A series of bomb blasts killed 29 people and wounded 50 in central Baghdad on Saturday as fighting intensified in northern part of Mosul, largest stronghold of Islamic State in the country. The explosions, blamed on two suicide bombers, happened one after another in the busy al-Sinak market. Police said[Read More…]
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Iraqi forces launch second phase of Mosul fight against ISIS
Iraqi security forces on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State militants in Mosul, pushing into some eastern districts where the battle has been in deadlock for nearly a month. Thousands of federal police troops who redeployed from Mosul’s southern outskirts two weeks ago also pushed[Read More…]
Hyderabad: NIA charges eight terrorists for ISIS links
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a charge sheet in a special court at Nampally in Hyderabad against eight persons suspected to be ISIS members. They have been charged with conspiring to carry out Paris and Brussels-type attack in the city. According to NIA, the eight were the[Read More…]
Berlin attack: German Police hunt Tunisian man, says report
German Police are in hunt for a Tunisian man in connection with the Berlin Christmas market attack after an ID was found in the truck, German media reported. The man is aged 21 or 23 and known by three different names and was born in the southern Tunisian city of[Read More…]
48 journalists killed in 2016; Camera operator and photographer most dangerous jobs: CPJ report
48 journalists killed in 2016; Camera operator and photographer dangerous jobs: CPJ reportThe Committee to Protect Journalist said at least 48 journalist were killed in 2016. CPJ is also investigating the death of 27 journalists to determine whether they were work-related. The deadliest countries for journalists were, in order, Syria,[Read More…]
ISIS used chemical arms 52 times in Iraq, Syria, says report
The Islamic State has used chemical weapons at least 52 times on Iraq and Syria since 2014, an Independent analysis said. IHS Conflict Monitor, a London based intelligence collection and analysis service, analysed that more than one-third of the chemical attacks have carried out in and around Mosul, ISIS stronghold[Read More…]
68 supporters of ISIS arrested in India: Govt
The NIA and state security agencies have so far arrested 68 supporters of dreaded terror outfit ISIS in various parts of the country, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday . “The National Investigation Agency and state security agencies have so far arrested 68 ISIS supporters/sympathisers,” Minister of State for Home[Read More…]
Islamic State claims responsibily for Turkey car bomb blast
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a car bomb in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Friday morning that killed eight people and wounded more than 100,Reuters reports. The blast went off close to the Diyarbakir state prison, where some of the opposition leaders are believed to be held. After the[Read More…]
Latest ISIS propaganda video reveals horrific public execution
A new propaganda video released by ISIS online showed the visuals of horrific public execution across the middle east as Iraqi forces close in on Mosul. The compilation of killings, filmed in the terror group’s caliphate across Syria and Iraq, shows men being blindfolded and strung up on crosses in[Read More…]
No Mosul retreat: IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in audio message
In an audio message released early Thursday Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised to enter the city of Mosul. “Holding your ground with honour is a thousand times easier than retreating in shame,” he said in the message. Rumours have[Read More…]
Iraq’s Al Robot debuts in the Mosul warfront
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) debuted a brand new war robot called Al Robot (The Robot) on November 1 against the ISIS forces currently besieged near Mosul. Designed by two brothers from Baghdad, the unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) has a remotely operated 12.7 mm cannon equipped with thermal sights and[Read More…]
Iraqi Army surrounds ISIS chief Baghdadi inside Mosul
Iraqi Army, which entered the ISIS’ stronghold of Mosul for the first time in more than two years, has trapped its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Fuad Hussein, chief of staff to Kurdish President said Iraqi government had information from multiple sources that “Baghdadi is there and, if he is killed,[Read More…]
Al Fazliyans celebrates life by shaving,smoking as ISIS leaves the town
Iraqi town of AL Fazliya is just 20 kilometres north of Mosul and just five kilometers away from the nearest ISIS position Six days ago, Islamic State was driven out of the town by Kurdish Peshmarga forces. CNN reported a story on how Al fazliya residents, whose life were made[Read More…]
Iraqi heritage sites at risk in Mosul operation
As Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, the jihadists’ last main bastion in the country, officials say IS has fighters deployed at or near archaeological sites. This has put Iraqi heritage sites at risk during the operation to retake Mosul from the jihadists. In 2014 IS had vandalised the Mosul museum after[Read More…]
Iraq military begins operation to retake Mosul from ISIS
Iraqi Prime Minister on Monday announced the start of military operations to liberate the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants. The push to retake Mosul will be the biggest military operation in Iraq since American troops left in 2011. The city fell to IS fighters during a lightning[Read More…]
ISIS chief in critical condition after being poisoned
According to the latest update, ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s condition is ‘critical’ after his food was poisoned by an assassin. Meals prepared for Baghdadi and three other commanders of the terrorist organisation were allegedly poisoned in Nineveh’s Be’aaj district, the Daily Mail reported on Monday. All four senior militants[Read More…]
IS sex slavery survivor named UN goodwill ambassador
Nadia Murad Basee Taha , a 23-year-old Yazidi woman who escaped ISIS sex slavery has been appointed as a United Nations goodwill ambassador. Nadia will act as an ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking for the UN’s Drugs and Crime body. The 23-year-old Nadia was taken from her home[Read More…]
Women rip off their burqas, as US backed forces take Manjib in Syria
The US backed Syrian forces have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border on Friday as the last remaining ISIS fighters, who had been using civilians as human shields fled the city. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) are now carrying out combing operations in[Read More…]
A tale of ravaged countries and weeping children- ISIS through pictures
“Because of what is happening in Syria we don’t play any more. I miss my house. I miss my neighbourhood. I miss playing football. I was at a funeral when the rocket struck, there were dead bodies all around and I lost my relatives that day. Dogs ate the dead[Read More…]
Fighting Radicalism in the Digital Age
As prime time television debates heat up on the issue of radicalism in Kashmir, the venom of digital terrorism seems to be taking centre stage – from Kashmir to Kerala, the tentacles have spread far and wide. Burhan Wani is the new poster boy for the new age extremists. But[Read More…]
Court denies bail to six suspected ISIS operatives
A special court on Friday has refused to grant bail to six suspected ISIS operatives, arrested from different parts of the country, for allegedly promoting activities and ideologies of the banned terror outfit and luring the youths to join it. According to sources, the district judge, during in-camera proceedings denied[Read More…]
Baghdad blasts: Over 83 dead, 176 injured
The death toll in the Baghdad blasts in two crowded commercial areas has now reached 83 with 176 people injured, according to Iraq government. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited the site Sunday morning and appealed for the people to stay calm. The bombings were carried out at the end of Muslim[Read More…]