Islamic State

Trump Defies Top Security Aide On Iran's Presence In Syria. What He Said

World News | Missy Ryan, John Hudson, The Washington Post | Friday January 4, 2019

In his first Cabinet meeting of the year, President Donald Trump stuck a dagger in a major initiative advanced by his foreign policy team: Iran's leaders, the president said, "can do what they want" in Syria.

Dormant Twitter Accounts Being Hacked to Spread IS Propaganda: Report

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday January 3, 2019

Exploiting a decade-old flaw, hackers are taking control of dormant Twitter accounts to spread Islamic State (IS) propaganda, a media report said.

Probe Agency Conducts Fresh Searches In Amroha In ISIS Module Case

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday January 1, 2019

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today conducted "follow up" searches here in connection with the busting of a new Islamic State (ISIS) module -- Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam -- last month, an official said.

"Very Telling" Trump Didn't Know His Own Anti-ISIS Point Man: Ex-Official

World News | Alex Horton, The Washington Post | Tuesday December 25, 2018

"Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015," Trump said Saturday on Twitter. "Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!"

Turkey's Erdogan Assured He Will Eradicate ISIS Left In Syria, Says Trump

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday December 24, 2018

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said his Turkish counterpart assured him that any remaining Islamic State group fighters in Syria will be eliminated, after Trump abruptly ordered US troops in Syria to leave.

US Special Envoy In Fight With Islamic State Resigns After Syria Pullout

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday December 22, 2018

Brett McGurk, U.S. special envoy for the global coalition to defeat Islamic State, submitted his resignation on Friday, CBS reported on Saturday citing sources, ahead of his departure planned in February.

Trump's Call To Pull Troops From Syria Denounced By Friends, Foes

World News | Karoun Demirjian, Seung Min Kim, Paul Kane, The Washington Post | Thursday December 20, 2018

President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered a parting snub to one of his biggest congressional critics, as even his Republican allies laid into administration officials for the White House's surprise announcement that U.S. troops would be withdrawing from Syria because, as the president put it on Twitter, Islamic State forces there had been "defe...

Man Fleeing From ISIS Surrenders In Syria. He Recruited 9/11 Hijackers

World News | Liz Sly, The Washington Post | Saturday December 1, 2018

There was nothing about the hungry, bedraggled man who surrendered at a remote desert checkpoint belonging to the United States' Kurdish allies this year to suggest he had once played a part in one of the biggest events in American history. He was limping from injuries to both knees, his beard was matted and teeming with lice, and he was fleeing fr...

Giriraj Singh Terms Deoband "Temple Of Terrorism"; Cleric Demands Apology

India News | ANI | Thursday November 29, 2018

Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh has stirred a controversy by calling the leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, a ''temple of terrorism". "Earlier, Deoband's name was Deovrant. I do not know what it is about this place, it produces people similar to Baghdadi (Islamic State founder) and Hafi...

3 Terrorists Of Jammu And Kashmir ISIS Affiliate Arrested By Delhi Police

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Sunday November 25, 2018

Three terrorists belonging to the Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK), an outfit influenced by ISIS ideology, have been arrested in Srinagar. The Delhi police have recovered weapons and explosives from their possession. The trio were planning terror activities in Delhi, a senior officer said.

ISIS Claims Responsibility For Melbourne Stabbing

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday November 9, 2018

The Islamic State group claimed a stabbing Friday in the Australian city of Melbourne that killed one person and wounded two others, its propaganda channel said.

More Than 200 Mass Graves Of ISIS Victims Found In Iraq, Says UN Report

World News | Reuters | Tuesday November 6, 2018

More than 200 mass graves have been uncovered in Iraq in areas formerly controlled by ISIS militants, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

"I Am Not Jihadi John": German ISIS 'Shoemaker' Pleads To Come Home

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 23, 2018

From northern Syria, Muslim convert Sufyan is imploring his native Germany to take him back, having been captured years after joining the Islamic State group's so-called "caliphate".

Nadia Murad: From ISIS Slave To Nobel Laureate

People | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 5, 2018

Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Terrorist Shot Dead By Unidentified Gunmen In Jammu And Kashmir

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 9, 2018

A terrorist, apparently belonging to the outfit Islamic State in Jammu and Kashmir (IS-JK), was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar on Saturday, police said.