Latest Islamic State (IS) News & Updates

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) More than 30 people were killed and over 150 were injured in the Islamabad mosque blast as the powerful explosion ripped through the crowded gathering on Saturday. Preliminary findings pointed at a suicide bomber, who purportedly detonated the device, after approaching the Shia mosque in Tarlai area.However, what perplexed everyone was that Pakistani leadership shifting blame on its neighbours, including India and Afghanistan, and not admitting the gaps in its security me…

Damascus, Dec 25 (IANS) Syrian security forces arrested a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) group during a security operation in the countryside of Damascus, Syrian state media reported.Citing an Interior Ministry source, state-run SANA news agency on Wednesday (local time) said that the operation, carried out in coordination with the General Intelligence Service and a US-led international coalition, targeted an IS hideout in the city of al-Moadamiya in Rural Damascus after intensive surve…