Tag: ISIS terrorist group

French Army Says It Has Killed Two ‘Terrorists’ in Mali

PARIS—The French army has killed two members of the EIGS “terrorist” group, which France says has links to the ISIS terrorist group, in Mali, French armed forces minister Florence Parly said on Thursday. Parly’s statement said the operation had taken place overnight in the Menaka region in co-ordination with the U.S. army. “This latest operation…


UK Troops Leave Afghanistan but Support Stays: Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that a “terrorist” threat remains in Afghanistan but said Britain is “not about to turn away.” He added that the UK would continue to work towards a negotiated settlement in the country and it would have to include the Taliban. Johnson confirmed that most British troops have…


London ISIS Supporter Who Wanted ‘9/11 2.0’ Jailed for Life Over Planning Terrorist Attack

A man from east London was jailed on Tuesday for planning to commit a terrorist attack, the Metropolitan Police said. Sahayb Aweys Munye Abu, a 27-year-old wanna-be rapper, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 19 years. A jury found Abu to be guilty…


ISIS Claims Responsibility for Killing 33 Malian Soldiers

DAKAR—ISIS terrorist group’s West Africa affiliate claimed responsibility on Sunday for an ambush last week that killed 33 Malian soldiers, according to a statement published by the SITE Intelligence Group. Fourteen soldiers were also injured in Monday’s attack near the northern town of Tessit, near the border with Niger, according to Mali’s army. ISIS said…


UK Court Overturns Home Secretary’s Order to Strip Citizenships of 3 Alleged ISIS Recruits

Three British-Bangladeshis who allegedly joined the ISIS terrorist group in Syria have had their British citizenship restored by a court on Thursday. The UK’s upper tribunal ruled that the Home Secretary did not have the legal right to revoke their British citizenships, because they did not hold any other citizenship at the time. The whereabouts…


ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Not Allowed to Return to UK: Top Court

The UK Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Shamima Begum, who left the UK for Syria to join the ISIS terrorist group as a teenager, is not allowed to return and fight her citizenship case because she poses a security risk. Begum, who has dual British-Bangladeshi citizenship, travelled to Syria at the age of 15,…


German Police Raid Suspected Islamic Extremists in Berlin

BERLIN—Hundreds of German police officers conducted coordinated raids early Thursday in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg in the investigation of an organization banned over allegations of Islamic extremism. Some 850 police, including SWAT teams, were involved in the raids of apartments linked to members of the organization known as Jama’atu Berlin, the state…


Turkey Says It Killed 15 Kurdish Militants Preparing Attack in Northeast Syria

ANKARA—Turkey said on Sunday its military killed 15 militants from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which it said was preparing to carry out an attack in a region of northeast Syria controlled by Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies. In an offensive last year dubbed the Peace Spring Operation, Turkey seized a 120-km (75-mile) stretch…


Germany Brings Home 3 Women, 12 Kids From Camps in Syria

BERLIN—Germany has organized the return of three women and 12 children from camps in northeastern Syria for humanitarian reasons, its foreign minister reported on Sunday. Heiko Maas did not further identify the women or children, who were flown back to Germany on Saturday. However, the German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported that all three women…