The Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1 left political experts and millions of people around the world wondering whether the attack will lead to a direct war between the two nations. Iran has every reason to retaliate, since the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of …
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The leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) Southern Gaza division, Khaled Mansour, was killed last night, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Sunday. This comes two days the militant group’s northern division’s head, Taysir al-Jabari, was taken out. According to the Israeli military, the death of Mansour completes the …
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Taking to Twitter early on Monday, Zabihullah Mujahid, the son of the deceased woman, confirmed that a “special unit” had carried out an operation on Sunday against “ISIS insurgents” in the capital. He added that “the operation, which was very successful and decisive, resulted in the complete destruction of the …
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Mohammed Khalifa was charged with conspiring to provide material support to IS resulting in death, the US Department of Justice announced on Saturday. Khalifa was captured in 2019 by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-supported and predominantly Kurdish faction in Syria’s multi-front civil war. According to a Justice Department …
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“Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, leader of the terrorist group Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, was neutralized by French forces. This is another major success in our fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel,” Macron tweeted in the early hours of Thursday morning, though offered no details about the operation. …
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Kabul’s international airport came under rocket attack on Monday morning, with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) claiming responsibility for it later in the day. The terrorist group said it launched six unguided rockets at the airport, without elaborating whether it actually scored any hits. According to media reports citing US …
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In a Twitter post on Thursday, Zabiullah Mujahid, an official spokesman for the Taliban, announced the creation of a new state, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The spokesman also shared an image, in which the flag of the emirate appears to be combined with its coat of arms. The declaration comes …
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The 2021 Iranian Presidential election may go down in history as the event that broke the back of Iran’s tumultuous 40-year experiment with “religious democracy,” where the legitimacy of autocratic religious rule is validated by the will of the people as expressed through the vehicle of voter participation. It is …
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In a Twitter post and statement on Monday, the IDF said that Hussam Abu Harbeed, Islamic Jihad’s northern division commander, had been killed in an airstrike. The tweet was accompanied by a video of the attack on Abu Harbeed’s compound. The statement says that Abu Harbeed and his forces consistently …
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The Australian intelligence service risks making an international laughing stock of its efforts to combat terrorism after its boss announced it will no longer use labels ‘right wing’ and ‘Islamic’ when speaking of extremism. “Words matter,” Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) chief Mike Burgess told the nation on Wednesday, …
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