Tag: ISIS

A Taliban attack on a mosque and dining facility at Camp Shaheen outside Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan on Friday claimed the lives of more than 140 Afghan soldiers, with a final death toll still being tallied, prompting Afghanistan’s defense minister and army chief of staff to resign their positions. “2017 is going to be another tough […]

PADANNA, India — The aspiring jihadists began leaving here quietly in May, slipping away in twos and threes to avoid suspicion. By the time their relatives realized they were missing, five families — some with small children — had left their comfortable bungalows and jobs as doctors and businessmen to make the perilous journey to […]

The United States disclosed on Friday a secret military ground operation that killed an Islamic State operative seen as a close associate of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and linked to an attack on a Turkish nightclub that left 39 people dead. Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, who was believed to be from Uzbekistan, was killed during the ground […]

KABUL — Disguised in army uniforms, a group of Taliban insurgents stormed an army base in Afghanistan’s most secure northern Balkh province Friday, killing several dozen soldiers in one of the bloodiest such attacks in years, officials said. There were conflicting reports as to how the guerrillas made their way inside the vast, heavily fortified […]

In his first trip to Saudi Arabia as Secretary of Defense, James Mattis is seeking to shore up relations between the U.S. and the Saudis, while sending Iran a message. Along with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Trump administration is effecting a sort of ‘reboot’ with the Saudis, who had felt continually at odds […]

In a tweet via their Amaq News Agency, Islamic State claimed responsibility for the shooting of three police officers in Paris, France. Three police officers were shot while in their vehicle, one of the officers was killed and the other two were wounded. The identity of the gunman has not been released yet but he was known […]

Paris, France- Two police officers were shot by a gunman on Champs-Élysées, a popular tourist boulevard in the capital. One police officer was killed and the other wounded after the gunman got out of a vehicle and fired at the officers. The gunman’s identity has not been released yet but he reportedly killed himself after shooting the […]

In case you missed it… It is being reported that the MOAB bomb blast actually killed just under 100 ISIS fighters and destroyed many tunnels they were using. The decision to drop the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat was made by the top U.S. commander on the ground, officials told Fox News on […]

Iraqi schoolgirl Manar Mahmoud is eager to resume classes after years of life under Islamic State in Mosul, ignoring the nearby rattle of artillery fire. The 13-year-old is back at her old school in the eastern part of the city, which Iraqi forces recaptured from the Sunni Muslim militants in January. Within earshot, fighting is […]

An attorney who represents some of the biggest names in the al Qaeda terror group has revealed that even they are uncomfortable with the rise of the Islamic State and are “disturbed” by the group’s behavior. In an interview with West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center, Bernard Kleinman talked at length about his time representing clients […]

The military of the Philippines announced this week that the annual “Balikatan” military exercise with the United States will take place. There have been questions over whether the exercises will continue due to President Rodrigo Duerte, who has been critical of the US and wants to distance himself from the American government while courting the […]

Islamic State is talking to al Qaeda about a possible alliance as Iraqi troops close in on IS fighters in Mosul, Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi said in an interview on Monday. Allawi said he got the information on Monday from Iraqi and regional contacts knowledgeable about Iraq. “The discussion has started now,” Allawi said. […]