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Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Turkish authorities have detained the leader of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) Abu Bakr Baghdadi's older sister and her family in northern Syria, media reported, citing senior Turkish official. more
ISIS says Bangladeshi terrorists support their new leader

Dhaka: A media arm of terror group Islamic State has claimed that terrorists from Egypt's Sinai and Bangladesh have pledged allegiance to the new leader of the outfit following the de ...

United Nations unable to verify Baghdadi’s death - Spokesman

United Nations/ Sputnik/UNI: The United Nations cannot verify the credibility of the United States’ statement announcing the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic ...

Islamic State spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir killed

Aleppo: Spokesman of terrorist group Islamic State- Abu Hassan al-Muhajir- has been killed by security forces in Syria.

Iraq detains several IS members who fled from Syria – Defence Minister

Damascus (Sputnik/UNI) Iraqi Defence Minister Najah Hassan Ali Shammari said on Thursday the country's authorities had detained several members of the Islamic State terror group (IS, ...

Military operation in northeast Syria could see unintentional release of ISIL affiliates: UN chief

New York: The ongoing Turkish military incursion in northeast Syria could unintentionally lead to the release of scores of people associated with the terrorist group ISIL, the UN Secretar ...

Five IS militants killed in drone strikes in E Afghanistan

Jalalabad, Afghanistan (Xinhua/UNI) At least five Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in NATO-led coalition drone strikes in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, the pr ...

US airstrike kills 17 IS militants in southwestern Libya

Tripoli (Xinhua/UNI) The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) on Friday said it carried out an airstrike that killed Islamic State (IS) militants in southwestern Libya, in coordination ...

Russian court arrests 9 people for sponsoring IS terrorists in Syria, Iraq - Investigators

Moscow (Sputnik/UNI) A court in Moscow has arrested nine supporters of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) for sponsoring terrorists in Syria and Iraq, an aide to the ...

Afghanistan: Special Forces kill, detain 11 Taliban and ISIS militants

Kabul: The Afghan Special Forces have killed or detained 11 Taliban and Islamic State terrorists while conduction operations in Wardak, Balkh and Nangarhar provinces of the country, media ...