Islamic State

Goverment Bans Offshoots Of Al-Qaeda, ISIS In Indian Subcontinent

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 22, 2018

The Centre has banned new offshoots of terror organisations al-Qaeda and ISIS under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, according to an official order.

New Clues Bolster Belief That ISIS Leader Is Still Alive - And Busy With A Chilling New Mission

World News | Joby Warrick and Souad Mekhennet, The Washington Post | Sunday May 20, 2018

His self-declared caliphate was in ruins when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi summoned some of his top aides to a meeting in eastern Syria last year. The Islamic State's capital in Iraq had already fallen, and its Syrian headquarters was under siege.

Actors Dressed As ISIS Militants Stormed Mall To Promote Film. Didn't End Well

Offbeat | Siobhán O'Grady, The Washington Post | Wednesday May 9, 2018

The plan was to harmlessly promote "Damascus Time," a new film about an Iranian father and son who travel to Syria to deliver humanitarian supplies and then get kidnapped by the Islamic State. Actors dressed as Islamic State fighters would show up at a large shopping mall and cinema in Tehran on Monday night and jovially pose for photos with passer...

Kidnapped Sex Slaves Help ISIS Gain Turf in Afghanistan

World News | Eltaf Najafizada, Bloomberg | Monday May 7, 2018

When Mohammad Shah realized his family would never be able to afford the $15,000 demanded by his fiancee's father for a traditional Afghan wedding, he turned to the one group he knew would help: the Islamic State.

Syrian Army, ISIS Fight Fierce Battle In South Damascus

World News | Reuters | Saturday April 28, 2018

The Syrian army and its allies engaged in a fierce battle today with ISIS terrorists in an enclave south of Damascus held by the ISIS. Reuters witnesses, a war monitor and state television reported intense fighting including artillery bombardment and small arms fire

US Lawmakers Jolted By Syria Briefing, Pentagon Warns Of ISIS Resurgence

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 18, 2018

The US military's hands-off approach on the ground in Syria is ceding influence to Russia and Iran, a top lawmaker warned Tuesday, as the Pentagon said it has seen the ISIS "resurge" in parts of the country

Iraqi Women Accused Of ISIS Ties Subjected To Sexual Abuse And Isolation At Camps: Reports

World News | Tamer El-Ghobashy, The Washington Post | Tuesday April 17, 2018

In December, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared "complete" victory over Islamic State militants after Iraqi forces backed by American advisers and air power clawed back major cities occupied by the extremists for years.

Harjit Masih, Who Escaped ISIS In Mosul, Describes Shooting Of Indians

India News | Amanda Erickson, The Washington Post | Wednesday March 21, 2018

In 2014, 40 Indian construction workers went missing outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The city had fallen to the Islamic State militant group just days before. Relatives said they received panicked calls from some of the workers, begging for help

Harjit Masih Lied, Says Government On Man Who Claimed He Saw 39 Indians Killed

India News | Reported by Nidhi Razdan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday March 20, 2018

As the government today confirmed that all 39 Indians missing in Iraq since 2014 had been killed by the terrorist group ISIS, questions swirled around the account of Harjit Masih, the man who escaped and claimed that he had seen the others massacred

Islamic State Releases A Video Of Deadly Attack On US Soldiers In Niger

World News | Amanda Erickson, The Washington Post | Wednesday March 7, 2018

The Islamic State just released a video that allegedly shows three U.S. soldiers being attacked in Niger.

US ISIS Recruits Struggle With Combat Inexperience, Culture Clash: Study

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 6, 2018

US recruits to the Islamic State group struggle more than their European counterparts, lacking support networks and field experience and being assigned to menial jobs, a report on American jihadists said Monday.

US Forces Begin Reducing Numbers In Iraq: Iraqi Spokesman

World News | Reuters | Monday February 5, 2018

US forces have begun reducing their numbers in Iraq after Iraqi authorities declared "victory" over Islamic State, an Iraqi government spokesman said on Monday.

ISIS War On Families Never Ended

World News | Kinana Qaddour, The Washington Post | Friday February 2, 2018

The displaced families from the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor who gathered for a town hall meeting at a shelter in rural Aleppo in October 2017 had escaped the territory controlled by the ISIS. However, they were still struggling to overcome the vestiges of its toxic rule: Particularly, parents were resentful of the growing divide between them and ...

NIA To Probe Forced Conversion Of Kerala Woman, Bid To Take Her To Syria

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 29, 2018

The National Investigation Agency has taken over the probe into a case of alleged forcible conversion of a Kerala woman and attempts to take her to Syria after she was married to a Muslim man to be sold off to Islamic State terrorists.

18-Year-Old British Sikh Girl, Who Plotted To Join ISIS In Syria, Jailed

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday January 26, 2018

A British Sikh girl who converted to Islam as a teenager and tried to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) was today sentenced to three and a half years in prison for terrorism offences by a UK court.