4 month agoAmaq News Agency, Islamic State's auxiliary media wing, has published a video showing Zahran Hashim and 7 others pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Sometimes referred to as "Moulvi" for his prolific sermons, Zahran reportedly blown himself up at the Shangri-La Hotel.
4 month agoISIS' Amaq agency issues video showing Sri Lanka attackers pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Russian FSB detained 5 suspected ISIS members in Grozny and Kaspiysk, cell has planned an attacks against police
4 month agoISIS has issued an official statement with additional details, claiming responsibility for the Sr iLanka attacks. It names 7 individuals (using kunyas), it says were responsible: Abu Obaida, Abu Mokhtar, Abu Khalil, Abu Hamza, Abu al-Bara, Abu Mohammed, Abu Abdullah
4 month agoThe Islamic State claimed Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka
Investigations point to a thwarted plot to target a fourth hotel in Sri Lanka last Sunday
Iraqi Counter-terrorism service arrests 4 militants in 2 operations in Baghdad and Mosul.
Sri Lanka's defense minister: Two local extremist groups, including the Tawhid group, were behind Sunday's bombings
Sri Lankan defense minister: Investigation shows that the bombings were in response to the Christchurch attack
4 month agoMorocco- footage @2MInteractive of an arrest of a 6 member ISIS-linked cell by DGST/BCIJ in Salé, just north of Rabat. Footage is likely staged/reenacted (or extremely poor tactical behavior) considering the cameramen's placement.
4 month agoCCTV footage has emerged of a suspected suicide bomber entering St Sebastian's Church in Sri Lanka moments before an explosion
Two explosions rock the perimeter of Deir ez-Zur military airport
4 month agoEastern Deir-ez-Zur countryside: clashes and sounds of violent explosions in the town of Sayyal under the control of the Assad government in conjunction with the launch of light bombs over the perimeter of the town.
Clashes between pro-Assad forces and ISIS in the village of Sayal near the town of Qulah in the countryside of the city of Al Buqamal, accompanied by the sounds of violent explosions.
4 month agoIS militants claim raid on Masa'ada village in western Ba'aj to target Iraqi Tribal Hashd militia, leading to the latter fleeing and the militants blowing up 2 houses, 1 belonging to the village mukhtar and the other of a "spy"
Three civilians killed and two injured by mine explosion in Raqqa city.
New counter-Daesh campaign started in Syrian desert from the two axes in the desert of Suweida and Deir ez-Zur.
A woman, two children and five members of the "Syrian Democratic Forces" were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the town of Dhiban, east of Deir al-Zour.
A State Department official confirms at least 4 U.S. citizens were killed in the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka.
4 month agoThe Foreign Relations Authority in the self-administration of northern and eastern Syria, handed over five Sudanese children to the Sudanese authorities at a press conference in Qamishli
4 month agoEarlier today, ISIS-linked chat groups distributed pics allegedly of "the commando brothers in Sri Lanka," noting the ISIS-affiliated banner behind them. The source of the pictures is unclear, though they were not issued through official ISIS outlets.
An unknown explosion reported on the street in the town of Thiban, the eastern Deir Ez-Zor
The initial intelligence indications are the group responsible for the attacks in Sri Lanka was inspired by ISIS, a US official directly familiar with the initial US assessment tells @barbarastarrcnn. The official said at least four US citizens killed.
4 month agoExplosion in Manbij on the road to the silos with only material damage.
4 month agoIraq - Government forces - army and Counterterrorist units are carring out an mopping up opperation against ISIS cells near Hawija Iraqi forces are divided in two segments, blocking possible escape routes for jihadists. Results of the ops will be published later
SDF launched raids and searches of IDP camps on the outskirts of Hawaij Diab village in the western countryside of Deir al-Ghazur.
Sri Lanka says deadly Easter Sunday bombings in Colombo were carried out by the local jihadist group National Thowheed Jamath
4 month agoAsayish arrest two suspects in coordinated operation with federal forces
4 month agoLibya: Islamic State branch in Fezzan released series of photos and short video of an ambush against Haftar forces near Sabha, Southwest Libya.
'Amaq Reports IS' Responsibility for Armed Assault Near Saudi Capital
