islamic State attack on Syria army bus kills 23 soldiers
Aug 11, 2023A monitor claimed on Friday that at least 23 troops were killed in war-torn Syria’s east, the deadliest in a new series of strikes attributed on Islamic State group terrorists. Despite losing their last piece of... -
Islamic State attack kills 10 Syria pro-government troops
Aug 8, 2023Syrian troops and fighters loyal to the government were killed by Islamic State group militants in a raid on Monday night in Raqa province, where the jihadists once had their main stronghold, a war monitor reported...
