Four people accused of involvement in a Moscow concert hall massacre were remanded in custody on Sunday, as Russia observed a national day of mourning following the attack claimed by Islamic State. According to Moscow's Basmanny District Court, all four suspects have been charged with terrorism and could face life in prison. His custody is…
Russian officials have called it a “terrorist attack” but have not commented on Islamic State's claims. According to Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations, about 107 people were still in hospital as of Saturday morning. Russian Telegram channels including Baza, which is close to the security services, and a lawmaker said some of the suspects were…
Government forces control rural areas in the south and east of Raqa province, while Kurdish fighters control the rest. The city of Raqqa was the center of the IS group’s brutal “caliphate” until they were ousted from power in 2017. Last week, IS announced the death of its leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi, whom it…
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor of the more than a decade-old conflict in Syria, said Jabouri was killed in a US drone strike in the northwestern Idlib region, an area controlled by jihadists. It said that he was killed while talking on the telephone as he was walking in the open…
Begum is currently being held in a detention camp in north-eastern Syria. Announcing the tribunal’s decision, Judge Robert Jay said there was a “credible suspicion” that Begum had been taken to Syria for the purposes of “sexual exploitation”, but that the suspicion was insufficient for her appeal to succeed. Begum’s case has been the subject…
A British-born woman who traveled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State has lost her latest appeal against the removal of her UK citizenship, with a judge ruling she was a possible trafficker. There were insufficient grounds to restore his citizenship. The British government revoked Shamima Begum’s British citizenship in 2019 on national…
In a preliminary hearing on a writ regarding this torture on Thursday, a High Court bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Razik Al-Jalil issued a judgment with directions. The court’s directions also asked for setting up of a three-member inquiry committee to look into the incident and measures for Sanjeeda and Tabassum not to…
The monitors said IS was taking advantage of the annual harvest of the desert fungus delicacy, which typically runs from February to April, to carry out attacks in remote locations. The IS group did not immediately claim the attack through its normal channels. Syrian state media on Friday reported 53 dead after the attack on…
A Taliban spokesman said on Thursday that eight people were killed and seven were arrested in raids on Islamic State militant group hideouts in Afghanistan. Describing Wednesday’s raid, spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Twitter: “These members had a key role in the attack on the Chinese hotel and paved the way for foreign ISKP members…
Islamic State claims bomb attack on Iraqi police near Kirkuk
At least eight Iraqi federal policemen were killed in a bomb attack on their convoy southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Sunday, two security sources told Reuters. The source said the explosion occurred near the village of Safra, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, seriously wounding two other policemen. No one…
Wang said, “China demands that the Afghan side spare no effort in the search and rescue of Chinese people, launch a comprehensive investigation, strictly punish the attackers, and firmly strengthen the security of Chinese citizens and organizations in Afghanistan.” Do.” Wang said that in view of the security situation in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Foreign…
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashmi al-Qureshi, the leader of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, was killed in fighting, its spokesman said in an audio message posted on an affiliated Telegram channel. He added that the group has chosen Abu al-Hussein al-Husayni al-Qurayshi to replace him. The spokesman said that Abu al-Hasan al-Hashmi al-Qurayshi was killed “fighting…