4 month agoIS-Somalia claims it targeted a police vehicle in Karaan, Mogadishu yesterday with an IED causing 6 casualties:
The International Coalition: We look forward to continuing military talks with our Iraqi partners on Sunday and discussing the transitional phase of our mission
Iran’s foreign minister departed for Beirut, Lebanon, to meet a number of Lebanese officials and the resistance front leaders
An Iraqi military spokesman: What the international coalition is doing is pushing the government more than ever before to finish its mission
An Iraqi military spokesman: The international coalition completely exceeds the reasons and purposes for which it was found on our land
4 month agoNight raid by IS-West Africa on a Nigerian police barracks in Gajiram, Borno:
The Iraqi Parliament: The international coalition forces are now threatening the security, stability and sovereignty of Iraq and must be removed immediately
The Iraqi Presidency: U.S. attacks will undermine the chances of success of the ongoing negotiations with the international coalition
In souther @Syria, ISIS "maintains around 20 active cells totalling 250 to 300 fighters in Dar’a & Suwayda’, some opportunistically collaborating with other armed factions" per @UN report "aims to expand towards the outskirts of Damascus to establish a stronger foothold"
ISIS in Syria also was "able to free some leaders & operatives held in SDF-controlled prisons, intensify recruitment & expand the presence of small mobile cells along the Syrian-Iraqi borders" per @UN report
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announces the arrest of the perpetrator of the attack that targeted a church in Istanbul on Sunday
5 month agoIslamic State claims responsibility for the attack against the Istanbul church, killing a person today. A bit bizarre
5 month agoDaraa: Abu Laith Al-Azizi, a prominent leader of ISIS, was killed in Daraa. His death was confirmed a short while ago in the city of Nawa, west of Daraa
Soldiers kill 2 suspects in Marawi bombing, 6 others in Lanao del Sur
Worrying development in Cabo Delgado: following the withdrawal of the Mozambican army, IS-Mozambique occupies Mucojo, "the first significant settlement to be held by the insurgents since RSF drove them out of Mocímboa da Praia and Mbau in August 2021"
The Islamic Resistance in a statement will not comply with the US and Iraqi negotiations, and will carry on with attacking US forces in Iraq and Syria untill a full coalition forces withdrawal
WSJ: The U.S. secretly warned Iran that Islamic State was preparing to carry out the terrorist attack early this month that killed more than 80 Iranians, U.S. officials said
US Secretary of Defense: Military experts will study the capabilities of the Iraqi forces to advise the Supreme Committee on the most effective development of the coalition mission against ISIS
@SecDef announces the start of talks with the Iraqi government about the future of the U.S.-led mission to defeat ISIS.These talks have been expected since August, but come at a possible inflection point as regional tensions heat up
Reuters: Washington and Baghdad are about to begin talks on the future of the American military presence in Iraq
The Coniko gas field base in the Deir ez-Zor countryside, northeastern Syria, was targeted with two missiles without exploding, and the coalition forces respond with artillery shelling.
5 month agoISIS member killed in a clash with Asayish in Manbij yesterday.
Several ISIS-affiliated “militants” have been arrested in Iran, according to the Intelligence Ministry, in connections with a recent twin bombing that killed nearly 100 people
5 month agoIran: The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence is on the lookout for a suspected ISKP operative, identified as Adil Panjsheri, who was allegedly involved in the planning of the Kerman suicide bombings. It is believed that he is hiding somewhere in an area west of Tehran
One of the most popular initial pro-ISIS Twitter handles/online recruiters from 2014, @ ShamiWitness, who turned out to be an MNC employee based in Bengaluru named Mehdi Biswas is finally convicted 10 years after his arrest
Iranian Foreign Minister: Tehran will respond forcefully to any attack that threatens its national security
Reuters: Biden describes the Yemeni Houthi group as a terrorist organization
Pro-Assad forces Air Force bombers continue their raids on the dens and movements of ISIS groups in the Syrian desert.
Blast Hits Western Kabul. An explosion was heard in Kabul's western Dasht-e-Barchi area on Thursday afternoon, January 11, local sources said. According to eyewitnesses, the blast took place near a bustling business center, Barchi Business Center. Casualties feared
5 month agoISIS in Mozambique burned a Christian village in Cabo Delgado province
