2 month agoFrance Parly announces the withdrawal of the Cesar guns from Iraq after the fall of Baghuz
Shelling reported on Al Taji base in Northern Baghdad
Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft conducted an air strike at Wadi Ashai, Iraq, in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve on April 30. This strike marked the F-35A's first combat employment
IS claimed one attack north of Raqqa today
2 month agoIS showed destroyed trucks and dead soldiers after ambush on SAA patrol in Homs desert.
2 month agoISIS claim IED attack targeting military vehicle near al-Arish, North Sinai
2 month agoIraq deals "major blow" to ISIS sleeper cells in Wadi Ashai area of the Hamrin Mountain range in the north with coalition help @CJTFOIR says ops on Apr 24 destroyed "tunnel systems, buildings, caves, and command and control positions" and killed some ISIS fighters
U.S. President Donald Trump slams European countries for 'refusing to take back' former ISIS fighters. Trump says 1,800 ISIS members are being held by U.S.-backed forces in Syria and 'decisions are being made as to what to do with these dangerous prisoners.'
Diyala police directorate on Tuesday announced the arrest of 8 suspects including 2 terror suspects in operations in different parts of the province.
Sri Lanka Cabinet ministers say intelligence warns of more suicide attacks by group behind Easter Sunday bombings.
2 month agoNigeria: ISIS claims killing and injuring 33 African Coalition Forces in Borno
Iraqi Prime Minister: ISIS capabilities have diminished but still pose a threat
Two people were injured when a roadside bomb targeted a traffic police vehicle in al-Arbaeen Street in Idlib, Syria
Sri Lankan President: If we were aware of the Easter attacks, we would take precautionary measures to avoid the tragedy
2 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.
2 month agoIt's propaganda
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,
2 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.
