Islamic State

Islamic State says Bengal affiliate planted Dhaka bombs

In the third incident in Bangladesh in three months, ISIS claimed its fighters were responsible for two bombs targeting police in Dhaka

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Families of ISIS adherents to sue Australia over repatriation

Australia faces a lawsuit aimed at forcing the government to repatriate Islamic State fighters' wives and children from a Syrian refugee camp

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No prior ISIS link to Sri Lanka Easter attackers, investigator says

The Easter attacks in Sri Lanka were carried out by local islamists inspired by but not linked to Islamic State, a top investigator claimed

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American ISIS ‘sniper’ charged in US after transfer from SDF custody in Syria

An American who was allegedly an ISIS sniper has been charged in New York after being captured in Syria and repatriated to the US

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Nigeria: Islamic State fighters attack Jakana military base after deadly ambush

Islamic State militants attacked a military base in Jakana town in Nigeria's Borno state after killing six soldiers in an ambush on their vehicle nearby

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Seven Niger Tuareg leaders killed by Islamic State since April

Islamic State insurgents have killed seven leaders of the Tuareg ethnic group in southwestern Niger in less than three months

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Islamic State Turkey province video claims new wilayah in old turf

ISIS released a propaganda video from ‘Wilayah Turkey,’ showing a small group of militants pledging bayah, or allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The eighth in the “And the best outcome is for the righteous” series, the video is the first from this new province, but ISIS already has a complex presence in Turkey. The five-minute long video released on July 10 is typical of earlier bayah videos. It features three militants sitting in front of what appears to be a handmade, large black standard commonly used by ISIS. They are joined by two more when making the pledge of allegiance while a sixth presumably operates the shaking camera. The speaker is identified as Abu Qatada at-Turki, and he reaffirms the militants’ allegiance to Baghdadi while also threatening Turkey and America. A weapons researcher known as Calibre Obscura noted that the militants appear well-armed in comparison to fighters seen in other videos in this series. A Draganov sniper rifle, a PKM machine gun, an RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher, two AKMS assault rifles, a Glock pistol, and some grenades appear throughout. Islamic State in Turkey The “And the best outcome is for the righteous” video series has included ISIS militants …

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Syria: Bomb explodes outside church in Qamishli Christian neighborhood

A car bomb detonated near a church in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeast Syria, wounding almost a dozen people

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Islamic State claims ISWAP repelled Nigeria military in Damboa LGA

ISIS claimed ISWAP fighters fought off a Nigerian military assault in the Damboa area of Borno state

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Nigeria civilians killed in Gajigana airstrike targeting ISWAP

At least 13 civilians were reported killed in an air raid as the Nigerian military repelled an ISWAP assault in Gajigana in Borno state

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