Category: ISIS

11 Iraqi Civilians Killed in ISIS Attack on Baghdad Village

The ISIS terrorist group on Oct. 26 killed at least 11 civilians and injured a number of others in a village northeast of Baghdad in eastern Iraq, security officials in the country said. Tuesday’s attack targeted “defenseless civilians” in the village of Al-Hawasha, near the town of Muqdadiya, Iraq’s Joint Operations Command said in a…


ISIS Claims Responsibility for Deadly Bomb Attack in Uganda

The ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a deadly bomb attack at an eatery in the capital of Uganda on Oct. 23 that killed at least one person, the group said. In a statement posted in an affiliated Telegram channel on Oct. 24, ISIS said some of its members detonated an explosive device in a…


Former Chicago College Student Convicted of Trying to Help ISIS

A former college student from the Chicago area was convicted Monday by a federal jury of attempting to provide material assistance to ISIS, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Thomas Osadzinski, a 22-year-old former student at DePaul University, was accused of designing a computer script that would make it easier for the terrorist organization to…


ISIS Claims Deadly Mosque Bombing That Killed 47 Afghans During Prayers

The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bomb attack at a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 15 that killed 47 people and injured dozens more. The blast happened during Friday prayers in the first district of Kandahar city and involved two ISIS members who shot and killed security guards manning…


Taliban Forces Able to Control ISIS Threat in Afghanistan, Says Political Spokesman

The Taliban is able to control threats from the ISIS terrorist group, which has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks in Afghanistan in recent weeks, a political spokesman who serves as foreign minister under the Taliban’s new government said on Tuesday. Amir Khan Muttaqi made the comments during talks in Doha, explaining that…


Iraqi Forces Capture Top ISIS Leader Who Had $5 Million Bounty Reward

Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have captured a high-ranking member of the ISIS terrorist group who oversaw its finances and served as an ISIS deputy leader under the late Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi officials announced. “While our ISF heroes focused on securing the elections, their INIS [Iraqi National Intelligence Services] colleagues were conducting a complex external…


What Is the Real Threat From al-Qaeda and ISIS in Afghanistan? Terrorism Analyst Bill Roggio on Why Afghanistan Fell

The estimated number of Al Qaeda members in Afghanistan remained between 50 and 100 from 2010 to late 2015, says terrorism analyst and editor of the Long War Journal, Bill Roggio. This estimate was only revised after a U.S. military raid of an Al Qaeda training camp, in which about 160 Al Qaeda fighters were…


Taliban Won’t Work With US to Contain ISIS After Terrorist Attacks: Spokesman

The Taliban won’t cooperate with the United States to contain the ISIS terrorist group after it claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed dozens of people in the northern city of Kunduz last week, according to a spokesman for the extremist group. Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban, said in an interview Saturday…


ISIS Claims Responsibility for Terrorist Bombing That Killed 46 in Afghanistan

An ISIS terrorist affiliate claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed dozens inside an Afghan mosque on Friday. ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of the Syria- and Iraq-terror organization, said one of its members was behind the blast via its Amaq news channel. The individual who was behind the attack was a Uyghur Muslim, the group…


Danish Women Evacuated From Syrian Camps Charged With Terrorism Links

COPENHAGEN—Denmark said on Thursday three Danish women, who were evacuated from Syrian detention camps along with their 14 children, had been charged with aiding terrorist activities and illegally travelling to and residing in conflict zones. Danish authorities decided in May to evacuate the women, who were being held in northeastern Syria due to their association…