An explosion was heard near Salam hospital in Raqqa city. No injuries
Violent clashes between a regional force and IS fighters in Baga near Lake Chad killed 25 and at least 40 jihadists killed, two military sources and a militia leader said
Trump on ISIS prisoners in Syria: "We have thousands of ISIS fighters that we want Europe to take, and let's see if they take 'em and if they don't take 'em-we'll probably have to release them to Europe."
1 year agoUS Air Force F-22 Raptors over an "undisclosed location" in the Middle East earlier this week
1 year agoISKP claimed the killing of 5 Taliban militants in Kunar, Afghanistan
1 year agoHasakah: During the campaign in Geweren neighborhood, over 20 ISIS cell militants of Iraqi origin were captured. Huge number of weapons and explosive devices were confiscated in their possession. The operation were carried out by Hasaka military council
Justice Department: Texas man charged with traveling to Syria and Iraq to fight for ISIS. Omer Kuzu, 23, detained by U.S.-backed forces transferred to FBI sent back to Dallas: statement
About 15,000 ISIS fighters still at large in Iraq Syria per @StateDept's Amb Jeffrey, "with a standard deviation of thousands in either direction" "These ppl, we know, travel back and forth south of the Euphrates"
[email protected] counter terrorism coordinator Amb. Sales: "In Africa, ISIS-linked groups are on the rise. ISIS branches and networks span the African continent from east to west and north to south, they've increased the lethality of their attacks, they've expanded into new areas"
Pro-Assad forces launch a search and arrest campaign in the city of Al-Ashara east of Deir ez-Zur
"We will stop our stabilization funding" in Syria "We will turn to our partners" per Amb Jeffrey, though eh says US is continuing with humanitarian aid
1 year agoISIS "still a threat" in Iraq, Syria and globally, per @StateDept's Amb James Jeffrey In Syria, SDF going after remnants of ISIS cells, but terror group still has presence in areas like Idlib
"We need to deny ISIS the ability to radicalize the next generation of fighters" per @StateDept's Sales
ISIS-Khorasan has become "one of the deadliest" ISIS branches in the world, per @StateDept's Sales
Jeffrey: "But that's only where we are. ISIS elements are still very active to the south of the Euphrates, where the government, the Assad government does not have control and in Idlib which is a major terrorist concern, not just for ISIS."
[email protected] says working to revive its counterterror efforts with Sri Lanka, following ISIS-inspired Easter Sunday attack
US Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Amb. Jeffrey on the defeat of ISIS' last territorial bastion: "this removed one important element of ISIS' threat to the international community but not the only one, it is still a threat in this core area of Iraq and Syria"
Jeffrey: "We're working with the Syrian Democratic Forces, our local partner to go after cells that have been left behind, that activity is going on well, we are seeing a diminution of the remaining limited ISIS capabilities in the northeast of the country."
1 year ago@usairforce F-22s refueling in the @CENTCOM region
1 year agoHasakah city, Geweren neighborhood a while ago. Internal security forces and Anti terror-units everywhere.
1 year agoQamishli: With the support of the international coalition aircrafts and Anti-terror units H.A.T, carried out last night an air landing operation in the city Tal-Hamis. An ISIS terrorist cell made of two members were captured
One of the residents of Abu Hamam was shot dead by unknown persons in al-Tiyana village in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour.
Hasake: Anti terror-units and Asayis internal security force has captured a ISIS terror cell in Geweren neighborhood of Hasakah city, which is responsible for a number of Terror attacks. At least 90-100 ISIS-suspects arrested from the midnight raid in Hasake city.
Last night in Hasakah as part of raids, pro government forces were apparently arrested in Gweiran district of the city
1 year agoIn Jouza, near Tel Hamis, a civilian reported a strange object to the Asayîş. They found that it was a mine weighing about 5kg. It was disarmed and destroyed in a safe place
Deir ez-Zur Eastern countryside: Muhsin al-Buh (old man) was killed by the gunfire of unknown gunmen who used a motorcycle in the town of Al-Tiyana
1 year agoSecond video from the same mountain region in Kunar showing more Taliban fighters gathered on the battlefront against ISKP.
Fierce clashes between a regional force and Daesh-affiliated fighters in northeast Nigeria leave 25 soldiers and at least 40 militants dead – AFP citing military sources
Explosive device detonated in the building of the electricity company in Tabqa city
4 members of the security forces in Iraqi Kurdistan lost their lives and 2 civilians were injured in an ISIS attack at the checkpoint in Garmiyan
The US has repatriated another US citizen (a US-Turkish dual national) and alleged ISIS fighter back to US soil from SDF-detention in Syria
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces still hold over 2,000 foreign ISIS fighters from 50+ countries, including several hundred Europeans
An improvised explosive device (IED) targeted SDF in the village of Khirbat al-Bn in northern Al-Hasakah countryside
[email protected] says "Coalition and partner forces continue to target Daesh remnants and facilitation nodes following the end of their physical territory on March 23, and we remain focused throughout northeast Syria on the enduring defeat of Daesh." Nothing on alleged Qamishli strike
1 year agoIED of IS against an MRAP of the army at an entrance to Rafah
Aden: The first explosion was a car bomb and targeted a police station in the center of the city
ISIS is Attacking Iranian And government Positions at the vicinity of Al-Bukamal
Abu Kamal: Heavy clashes and shelling can be heard from Baghuz Fawqani in Abu-Kamal, ISIS is launching heavy attacks on SAA positions in Abu-Kamal.
