Tag: #Daesh
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Turkish security forces arrest 9 Daesh/ISIS suspects
ANKARA, Nov 28 (AA/APP):Police in the Turkish capital Ankara arrested nine foreign nationals for their suspected links to Daesh/ISIS terror group, according to information obtained by Anadolu Agency on Thursday. The suspects, who were rounded up in simultaneous operations in Ankara, were also thought to have connections with terrorists in conflict zones, the source added.…
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UN investigative team for IS crimes in Iraq fully operational
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (XINHUA/APP):The UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State (UNITAD) is fully operational, according to Karim Khan, the head of UNITAD. The team now has 107 members, compared with only five when it was first deployed in Iraq, Khan told the Security Council in a briefing on…
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Turkey detains French women allegedly linked to Daesh
ADANA,TURKEY Nov 26 (AA/APP):Turkish anti-terror police teams arrested a French woman who was allegedly trying to join Daesh/ISIS terror group in southern Adana province, according to security sources on Tuesday. Anissa L., 21, who reportedly flew from France to Istanbul and then arrived in Adana province by bus, was rounded up in an operation into…
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Iran says death of IS leader should end “U.S. intervention in Middle East”
TEHRAN, Oct 28 (XINHUA/APP):”The death of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi should end U.S. interventions in the Middle East,” Iran’s government Spokesman Ali Rabiee was quoted as saying by Press TV on Monday. “Washington’s policies are the main reason for the proliferation of terror outfits in the region,” Rabiee said. He also said…
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Trump confirms death of Islamic State group chief Baghdadi in US raid
Washington, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump said Sunday that the Islamic State group’s elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed, dying “like a dog” in a daring nighttime raid by US special forces in northwest Syria. Trump told the nation in a televised White House address that a “large number” of IS militants…
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Helicopter fire on IS-linked fighters
Beirut, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): Helicopter gunfire early Sunday killed nine people near a northwestern Syrian village where “groups linked to the Islamic State group” were present, said a Britain-based war monitor with sources inside Syria. The helicopters targeted a home and a car on the outskirts of the village of Barisha in the northwestern province…
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ISIS/Da’esh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in Syria: US Media reports
NEW YORK, Oct 27 (APP): A “high value” target believed to be ISIS/Da’esh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a United States (US) raid in Syria Saturday, according to news reports. US Defence Department officials told the White House Saturday it had “great confidence” that Baghdadi was killed in the raid, Newsweek reported, citing…