Iraqi authorities expect the long battle for Mosul to end in coming days as remaining Islamic State fighters are bottled up in just a handful of neighborhoods of the Old City, according to Reuters. The seizure of the nearly 850-year-old ...
Read More »U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city
The Philippines military said the United States was providing technical assistance to end the siege of Marawi City by fighters allied to Islamic State, which is now in its third week, but it had no boots on the ground, according ...
Read More »Isis claim responsibility for the Manchester attack that killed 22
At least 22 people were killed and around 60 more were wounded as explosives outside Manchester Arena as Ariana Grande fans left a concert, according to Metro. The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the Manchester bomb attack. Isis ...
Read More »ISIS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack
ISIS group said in a statement the attack on Reina night club in central Istanbul was carried out by “a heroic soldier,” the BBC reports. At least 600 revellers were celebrating in the early hours of Sunday at Istanbul’s Reina ...
Read More »Brussels attacks: Two brothers behind Belgium bombings
Two of the suicide bombers who carried out attacks in Brussels on Tuesday have been named as brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui, Belgian nationals, BBC reports. The federal prosecutor said Brahim was part of the attack at Zaventem airport that ...
Read More »Turkey identified a suicide bomber in Istanbul
Turkish police reports that identified a suicide bomber as Nabil Fadlı born in Saudi Arabia in 1988, who had crossed into Turkey through Syria as asylum seeker and has visited the Zeytinburnu Migration Directorate on January 5, where he gave ...
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