Tag: Islamic State
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Biden reveals New Orleans attacker inspired by Islamic State
Just hours before he rammed a pickup truck through a New Orleans street jammed with New Year’s Eve revellers, the perpetrator’s social media posts indicated he was inspired by the terrorist organisation Islamic State, U.S. President Joe Biden said.
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Hostages to Islamic State, Israeli State and United States – By Owei Lakemfa
IF the claims of the Islamic State, ISIS, are to be believed, four of its members on Friday, March 22, 2024, broke into the Crocus City Hall, Moscow. The complex housed a shopping centre and a music hall. The band, Picnic, was scheduled to play in the hall.
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U.S. kills notorious Islamic State leader in northern Syria raid
A U.S. helicopter raid in northern Syria killed a senior Islamic State leader who was in charge of planning attacks in the Middle East and Europe, Washington said on Monday.
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Islamic State claims deadly attacks against Nigerien soldiers
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an army camp in Niger which left 71 military personnel dead, the SITE intelligence group said Thursday. Hundreds of jihadists attacked the camp, near the border with Mali with shells and mortars on Tuesday, killing 71, injuring 122 and leaving “others missing,” according to…
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Court sentences 11 to life imprisonment for joining Islamic State
An Egyptian criminal court on Monday sentenced 11 defendants to life in prison on charges of joining the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and Iraq. The Giza Criminal Court also sentenced two other defendants to 15 years in prison and another to three years in the same case. All verdicts can be appealed. The…
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IS claims responsibility for Toronto shooting
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a shooting in Toronto on Sunday that killed two people and wounded 13, the group’s AMAQ news agency said on Wednesday. The attacker “was a soldier of the Islamic State and carried out the attack in response to calls to target the citizens of the coalition countries,” a statement…
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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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Families of San Bernardino Shooting sue Facebook, Google, Twitter
Family members of three victims of the December 2015 shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California, have sued Facebook, Google and Twitter, claiming that the companies permitted Islamic State to flourish on social media. The relatives assert that by allowing Islamic State militants to spread propaganda freely on social media, the three companies provided “material support”…
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Civilian death toll rises in US fight against IS
The U.S.-led coalition killed 54 civilians between March 31 and Oct. 22 in airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria and Iraq, raising the death toll of civilians to 173 since the start of the campaign in 2014, said the Pentagon on Thursday. The civilian deaths occurred in six airstrikes in Syria and one…