- 27 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityIslamic State
Explainer-Why is Burkina Faso’s army mutinying?
By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) - The West African nation of Burkina Faso hit international headlines on Sunday when machinegun fire rang out from barracks as soldiers demanded more support…
Blast hits western Afghan city of Herat, killing at least six
KABUL (Reuters) - A blast ripped through a minivan in the western Afghan city of Herat on Saturday, killing at least six people, according to officials. Herat commander Mawlawi Ansari…
Islamic State prison break repelled by Kurdish-led forces in Syria
HASAKA, Syria (Reuters) -Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces repelled an Islamic State attack on a prison to break out inmates with the support of air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition, officials…
Exclusive-Islamist attacker’s suspected accomplices used crypto exchange Binance, German police say
By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Two men suspected by Germany of assisting an Islamist gunman, who killed four people in Vienna in 2020, used the major…
Islamic State militants attack prison in Syria’s al-Hasaka, U.S.-backed SDF says
AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State militants attacked a prison in Syria's al-Hasaka in an attempt to free prisoners belonging to the group who had mutinied, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces…
Five Syrian soldiers killed, 20 injured by Islamic State -state media
DUBAI (Reuters) -Five Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 injured in a rocket attack by Islamic State militants on a military transport bus on Sunday in the east of the…
Turkey detains 16 accused of links to Islamic State after bookshop clash
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 16 people accused of links to Islamic State on Tuesday after protesters used sticks and stones against security forces trying to shut down an…
Islamic State claims responsibility for explosion in Kabul
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claims responsibility for an explosion that took place close to the gate of the passport office in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, the militant…
Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga retake northern village from IS fighters – sources
SULAIMANIYA/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) -Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have recaptured a village in northern Iraq on Monday after Islamic State militants took it over the previous day, security and…
Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack in Nigeria
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic state claimed responsibility for an attack in Nigeria, the militant group said on Saturday in a statement posted on an affiliated Telegram account. Seven Nigerian soldiers…
Militants kill at least 31 in central Mali, say local authorities
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Militants killed at least 31 people in central Mali on Friday when they fired upon a bus ferrying people to a local market, local authorities said -…
Islamic State attack on Iraqi village kills 13, Kurdish government says
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) -An attack by Islamic State militants on a village in northern Iraq on Friday killed three villagers and 10 Kurdish soldiers, officials in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region…
