Tag: #IS
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Tanzania hit by recent IS attack near Mozambique border: Police
Dar es Salaam, Oct 22 (AFP/APP):Tanzanian police have said that about 300 militants launched a cross-border attack from Mozambique last week, confirming an earlier claim by the Islamic State group. “It’s true that about 300 terrorists from Mozambique attacked our station at Kitaya in (southern) Mtwara last week and killed some people,” said police chief…
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Turkey to arrest 82 including mayor over pro-Kurdish protests
Ankara, Sept 25 (AFP/APP):Turkish authorities on Friday issued arrest warrants for 82 people, including a mayor, over pro-Kurdish protests six years ago, officials and local media said. The warrants relate to October 2014 protests in Turkey sparked by the seizure by Islamic State (IS) jihadists of the mainly Kurdish Syrian town of Kobane. Police were…
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Bulgarian imam jailed for Islamic State support
Sofia, Dec 11 (AFP/APP): A Bulgarian imam was jailed for eight and a half years on Tuesday for spreading the ideas of the Islamic State group and propagating hatred and war on religious grounds. The regional court in the southern city of Pazardzhik also handed down lesser sentences to 13 followers of imam Ahmed Moussa…
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France weighs troop pullout from Syria
France may have no choice but to pull its troops from Syria after the withdrawal of US Forces
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U.S. airstrikes kills 7 IS militants in Southern Libya
TRIPOLI, Oct 1 (XINHUA/APP):The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on Monday it carried out an airstrike that killed Islamic State (IS) militants in southern Libya, in coordination with the UN-backed government. “In coordination with the Libyan Government of National Accord, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Libya terrorists in southern Libya, September 29, 2019,”…