Tags (17) : Islamic State

Islamic State claims London knife attacker was one of its fighters

Islamic State claims London knife attacker was one of its fighters
dpa | 11/30/2019 | News
LONDON, dpa correspondents (dpa)- Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for the stabbing attack in central London that left two people dead before the attacker was shot and killed by armed police. The Islamist militia's mouthpiece news agency, Amaq, said the man was an Islamic State...
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Two Islamic State women killed in stabbing, riot in east Syria camp

Two Islamic State women killed in stabbing, riot in east Syria camp
Weedah Hamzah and Jan Kuhlmann (dpa) | 10/01/2019 | News
BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah and Jan Kuhlmann (dpa)- Two Islamic State women were killed and seven others wounded on Monday in a stabbing incident and ensuing riots in a camp in eastern Syria, the Kurdish Hawar news agency reported. One woman was stabbed with a knife after being convicted by "secret...
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Trump threatens to free Islamic State prisoners at Europe's borders

Trump threatens to free Islamic State prisoners at Europe's borders
dpa | 09/20/2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON (dpa)- US President Donald Trump on Friday urged European nations to take back citizens who joined Islamic State and are now being held in detention camps in north-east Syria by Kurdish-led forces. Thousands of foreign fighters from some 80 countries joined Islamic State when it seized...
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Islamic State supporter to face trial on slavery charges in Germany

Islamic State supporter to face trial on slavery charges in Germany
dpa | 09/04/2019 | Politics
DUSSELDORF (dpa)- Following her return from Syria, an alleged supporter of Islamic State from the south-western German city of Konstanz is to face trial on charges of slavery. In addition to Islamic State membership, the 21-year-old identified under German privacy laws as Sarah O is due to face...
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Mixed signals from Berlin on US request for troops in Syria

Mixed signals from Berlin on US request for troops in Syria
Michael Fischer (dpa) | 07/07/2019 | Politics
BERLIN, Michael Fischer (dpa)- Mixed signals have trickled out of Berlin about how Germany will respond to a US request for Germany to support the fight against Islamic State with ground troops in Syria. "We are in constructive talks with our partners about how the work of the coalition can be...
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MPs urge British government to recognise IS 'genocide'

MPs urge British government to recognise IS 'genocide'
AFP | 04/21/2016 | Politics
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- British lawmakers voted Wednesday to urge the government to recognise the Islamic State jihadist group's attacks on minorities in Iraq and Syria as genocide. Members of parliament unanimously approved the motion -- which is not binding on the government -- by 278 votes to...
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US: Islamic State carrying out 'genocide'

US: Islamic State carrying out 'genocide'
Dave Clark | 03/18/2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Dave Clark- The United States declared Thursday that the Islamic State group's slaughter of Christians, Yazidis and Shiites in Iraq and Syria amounts to a genocide and vowed to halt it. Secretary of State John Kerry's "moral statement" does not place the United States...
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IS executes eight Dutch jihadists in Syria: activists

IS executes eight Dutch jihadists in Syria: activists
AFP | 03/01/2016 | Politics
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State has executed eight Dutch members of the jihadist group, whom it accused of trying to desert, activists said Monday. "Daesh (IS) executed eight Dutch fighters on Friday in Maadan, Raqa province, after accusing them of attempting desertion and mutiny," Abu Mohammad,...
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IS rings rebel bastion near Aleppo: Syrian monitor

IS rings rebel bastion near Aleppo: Syrian monitor
AFP | 08/15/2015 | News
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State on Friday besieged a strategic bastion of rebels fighting both them and the Syrian government after less than a week of combat in which at least 121 people died, a monitoring group said. Since Sunday, the Islamists have taken control of a series of areas near the...
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