Iraq forces poised for Mosul airport assault
Iraqi forces readied on Wednesday for an assault on Mosul airport after blitzing jihadist positions in a renewed offensive to retake the Islamic State group's emblematic stronghold.
Feb 22, 2017, 20:40 PM IST
Iraqi forces battle their way toward Mosul airport
Up to 400,000 civilians could be displaced by the offensive as residents of western Mosul suffer food and fuel shortages and markets are closed.
Feb 20, 2017, 13:56 PM IST
24 civilians killed in bombing on Syria town: Monitor
Al-Bab is IS`s final stronghold in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo.
Feb 16, 2017, 14:48 PM IST
ISIS continues to recruit from Af-Pak border region: UN report
The ISIS continues to recruit from the restive Af-Pak border region even as the terror outfit is struggling financially in Afghanistan and has resorted to extortion, according to a UN report.
Feb 10, 2017, 12:35 PM IST
Donald Trump calls Recep Tayyip Erdogan, says Turkey strategic partner and NATO ally
Trump also spoke with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain to reaffirm the strong bilateral partnership across a range of mutual interests, the White House said.
Feb 08, 2017, 08:57 AM IST
Saudi Arabia deports 39,000 Pakistanis in 4 months: Report
Some 39,000 Pakistani nationals have been deported from Saudi Arabia in the past four months for visa violations even as a top security official has ordered a "thorough scrutiny" of Pakistanis allowed in to the Kingdom amid concern that some of them could be ISIS sympathisers.
Feb 07, 2017, 20:42 PM IST
Top Islamist militant wounded in Philippines: Minister
A top leader of an Islamic militant group who is on the United States` list of "Most Wanted Terrorists" has been wounded in military airstrikes, the Philippine defence minister said Saturday.
Jan 28, 2017, 13:10 PM IST
Indonesia Islamic State suspect was Finance Ministry official
Hundreds of radicals from Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, have flocked to the Middle East to fight with the Islamic State.
Jan 27, 2017, 13:10 PM IST
Indonesia holds IS-linked group deported from Turkey
The emergence of the Islamic State has provided a potent new rallying cry for radicals in Indonesia, which has long struggled with Islamic militancy.
US air strike in Syria kills more than 100 al Qaeda members: Defense official
The strike took place just a day before the end of President Barack Obama`s presidency.
Jan 21, 2017, 00:28 AM IST
Osama bin Laden documents: Worry over Islamic State tactics, `ageing` al Qaeda
Months before his death, Osama bin Laden fretted about the Islamic State group`s impatient, violent tactics and the fading of al Qaeda, documents released by the CIA Thursday showed.
Jan 20, 2017, 09:19 AM IST
Most Islamic State commanders in Mosul already killed, Iraqi general says
Most Islamic State (IS) commanders in Mosul have been killed in battles with Iraqi government forces that raged over the past three months in the eastern side of the city, an Iraqi general said on Thursday.
Jan 19, 2017, 21:37 PM IST
Iraq forces battle last Islamic State pockets in east Mosul
Iraqi forces on Thursday battled jihadist holdouts in the last pockets of east Mosul still held by fighters from the Islamic State group, a top commander said.
Jan 19, 2017, 14:30 PM IST
US congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard makes secret Syria trip
A US congresswoman made a rare secret visit to Syria as part of her effort toward ending the years-long conflict in the Middle Eastern nation, her office said on Wednesday.
Jan 18, 2017, 21:42 PM IST
Russia says teams up with Turkey for first time to bomb Syrian militants
Russia said its war planes had joined forces with Turkish jets for the first time on Wednesday to target Islamic State militants holding the town of al-Bab in northern Syria, evidence of increasingly close cooperation between Moscow and Ankara.
Jan 18, 2017, 21:25 PM IST
Islamic State lights smokescreen against regime raids in east Syria: Monitor
Fierce clashes gripped the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on Wednesday, a monitor said, as the Islamic State group set tyres ablaze to create a smokescreen from regime warplanes.
Jan 18, 2017, 15:36 PM IST
Orlando nightclub gunman's wife faces charges tied to attack
The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman has been charged with helping her husband in the months leading up to the June massacre that left 49 people dead, according to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
Jan 17, 2017, 23:17 PM IST
NIA arrests another member of Hyderabad IS terror module
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested one more accused in Hyderabad IS conspiracy case.
Jan 17, 2017, 22:56 PM IST
Islamic State assault halts WFP aid drops in Syria`s Deir Ezzor
More than 310,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government protests that were met with a regime crackdown.
Jan 17, 2017, 17:24 PM IST
Iraqi forces reach second Mosul bridge, enter university complex: Military
Iraqi special forces stormed the Mosul University complex in the city`s northeast on Friday and pushed Islamic State further back to reach another bridge across the Tigris river, the military said.
Jan 13, 2017, 20:26 PM IST
