ISIL

  • Russia rejects accusations of airstrikes on Syria’s Idlib

    Russia rejects accusations of airstrikes on Syria’s Idlib

    Feb 07, 2017 17:16

    Russia has refuted reports about its alleged role in air raids on Syrian city of Idlib, saying its jets have not targeted the terrorist-held northwestern city since the start of 2017.

  • Iraq ‘monitoring’ movements of Daesh leader: Abadi

    Iraq ‘monitoring’ movements of Daesh leader: Abadi

    Feb 07, 2017 17:16

    Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi authorities are monitoring movements of the “isolated” chief of Daesh terrorist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

  • Assad says US war on Daesh 'illusive'

    Assad says US war on Daesh 'illusive'

    Feb 07, 2017 17:16

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has dismissed a US-led coalition against Daesh in Syria as “illusive,” saying the terrorist group “was expanding" during the operation.

  • Daesh still posing grave threat despite budget, recruitment crisis: UN report

    Daesh still posing grave threat despite budget, recruitment crisis: UN report

    Feb 07, 2017 02:34

    The United Nations has warned that the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group continues to pose a threat despite reports of a drop in the outfit’s revenue and its waning ability to attract new recruits.

  • $50 million required to clear Daesh mines in Iraq’s Mosul: UN

    $50 million required to clear Daesh mines in Iraq’s Mosul: UN

    Feb 07, 2017 02:19

    The United Nations says it costs as much as $50 million to remove all mines, explosive devices and booby traps left by the Daesh terrorist group in and around the Iraqi city of Mosul, as government forces and allies prepare for a new stage of liberation operations in the Takfiri group’s last stronghold on Iraqi soil.

  • Egyptian army kills 14 Daesh-linked terrorists in restive Sinai

    Egyptian army kills 14 Daesh-linked terrorists in restive Sinai

    Feb 06, 2017 16:42

    Egyptian army soldiers have killed 14 militants linked to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and arrested ten others in the country’s restive Sinai Peninsula.

  • Assad: European states harm own interests by supporting terrorists in Syria

    Assad: European states harm own interests by supporting terrorists in Syria

    Feb 06, 2017 16:42

    Syrian President Basher al-Assad, in a meeting with a European delegation in Damascus, has slammed European governments for adopting unrealistic and wrong policies toward Syria over the past years, saying the approach has resulted in Europe’s isolation from international efforts meant to resolve the crisis in the Arab country.

  • Turkey detains 748 Daesh suspects in nationwide operations

    Turkey detains 748 Daesh suspects in nationwide operations

    Feb 06, 2017 14:30

    Security forces in Turkey have raised the number of detained suspects linked to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group to nearly 750 people, says the Interior Ministry.

  • Syrian army besieges Daesh-held town of Bab

    Syrian army besieges Daesh-held town of Bab

    Feb 06, 2017 13:35

    Syrian government troops and their allied forces have laid siege to the town of al-Bab, the largest stronghold of Daesh terrorists in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, according to a pro-opposition monitoring group.

  • Senior Daesh figures break ranks with chief

    Senior Daesh figures break ranks with chief

    Feb 05, 2017 12:40

    A number of Daesh’s Iraq-based ringleaders and members have reportedly reneged on their oath of allegiance to the terror group’s chief as army troops and allied forces pushed to rid the terrorists of their last stronghold in the Arab state.