KAMPALA, Uganda / JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Ugandan armed forces have killed 567 members of the ISIS-affiliated rebel group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo since December 2021, President Yoweri Museveni said in an address on Thursday night. The ISIS-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group, which has been fighting to ove...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – The Syrian army, Iran-backed groups and Russia carried out over 1,400 attacks in Syria’s Idlib and its surrounding areas over the past week, forcing more than 6,000 civilians to flee their homes. According to the Syrian opposition aircraft observatory, the Syrian army and Iran-backed groups targeted villages in the so...
ANKARA (AA) – The public prosecutor in Belgium will request the forfeiture of nationality for the defendants of the 2016 violent attacks, local media reported. The prosecutor announced on Monday before the court that it will request the forfeiture for Mohamed Abrini, Ali El Haddad Asufi and Bilal El Makhouki, who have both Moroccan and [&helli...
– Area secured, ‘sanitization being carried out to eliminate terrorists’ in area, says Inter Services Public Relations Department ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Nine soldiers were killed and five injured Thursday when a motorcycle suicide bomber exploded while targeting a military convoy in the general area of Jani Khel i...
U.S. Attorney’s Office for Minnesota alleged that Masood, a licensed physician from Pakistan, used an encrypted messaging app to contact ISIS SAINT PAUL, Minnesota – Pakistani origin medical practitioner Mohammad Masood, 31, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for terrorism. A former employee of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, he pleaded ...
ANKARA (AA) — Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government has rejected a UN Security Council report claiming that several terrorist groups, including ISIS, are present in the country and have access to weapons left by US-led foreign forces. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan once again rejects these baseless accusations and . . . in ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 23 Boko Haram members were killed Saturday in operations against the group in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria. Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, director of defense media operations, said in a statement that the army continues operations against the group in Borno. Buba said 23 terrorists were killed but many [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) — The Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will be dismantled and eliminated from Iraq. “The PKK terrorist group is currently hiding within the territories of Iraq. Hopefully, we will clear this virus from Iraq together,” Fidan said at a joint press conference wit...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said his country would continue its long-drawn fight against “terrorism” as “surrender is not an option.” “Pakistan will not surrender in front of radicalism, extremism, and intolerance no matter what. This is our home and we...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 12 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected terrorists in a village in the southwest of Niger, authorities said Tuesday, the latest attack since President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed in a military coup. An operation by the national guard was the target of an ambush Sunday evening […]
