Damascus, June 20 (IANS) Two Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday by unknown people in northern Syria’s Aleppo province, state news agency SANA reported.Citing a defence ministry source, SANA said the two soldiers were targeted near the city of Manbij in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, Xinhua news agency reported.The incident is the latest in a series of attacks and ambushes targeting military personnel in Syria’s new transitional authorities. On May 11, two soldiers were killed when …
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New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Islamic State has launched an aggressive anti-India propaganda campaign following the recent reset in relations between New Delhi and Kabul.Through its magazine Al Azaim, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has targeted Indian media narratives and urged its supporters to challenge them. The publication has raised a range of issues in recent editions as part of its broader campaign against India.The ISKP has particularly focused on Indian media coverage of iss…
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) The killing of an elderly Sikh couple inside a gurdwara in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sparked fears among religious minorities, who have said they have long been targeted by radical Islamist groups, a report has detailed. On June 17, Jagannath Wanti (72) and his wife, Asa Wanti (69) were inside a gurdwara in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan when unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire and fled, police said.Sahib Singh, a Sikh elder from Peshawar said, “The…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Security analysts are pointing towards a new and emerging trend whereby terror groups are not directly involved in acts of terror. Almost all modules that have been busted in recent months do not have any direct involvement of major terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, or the Jaish-e-Mohammed.Each of these modules is either affiliated with or inspired by, and this is a deliberate Pakistani ploy to keep the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)…
Baghdad, May 24 (IANS) The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said on Sunday that three of its members were killed and four others wounded by an explosive device left by the Islamic State (IS) militant group in the northern province of Nineveh.The incident occurred when an explosive device detonated while they were performing national duties in the desert area, according to a CTS statement, Xinhua news agency reported.Despite the casualties, the service emphasised that it will continue pursui…
Abuja, May 24 (IANS) At least 12 suspected terrorists were killed in a gunfight with Nigerian troops after they attempted to attack a military facility in the northeastern state of Borno, the army has said. In a statement on Saturday (local time), Nigerian Army spokesperson Sani Uba said the suspected terrorists tried to infiltrate a military position in Kirawa town along the Nigeria-Cameroon border early Friday, but were repelled by troops of the 153 Task Force Battalion and allied forces.Accor…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Islamic State, in recent years, has proven to be one of the leading terror outfits when it comes to the use of technology. When it commenced operations in Syria and Iraq in late 2013, the focus was heavy on creating fear. For this, it had set up Hollywood-style studios where it shot beheading videos.While some of them were real, many were fake, and these videos were shot and circulated to create a perception of how lethal the outfit is. This worked well for the outfi…
Abuja, May 16 (IANS) Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said on Saturday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second-in-command of the Islamic State (IS) globally, was eliminated in an overnight operation jointly carried out by Nigerian and US forces.In a statement, Tinubu described the joint operation as “a significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism,” which dealt a heavy blow to the ranks of the IS.He said early assessments confirmed the elimination of the wanted senior lead…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) When the Faridabad module was busted initially, it was being linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). However the probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) found that the module operated under the banner of the Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), which is a lesser known terror outfit in India when compared to the JeM. According to the NIA, the module led by Umar Un Nabi, a doctor by profession, had used the name of the Jaish briefly to attract the youth…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The hit jobs by unidentified gunmen continue to rock both the ISI and the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Pakistan. Unknown persons have killed a senior LeT commander as well as a low-level official linked to the ISI.Those killed have been identified as Mir Shukr Khan Raisani and Mohammad Iqbal. The LeT has lost several top commanders in recent months thanks to hit jobs by the unidentified gunmen.Raisani was a top LeT commander and was killed at Quetta in Balochistan. Just a da…