Posts Tagged: Islamic state
US Drones Deployed to Nigeria Alongside Troops for Intelligence, Training
The US military has multiple MQ-9 drones operating in Nigeria alongside 200 troops to provide training and intelligence support to the military, which is fighting Islamist...
Two Brothers Placed Under Investigation in France for Planning Antisemitic Attack
Two young men have been placed under formal investigation in France for planning a "deadly and antisemitic" attack, the counterterrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT) said in a statement on Sunday. The suspects, a 22-year-old engineering student and an unemployed...
EU Memo Raises Security Concerns Over Mass Escape From Islamic State-Linked Syria Camp
An EU internal memo has raised security concerns about the escape of thousands of people from a detention camp holding relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters in northeastern Syria, suggesting terrorist groups could recruit from them. The memo, sent from the Cyprus presidency of the...
Islamic State Claims Two Attacks on Syrian Army, Announces ‘New Phase’ of Operations
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for two attacks targeting Syrian army personnel in northern and eastern Syria, as the terrorist group signaled what it described as...
Two Men Jailed in UK for Islamic State-Inspired Plot to Kill Hundreds of Jews
Two men were jailed on Friday for plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State-inspired attack on the Jewish community in England, a plan prosecutors...
Two Men Jailed in UK for Islamic State-Inspired Plot to Kill Hundreds of Jews
Two men were jailed on Friday for plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State-inspired attack on the Jewish community in England, a plan prosecutors said could have been deadlier than December's mass shooting at Sydney's...
US Pulls Out of Strategic Syria Base and Hands It Over to Damascus
The US military said it completed a withdrawal from a strategic base in Syria on Thursday, handing it over to Syrian forces, in the latest sign of strengthening US-Syrian ties that...
Dutch Arrest 15 Suspected of Spreading Islamic State Propaganda on TikTok
Fifteen people were arrested in the Netherlands on Tuesday on suspicion of spreading propaganda for Islamic State on TikTok and trying to persuade people to commit terrorist attacks, Dutch prosecutors said. The arrests...
Islamic State Terrorist Attack on Niger Airport Potentially More Deadly Than Government Revealed
Islamic State's attack on the airport in Niger's capital Niamey last week may have been more severe than the Nigerien government claimed, according to recent reports...
US Slows Transfers of Islamic State Detainees to Iraq, Sources Say
Transfers of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq by the US military have slowed this week, seven sources familiar with the matter said, following calls by Baghdad for other countries to repatriate thousands...
Azerbaijan Arrests Three Men for Planning Attack on Israeli Embassy at Behest of Islamic State
Authorities in Azerbaijan said on Tuesday they had arrested three individuals planning an attack on a foreign embassy in the capital Baku at the instructions of Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K),...
Syria and Kurdish Forces Extend Ceasefire by 15 Days Amid Rising Tensions
i24 News - A four-day ceasefire between Syrian government forces and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which expired on Saturday night, has been extended by...
Iraq Says It Will Prosecute Islamic State Detainees Sent From Syria
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria, after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria...
Syria Accuses Kurds of Breaking Truce in Threat to Chances of Deal
Syria's government said a drone strike by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces killed seven of its soldiers on Wednesday, though the SDF denied this, in an...
