Four killed in IS attack near Baghdad
Four people were killed and three others injured in an Islamic State (IS)attack near Baghdad, the Iraqi military said. Continue Reading
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Kabir Taneja speaks about his book on ISIS in South Asia
Kabir Taneja, a research Fellow at Observer Research Foundation’s Strategic Studies Programme, in his book, ‘The ISIS Peril: The World’s Most Feared Terror Group and its Shadow on South Asia’, brings an in-depth understanding of ‘the historical, cultural and political rise of ISIS in India’ Continue Reading
Nip it in the bud
According to the terror outfit ISIS’ broadcast channel, Amaq News, their territory in India is called ‘Wilayah of Hind’. It also claimed to have inflicted casualties upon Indian forces in the recent clash in Amshipora, a town in that State. Continue Reading
Islamic State terrorists launch deadly attack against pro-Damascus fighters
Islamic State group jihadists have killed 35 pro-Damascus fighters in Syria, in what a monitoring group described Saturday as their deadliest operation since the fall of the “caliphate”. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four senior Syrian army officers were among the troops and allied militiamen killed in the desert east of Homs province over the past 48 hours. Continue Reading
New Zealand ISIS member expects to return home
A New Zealand man who joined the Islamic State group has been captured in Syria and has told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation he regrets not being able to afford a slave and expects to return home. Mark Taylor is among a half-dozen or so New Zealanders thought to have joined the militant group. Continue Reading