The Pentagon said the September pullout fulfils a 2024 agreement with Baghdad. American troop levels, once above 170,000 during the Iraq war, have steadily declined to a small advisory force ahead of the final withdrawal.
The video, which has gone viral on social media, features Manna — accused of recruiting youth for the Islamic State — enjoying facilities prohibited for prisoners booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Bangladesh on Saturday sought the identities and case details of 36 Bangladeshi nationals recently arrested in Malaysia for their involvement in a radical movement and bringing extremist beliefs based on the Islamic State (IS) ideology into the Southeast Asian country.
Five Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said on Saturday.
Four Islamic State (IS) militants, including a senior group member, were killed in an airstrike on their hideout in Salahudin province, north of Baghdad
Investigations by NIA revealed that Islamic State is trying to spread its tentacles in India through continuous propaganda online.
The US Embassy in Kabul sent out an alert early Thursday, asking US citizens not to travel to the airport "because of security threats outside the gates", The New York Post reported.
The attack resulted in the killing and wounding of some security forces, the statement added, without giving further details.
The security situation in Iraq has been improving since security forces fully defeated the IS militants across the country late in 2017.
This was demonstrated by an attack in Mozambique during the weekend in which more than 55 security forces were killed, the envoy said.
