Tag: IS militants

3 IS militants killed, 8 arrested in Iraq

The Iraqi security forces have killed three Islamic State (IS) militants and arrested eight others, including two of the group's local leaders.

May 13, 2022

36 IS militants killed in Iraqi airstrikes in Syria

At least 36 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes by the Iraqi air force targeting IS positions inside neighbouring Syria, the Iraqi military said on Sunday. Acting on intelligence reports, the Iraqi F-16 fighter jets pounded the terrorist IS positions, including a meeting site for some IS leaders, leaving 36 terrorists dead, Xinhua...

April 23, 2018

IS key commander captured, 3 others killed in Afghanistan

A key commander of the Islamic State (IS) militant group was captured and three foreign nationals of the outfit were killed as Afghan security forces' aircraft targeted its hideout in northern Afghanistan

March 29, 2018

US drone strike kills 2 IS militants in Afghanistan

Two militants of the Islamic State (IS) group were killed in a drone strike by NATO and US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. “The strike occurred in Bandaar locality of Achin district on Friday,” the provincial government said on Saturday, adding no civilian was hurt in the attack. The IS group, which emerged in...

February 11, 2018

60 IS militants killed in Afghanistan

Sixty Islamic State (IS) militants were killed after Afghan security forces raided hideouts in Nangarhar province on Tuesday, an official said. The militants were killed in Haska Mina district. Eighteen militants were also injured in the early morning raids, reports Xinhua news agency. According to the official, the militants have been using civilian houses in...

January 2, 2018

Drone attack kills seven IS militants in Afghanistan

Seven Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in a drone attack in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. “The attack took place on Monday night when a drone strike targeted an IS hideout in Sala Kas area of Haska Mina district killing seven fighters,” Xinhua news agency quoted the official as saying.

November 28, 2017

UAE-supported military operation continues in Yemen

A total of 11 Al Qaeda militants were killed on Friday in fresh military operations launched by Yemeni forces supported by the United Arab Emirates in the southeastern province of Shabwa, an official of the country’s defence ministry told Xinhua. “The anti-terror soldiers backed by UAE officers launched well-organised operations to clean some areas from...

November 11, 2017

IS left with just 8% of Syrian territory: Russia

The Russian military has said less than eight per cent of Syrian territory remains in the control of the Islamic State (IS) as Syrian government troops supported by Russian jets have freed most of the country. IS-held territory declined by 5,841 sq. km in the past month and 142 settlements were liberated, Sergei Rudskoi, chief...

October 14, 2017

Iraq launches anti-IS operation near Syria border

Iraqi forces on Saturday launched an operation to clear the desert area near the border with Syria from the Islamic State (IS) militants, the military said. The Iraqi army, paramilitary Hashd Shaabi force and the border guards force advanced in the vast desert area to free the Akashat village and to clear nearby areas, which...

September 16, 2017

15 IS militants killed in Iraqi air strikes

At least 15 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in Iraqi air strikes on IS-held areas in the country’s eastern province of Diyala, the Iraqi military said. Iraqi aircraft carried out airstrikes on Friday on IS posts in Khalawiyah area near Himreen Lake, some 60 km northeast of Diyala’s provincial capital Baquba, leaving at least...

September 9, 2017

Over 2,000 IS militants killed in Iraq’s Tal Afar

The Iraqi forces killed over 2,000 Islamic State (IS) militants and more than 50 suicide bombers during a major offensive to free Tal Afar area in west of Mosul, officials said. “The IS total casualties in the blitzkrieg during the period from August 20 to 31 were more than 2,000 terrorists and over 50 suicide...

September 3, 2017

Iraqi forces kill 11 IS militants in western province

Iraqi security forces killed 11 Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's western province during an operation, the Iraqi military said on Thursday. The Iraqi army and paramilitary tribal Sunni fighters advanced into the desert of Anbar province and attacked IS posts located some three kilometres outside the IS-held towns of Aana and Rawa, Xinhua reported....

August 10, 2017

5 killed in IS attack in Iraq’s Kirkuk

A total of five people, including four civilians and a policeman, were killed on Tuesday in an attack by the IS militants at a village near Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk. The extremists early in the morning stormed the village of Chragh near the town of Debis, some 40 km west of Kirkuk, and shot dead a...

July 19, 2017

Iraq PM declares liberation of Mosul from IS militants

Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally declared Mosul liberated from the Islamic State (IS) militant group after nine months of fierce fighting to dislodge the extremist militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq. "I declare to the whole world the end, failure and collapse of Daesh state, the state of (IS group) terrorism,...

July 11, 2017

Egypt airstrikes kill 12 Islamic State militants

Egyptian military airstrikes killed 12 militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Egypt's North Sinai province, the military spokesman said in a statement. "Based on confirmed intelligence information on a gathering of members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group in North Sinai, the airstrikes targeted their terror den, killing 12 highly dangerous leading...

June 20, 2017

45 IS militants killed in Syria

At least 45 Islamic State militants were killed in the Syrian city of al-Raqqa, a UK-based war monitor reported on Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that most of the militants were killed in airstrikes carried out by the US-led international coalition, reports Efe news. The international coalition backs the Syrian Democratic Forces...

June 20, 2017

89 IS gunmen killed during Philippine urban battle: Military

Philippine security forces have killed 89 Islamist militants during more than a week of fighting in a southern city but the gunmen are still offering strong resistance and holding hostages, the military said on Wednesday. Fighter helicopters fired rockets repeatedly on Wednesday morning into the pockets of Marawi where the militants were hiding among trapped residents, according...

May 31, 2017