Tag: ISIS

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Turkish secret service guns down ISIS leader

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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 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

  

  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?

  

  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

  

  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.

• Thursday, September 11th 2014 - 05:14 UTC

  Islamic State's ultimate goal: Saudi Arabia's oil wells

  

  For the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, Syria and Iraq were a good place to start their campaign, but in order to survive and prosper it knew from the outset that it had no choice but to set its sights on the ultimate prize: the oil fields of Saudi Arabia.