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Montevideo, January 8th 2026 - 04:21 UTC

Tag: ISIS

  • Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

    US launches second strike against ISIS in less than a week

    More terrorists will be killed if violence persists, Trump warned

    US President Donald Trump said Thursday that his country had conducted “deadly” precision airstrikes against ISIS (Islamic State) targets in northwestern Nigeria, which was later corroborated by local authorities. The operation marked a significant escalation in Washington's involvement in Africa to stop what the Republican leader acknowledged was a “massacre of Christians.” The second major US offensive against the terror group this month followed a massive strike on 70 targets in Syria on December 20.

  • Monday, May 1st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Turkish secret service guns down ISIS leader

    “Our fight against terrorist organizations continues,” said Erdogan

    Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday announced that his country's secret service -known as MIT- had “neutralized” ISIS leader Abu al Husein al Qurashi, in an operation in Syria.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

    US kills yet another ISIS leader

    Three US troops and a dog are being treated at a medical facility in Iraq after the helicopter mission

    The Government of the United States Friday announced the killing of Hamza al-Hosi, a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, in a joint operation with Kurdish-led local democratic forces in which 4 US troops and a dog were injured by an on-target explosion, according to the US Army Central Command (CENTCOM).

  • Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

    Islamic State leader gunned down by US forces ahead of Biden's Middle East trip

    The Islamic State “remains a threat to the United States and its allies in the region,” according to US Col. Joe Buccino

    Defense authorities from the United States announced the killing of Maher al-Agal, the Islamic State chief in Syria, in a drone operation in which one of the terrorist leader's aides was also wounded.

  • Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 14:13 UTC

    Biden announces ISIS leader dead following US attack

    Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had become ISIS' leader after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in 2019 during another US attack

    US President Joseph Biden Thursday confirmed Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had been killed following in a two-hour battle at a house in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib.

  • Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

    ISIS spin-off causes detonations at Kabul airport killing nearly 100 people

    The main target was passengers seeking to be airlifted from Afghanistan

    At least 85 to 90 people died Thursday after an ISIS detachment attack on Kabul International Airport. US President Joseph Biden promised to avenge the deaths of 13 soldiers from his country. The flag over the White House flies at half-mast.

  • Monday, March 8th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

    Ululations of joy during the Pope's four day visit to Irak

    Pope Francis flew into Mosul by helicopter to encourage the binding of sectarian wounds and to pray for the dead of any religion

    Pope Francis met Christians on Sunday in an ancient church torched by the ISIS terror group when it swept into the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh in 2014. After the militants were ousted from the town in 2016, the Al-Tahera (Immaculate Conception) Church’s imposing marble floors and columns were restored and the faithful gathered there on Sunday to welcome the pontiff.

  • Friday, April 24th 2020 - 07:28 UTC

    Most wanted UK born ISIS terrorist caught basking in Spanish coast; linked to bombing campaign in France and Belgium

    Abdel-Majed Abdel-Bary and two unnamed associates were arrested on Monday by Spanish police in the Mediterranean port city of Almeria

    The arrest in Spain of an infamous member of Islamic State from London who authorities thought had been killed in Syria has sparked fears among security officials that more foreign fighters survived the fall of ISIS-controlled territory than previously imagined.

  • Tuesday, June 20th 2017 - 20:34 UTC

    Argentine Army's website hacked - by ISIS?

    Signs like ”We are the Islamic State. This is a threat. ISIS is in Argentina and soon you will hear from us. Allahu Akbar (sic, Allah is great)” could be read on the army's website for about 20 minute

    The Argentine Army issued a press release through its Department of Institutional Communication to address the computer attack suffered in the previous hours and inform that the case had been reported to the judiciary's Specialized Cybercrime Unit (UFECI) and that “none of the critical computer systems had been affected.”

  • Friday, May 5th 2017 - 10:39 UTC

    Eight Isis sympathizers jailed in Brazil; they planned chemical attacks during 2016 Olympic Games

    The men were among 15 suspects arrested as part of Operation Hashtag launched by the federal police in July.

    Eight Isis sympathizers in Brazil have been jailed for plotting chemical attacks during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. All the men were Brazilian nationals, who were also accused of promoting militant activities on the internet. The accused men were being monitored by the FBI and found to be trying to make contact with the Islamist militant group to pledge allegiance with them.

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