Tag: Islamic State
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UN Peacebuilding Commission condemns terror attacks in Sri Lanka
The UN Peacebuilding Commission "condemns in the strongest terms" the series of "heinous and cowardly" terrorist attacks committed on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka
April 24, 2019 -
Sri Lanka’s President announces security shakeup
Sri Lanka's President said on Tuesday that he would move quickly to restructure country's intelligence and security apparatus in response to a failure to act on warnings received ahead of the Easter Sunday attacks.
April 24, 2019 -
Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka blasts
The group made its claim through the AMAQ news agency, which is the official mouthpiece of the terror organisation.
April 23, 2019 -
IS claims responsibility for attack in Pakistan’s Quetta
Shortly after the attack, the Hazara community members including women and children staged a sit-in which continued on Saturday, demanding better security measures from the government.
April 14, 2019 -
Donald Trump promises announcement on end of IS ‘caliphate’ within ’24 hours’
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have been closing in on holdout jihadists since September last year and a few hundred surviving IS members are now boxed into an area of around 1 square kilometre
February 15, 2019 -
No specific link between ISIS-influenced ISJK and groups in Iraq, Syria: Minister
While seven local youths had been earlier reported to have joined ISJK through self-proclamation, only one of them is currently active in the Valley, Hansraj Ahir tells Lok Sabha
February 12, 2019 -
US troops pullout from Syria likely to begin in weeks, says Pentagon commander
The US-led multinational coalition has been engaged in an operation to drive out the Islamic State (IS) militants from their last stronghold in the eastern Euphrates region in eastern Syria.
February 11, 2019 -
Central govt declares SIMI ‘unlawful’, bans it for 5 years over national security threat
The SIMI was established on April 25, 1977, in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh, and the organisation allegedly works on the agenda of liberating India by converting it into an Islamic state.
February 2, 2019 -
Filipino Muslims vote in referendum on autonomous region
Muslims in the southern Philippines voted Monday in a referendum on a new autonomous region that seeks to end nearly half a century of unrest, in what their leaders are touting as the best alternative to a new wave of Islamic State group-inspired militants.
January 21, 2019 -
New IS module case: Arms supplier arrested in UP
Naeem, who was wanted by the NIA, was handed over to the counter-terrorism agency
January 4, 2019 -
Hackers hijacking inactive Twitter accounts to spread IS propaganda: Report
Report says hackers are exploiting Twitter's legacy lack of email confirmation to take control of the dormant accounts that had been inactive for years
January 3, 2019 -
Jammu and Kashmir: DGP rules out large presence of ISIS in Kashmir
Director General of Police (DGP) of J&K, Dilbagh Singh, on Wednesday ruled out large presence of Islamic State (IS) terror group in Jammu and Kashmir but claimed that the youth was being ‘radicalised’ through its ideology.
January 2, 2019 -
Islamic State ideology used to radicalize Kashmiri youth: Police
Some elements are making serious efforts to radicalize a section of the youth to the extent possible.
January 2, 2019 -
ISIS Trumped?
In the week of jollity around the world, Wednesday’s announcement by the US President signifies an abrupt change in policy that was unveiled six months ago, notably with three objectives ~ to retain US forces in Syria, to endure the “enduring defeat of ISIS”, and act as a bulwark against Iranian influence.
December 22, 2018 -
Netanyahu, Trump discuss Iranian military’s presence in Syria
Netanyahu vowed to "act very aggressively against Iran's attempts to establish itself in Syria" saying Israel has the backing of the White House in its actions against the Islamic Republic
December 21, 2018 -
Difference narrows
It is the “strength” of public support that is the power behind every bullet the soldier fires. Loose talk, catering to a limited audience, can ultimately prove enfeebling. Can the nation afford that?
December 2, 2018 -
Butchery in Iran
In death, four-year-old Mohammad-Taha Eghdami, whose photograph went viral in Iran over the weekend, symbolises the calculated malevolence that drove terrorists to attack a military parade, killing 29 people, including conscripts and children. Crucially enough, the parade had been organised to mark the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. …
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September 25, 2018