4 month agoISIS claims 1st attack in Bangladesh since Mar. 2017, detonating IED on police in the capital Dhaka - wounding 3 (in line w media ). Comes just days after a week of deadly attacks in Sri Lanka indicating growing threat of IS in South Asia
US special envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey: ISIS has global capabilities and continues to pose a threat
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At the conclusion of the new ISIS video, as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi looks through reports on monthly activities in areas of ISIS operations, covers show "Central Africa Province," which was announced on April 18, and "Turkey Province," which has yet to be declared.
Al Baghdadi also mentions the fall of the presidents of Algeria and Sudan.
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Baghdadi also accepts pledges from Burkina Faso and Mali, directly mentioning Abu Walid al-Sahrawi and praising him and his attacks against French forces and their allies. This marks ISIS' most significant endorsement/embrace of Sahrawi to date.
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In the video, titled "In the Hospitality of the Emir of the Believers," Baghdadi praises Sri Lanka attackers over images of the attackers/attack (though not in the visual interview section; the audio may have thus been added a later recording)-calling it revenge for Baghouz
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IS chief Baghdadi appears for first time in five years: propaganda video
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ISIS leader al-Baghdadi appears in a video for first time in five years, suggesting that he survived caliphate's territorial defeat
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EI Baghdadi in his first appearance since 2014 in Mosul, the dyed beard, begins his interview with the Battle of Baghouz by evoking the different commanders and their different origins,
4 month agoReporting about Baghdadi that he was slim and ailing (recurrent in captured commanders' testimonies, who claimed to have met him) were inaccurate
Pompeo: We will continue to defeat ISIS in Afghanistan or South Asia and everywhere
The four detainees in France have confessed their support to ISIS
1 of the fighters from Brigade 88 was injured after hitting an IED during the clashes with the ISIS cell
SWAT truck hit an IED near Rashad that left 3 officers injured and one of the PMUs is clashing with an ISIS cell on Hamrin.
Paris: Several people (likely four men), including a 15 year-old that was previously sentenced for trying to join Islamic State in Syria, have been arrested on suspicion they were preparing an attack possibly targeting French security forces soon
A bus from the TKF transport company, linking the Toma-Ouagadougou, was attacked by gunmen on Monday morning. Casualties toll is still unknown.
Sri Lanka's president appoints new defense minister
5 killed, including a priest in an attack on a church in Burkina Faso
There was a loud explosion in the city of Raqqa, in conjunction with the flight of the coalition aircraft in the skies of the city
Nigeria: ISWAP claimed responsibility for the attack on Sabon Gari village, near Biu, in Borno State yesterday that killed at least 10 soldiers. Also released image of seized armored vehicle.
Brigades 56 and 88 of the PMF launched a massive search on Hamrin in the part of the range that separates Salahuddin from Kirkuk in efforts to eliminate the remaining ISIS cells.
4 month agoAlFurqan, the main IS media, announces a video to come
4 month agoISIS published additional suicide attack picture after police raid, claiming that three ISIS militants clashed with security forces before detonating their suicide belts.
Several members of the pro-Assad forces were killed as a result of being ambushed by ISIS in El-Sokhna desert
4 month agoE. Syria: visual confirmation ISIS ambushed government convoy earlier this month (17-19th April) E. of Sukhnah (E. Homs) and seized all the vehicles.
President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena, in terms of powers vested in him as the under Emergency Regulations No.01 of 2019, has taken steps to ban the organizations National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI) in Sri Lanka after Easter blasts.
Negombo deputy mayor Mohamad Ansar (UPFA) arrested with swords and suspicious items - Police spokesman confirms
A car bomb exploded in front of the restaurant of Beit al-Karm in the city of Dana in the northern countryside of Idlib.
Two ISIS suicide bombers (with explosive belt) were killed by local police in East bank of Mosul before blowing themselves.
Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkarskaya Republic: Russian FSB has detained suspected ISIS member, plotting an attack using IED
