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Death Toll from Kerman Attacks Revised Upwards to 91

par This Is Beirut, 06/01 16:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Authorities updated on Saturday, January 7 the toll for the attack in Kerman, Iran. The bombing, claimed by the jihadist group Daesh, which occurred on January 3, targeted a ceremony in memory of General Qassem Suleimani. A bombing attack in southern Iran claimed by the jihadist group Daesh has killed 91 people, state media said Saturday, raising ...

Daesh Kills Pro-Iranian Hashd Fighters in Iraq

par This Is Beirut, 07/01 16:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Two fighters from the Hashd al-Shaabi, an Iran-dominated coalition of Iraqi paramilitary groups, were killed in an attack blamed on jihadist group Daesh on Sunday, January 7. Daesh forces remain active in Iraq and Syria. Two pro-Iranian fighters from the Hashd al-Shaabi alliance were killed in an attack in Iraq, the Hashd and an Iraqi security ...

Washington and Baghdad Discuss the Future of Coalition in Iraq

par This Is Beirut, 27/01 19:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iraq and the United States began talks on the future of international coalition forces in Iraq on Saturday, January 27. This initiative occurs in an increasingly explosive regional climate, as coalition bases are regularly targeted by pro-Iranian armed groups. Iraq and the United States on Saturday held a first round of talks on the future of ...

Several Daesh Fighters Killed by Local Factions in Southern Syria

par This Is Beirut, 28/01 23:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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At least eight fighters affiliated to Daesh were killed in southern Syria on Sunday, January 28. Local armed factions opposed to the jihadist group were involved. A local leader and seven other members of a jihadist militia in southern Syria affiliated with the Daesh group were killed Sunday in Daraa province, the Syrian Observatory for Human ...

Russia Detains Four Tajik Suspects In Moscow Attack

par This Is Beirut, 25/03 16:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Four Tajik nationals accused of carrying out a terror attack at a Moscow concert hall are to be held on "terror" charges, on Monday. Russia has ordered four men accused of killing at least 137 people in a massacre at a Moscow concert hall to be held in custody on "terror" charges with the death toll expected to climb as more than 100 people are ...

Daesh: The Return of the Jihadist Specter?

par Malo Pinatel, 26/03 19:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The attack that struck Moscow on March 22 highlights the resurgence of the jihadist group Daesh worldwide, spanning from the Middle East to Africa. This time, with the Khorasan cell firmly established in Central Asia leading the charge. The Russian invasion of Ukraine had previously monopolized attention, while the conflict between Israel and ...

FSB Says It Has Foiled an Attack in Southern Russia

par This Is Beirut, 29/03 22:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian security services claimed on Friday to have arrested three "nationals of a Central Asian country" who were planning a bomb attack in southwest Russia, a week after the attack on a concert hall near Moscow that left at least 144 people dead. Russia's security services said Friday that they had arrested three people from "a Central Asian ...

Senior Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham Leader Killed in Syria

par This Is Beirut, 05/04 11:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A prominent Iraqi jihadist leader in the northwest of Syria was killed in a suicide bombing, announced on Friday his group and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor. "Abu Maria al-Qahtani was martyred after a treacherous attack by an Islamic State group member using an explosive belt," said former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat ...

US and Iraq Agree to Discuss US Coalition Withdrawal

par This Is Beirut, 16/04 10:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US President and Iraqi Prime Minister agreed on Monday to work toward the withdrawal of the US-led coalition in Iraq. US President Joe Biden and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday that they would keep working towards the withdrawal of a US-led anti-jihadist coalition in the country. Their meeting at the White House ...

Lebanese Army Arrests Eight Supporters of Daesh

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 22:13 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Lebanese Army announced on Friday that it had arrested "eight individuals who confessed to being supporters of the terrorist organization Daesh (ISIS)." "The suspects admitted to committing acts of theft to finance their terrorist projects and to firing at shops and at the vehicle of an officer of the Internal Security Forces as part of a ...

2023 Saw Most Armed Conflicts Since Second World War

par This Is Beirut, 10/06 13:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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More armed conflicts took place worldwide in 2023 than any other year since the end of the Second World War, according to a Norwegian study published Monday. Last year saw 59 conflicts of which 28 were in Africa, the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) showed. But the number of countries which experienced conflicts declined from 39 in 2022 ...

Russia: Daesh Hostage-Takers "Liquidated"

par This Is Beirut, 16/06 12:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Two prison guards at a jail in southern Russia have been freed without harm after they were taken hostage by Islamic State inmates, with the assailants "liquidated", the country's prison service said Sunday. "During a special operation... the criminals were liquidated and the employees taken hostage were freed and were not wounded," the service ...

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