Tag: Syria and Iraq

Isis offers Dollar 1million reward for murder on Female Kurdish Fighter

Isis offers Dollar 1million reward for murder on Female Kurdish Fighter

Isis has reportedly offered a $1 million reward for the killing of a Kurdish-Danish woman who dropped out of university in 2014 to fight the extremist group in Syria and Iraq. Joanna Palani, 23, is currently behind bars and facing trial in Copenhagen for leaving the country after a 12-month travel ban imposed in June […]

December 20, 2016 | By | Reply More
Gunmen kill 3 Pakistani paramilitary troops in Quetta

Gunmen kill 3 Pakistani paramilitary troops in Quetta

Oct 14, – The officers were on guard duty when they were attacked, according to Wasay Khan, a spokesman for the Frontier Corps. Two died at the scene, while the third succumbed to his wounds at a hospital, the spokesman added. Gunmen riding on motorcycles in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta shot and killed […]

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UK teen girl who went to IS area of Syria reported killed

UK teen girl who went to IS area of Syria reported killed

Aug 12, – Tasnime Akunjee told the BBC that Kadiza Sultana’s family had been told that she died in the IS stronghold of Raqqa several weeks ago. He said the family was “devastated.” One of three London schoolgirls who traveled to an area controlled by the Islamic State group in Syria to become “jihadi brides” […]

August 12, 2016 | By | Reply More
34 Libya pro-govt fighters dead in clashes with IS

34 Libya pro-govt fighters dead in clashes with IS

Jun 21, – It was one of bloodiest days since forces loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) launched an offensive in May to retake Sirte from IS. At least 34 Libyan pro-government forces were killed Tuesday and 100 wounded in clashes with Islamic State group jihadists as they prepared for a final […]

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Libya unity forces in street battles with IS in Sirte

Libya unity forces in street battles with IS in Sirte

Jun 10, – The loss of Sirte, the hometown of ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi, would be a major blow to IS at a time when it is under mounting pressure in Syria and Iraq. Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government fought street battles with the Islamic State group on Friday as they pressed an offensive […]

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Car bomb targeting police kills 11, wounds 36 in Istanbul

Car bomb targeting police kills 11, wounds 36 in Istanbul

Jun 08, – The car was detonated as police buses passed, Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin told reporters, in the fourth major bombing in Turkey’s biggest city this year. A car bomb ripped through a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 near the main […]

June 7, 2016 | By | Reply More
IS blasts in Syria regime heartland kill more than 148

IS blasts in Syria regime heartland kill more than 148

May 23, – Seven near-simultaneous explosions targeted bus stations, hospitals and other civilian sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus, which until now had been relatively insulated from Syria’s five-year civil war. More than 148 people were killed Monday in bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria, the deadliest attacks […]

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Islamic State militants claim bomb attack in Libyan capital

Islamic State militants claim bomb attack in Libyan capital

Mar 12, – A bomb placed under a police car close to the Foreign Ministry in central Tripoli caused damage, local security spokesman Essam Naas said, and one officer was slightly wounded. Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a police station in the Libyan capital on Thursday in a statement posted […]

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