Tag: IS
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Libya arrests senior IS member responsible for deadly attacks in Tripoli in 2018
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah has announced the arrest of a senior Islamic State (IS) member responsible for deadly attacks in capital Tripoli in 2018.
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DSS arrests IS bomb expert, 10 kidnappers in Adamawa
The Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested an alleged expert producing Improvised Explosive Devices for terrorist group, Islamic State, in West Africa, Abbas Abubakar, in the Toungo Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The DSS said Abubakar, also known as Sambo, was arrested on Monday by operatives, while 10 suspected kidnappers were also arrested…
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Largest mass grave of IS victims discovered in Syria
Bodies of some 1,400 people killed by the Islamic State Terrorist Group (IS, outlawed in Russia) have been found in a mass grave in the Syrian City of Raqqa. The Head of Damascus-based Syrian Human Rights Network, Ahmad Kazeem said this to Sputnik on Wednesday. “The biggest mass grave with 1,400 bodies has been found…
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Mass grave containing 75 bodies found in Libya
A mass grave containing 75 bodies was found West of the Libyan coastal city of Sirte on Tuesday, a military source said on Wednesday. A source with the Sirte security forces said that the forces were notified by a resident about the mass grave, which had been found in an agricultural area 15 km west…
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Remarks by Trump, Buhari before bilateral meeting
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. It’s an honor to be with President Buhari of Nigeria. We have many things that we do together, as you know, probably — especially on terrorism and terrorism-related. We also have a very big trade deal that we’re working on for military equipment — helicopters and the like. We…
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Presidency raises alarm over influx of foreign terrorists into Benue, other states
Security service organizations including the Department of State Service (DSS) have identified an Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) network operating within some North Central and South-South sections of the country. This information is contained in a security report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari recently by the affected security service outfits. The report indicated that…
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EGYPT: 11 IS-affiliated militants sentenced to 10 years in jail
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced 11 militants affiliated with the regional Islamic State (IS) group to 10 years in prison, official MENA news agency reported. Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqiya Province, northeast of the capital Cairo, convicted the 11 militants of forming a terrorist cell in an attempt to join the IS abroad and…
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IS terrorist group downs US govt websites
An Islamic State terrorist group has been reported to have hacked into United States government-owned websites, leaving the message “You will be held accountable Trump, you and all your people for every drop of blood flowing in Muslim countries” on the websites. The message ended with “I love the Islamic state”. Many websites, including the…
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Terrorist leaders rank on Forbes world’s most powerful people list
Self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of dreadful Al-Qaeda terrorist group have been ranked in the recently published Forbes world’s most powerful people list. Among hundreds of candidates from various walks of life all around the globe measured along four dimensions: power over…