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A senior Islamic State (IS) group leader in Iraq and Syria has been killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister has said. Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, also known as Abu Khadijah, “was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq…
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A suspect wanted in connection with an attack in which two Swedish soccer fans were shot dead in Brussels in 2023 was arrested in Malaga, Spanish police said on Saturday. Two Swedish men were shot and one was injured when an attacker opened fire before a match between Sweden and Belgium in October 2023. The…
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One of the 14 victims of the New Orleans attack has been named as Auburn University graduate, Drew Dauphin. In a statement, the university’s president, Christopher B. Roberts, said: “On behalf of Auburn University, I send my sincere condolences to the family and loves ones of 2023 graduate Drew Dauphin, who was taken from us…
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Syria’s new rebel-led regime has vowed that the country’s 600,000 Christians will be protected through inclusion, but that likely won’t happen under the jihadi regime replacing ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Fr. Benedict Kiely, the founder of the nonprofit Nasarean.org, told Newsmax on Saturday. “Well, I would like to be hopeful,” Kiely said on Newsmax’s “America Right Now.”…
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A man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television on Saturday, some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people. North Rhine-Westphalia’s interior minister Herbert Reul told the ARD broadcaster that he was “a bit relieved” after…
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Survivors of Friday’s attack near Moscow have described the frantic scenes they witnessed as it unfolded. Four gunmen opened fire on people at Crocus City Hall shortly before Russian rock band Picnic were due to play. The concert hall was also set on fire. At least 137 people were killed. Concertgoer Dave Primov said “popping…
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is grateful for everyone who “calls a spade a spade”, following Russia’s attempts to blame Ukraine for the concert hall attack. The Ukrainian president thanked those who refuse to “let Russia deceive the world through propaganda and blackmail”. Mr Putin said yesterday, without providing evidence, that the suspects in the…
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The number of people killed in the attack on Crocus City Hall has risen from 133 to 137, Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Monday. Among the dead were three children, the committee said, adding that 62 bodies have been identified so far. People have been gathering near the concert venue, northwest of Moscow, on a…
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Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, is speaking on the tarmac in Maryland before boarding a plane to Israel. “The United States has Israel’s back,” he begins, adding: “We stand resolutely against terrorism.” “Not since ISIS have we seen this kind of depravity,” he says. “Significant [US] military assistance requested by Israel is on…
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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday the Daesh/ISIS leader had been killed in a drone strike in eastern Syria. In a statement, CENTCOM Commander Gen. Michael Kurilla said the strike that targeted Daesh/ISIS chief Osama al-Muhajer was carried out on July 7. “We have made it clear that we remain committed to the…
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Australia is preparing to rescue and repatriate up to 60 ISIS brides and their children who have languished for years in Syrian detention camps. The rescue plan, which successive governments have wrestled with for years, will see the return of 16 women and 42 children held in al-Roj detention camp, near the Iraqi border. Kamalle…
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The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism says the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a terrorist group, is expanding its affiliates and network beyond Syria and Iraq to Africa. The Under-Secretary-General of the UN office of counter-terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov told the Security Council on Wednesday that the epicentre of ISIL terrorist group…
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The UK has said that it is “ready” to launch strikes at the ISIS-K terror network in Afghanistan after the Pentagon revealed that there are at least 2,000 fighters of the outfit in the war-torn country. The Islamic State’s Afghanistan affiliate, dubbed Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K, had claimed responsibility for the deadly twin blasts…
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The leader of the Daesh terrorist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was claimed to have been killed in October 2019 during a US Special Forces operation in the Syrian province of Idlib, according to US President Donald Trump. According to a press release by the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), two leaders…
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At least 71 soldiers were killed and twelve others sustained injuries in a deadly terror attack that targeted an army base camp in the western part of Niger in West Africa, near the Mali border on Tuesday. The attack took place when several hundred heavily armed militants ambushed soldiers at an outpost in Inates, a village in…
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