Islamic State group jihadists killed 19 Syrian regime personnel and allied militia fighters in the central province of Hama on Wednesday, a Britain-based war monitor said.

IS attack kills 19 in central Syria

Islamic State group fighters killed at least seven regime loyalists in eastern Syria on Saturday. The attack came as the militia fighters were sweeping the town of Al-Shola for jihadist remnants.

IS attack kills seven regime loyalists in eastern Syria

The four men accused of being accomplices in the killing of an 85-year-old French priest will face a trial by a special jury, which in France is reserved for the most serious crimes.

Four accused of killing French priest in 2016 to face special jury trial

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly shooting rampage in Vienna the day before, the group said in a statement on its Telegram channels.

Islamic State group claims responsibility for Vienna attack

In a big revelation, Austria's interior minister said on Wednesday that Austria's domestic intelligence service had received warning that the Islamic State sympathiser wanted to procure ammunition.

Vienna terror attack: Austria was warned about the attacker, says minister

Tanzanian police have said that about 300 jihadists launched a cross-border attack from Mozambique last week, confirming an earlier claim by the Islamic State group.

Tanzania hit by recent IS attack near Mozambique border: police

Switzerland has arrested four people on suspicions of links with the Jihadist organisations Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) group. The four suspects, three men and one woman, were arrested while the authorities were conducting sear operations in the canton of Fribourg in western Switzerland.

Switzerland questions four with suspected links to Al-Qaeda, IS; two released

Prosecutors in Washington have charged a US citizen for joining the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, according to a statement from the Justice Department Wednesday.

US charges citizen with providing support to IS

Britain has successfully brought back a child who was trapped in Syria, out of dozens of such children who are trapped in the war-torn country. The news was announced by British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on twitter, who wrote, "Pleased we have been able to bring home a British child from Syria.

UK brings back child trapped in Syria: Dominic Raab

In a major setback to Prime Minister Imran Khan, the US is probing Pakistanis who were fighting for the Islamic State in Syria. At least 29 Pakistanis have been caught by the US-backed Kurdish-Syrian democratic forces, and nine of them are women.

Monsoon floods, Pakistani terrorists in Syria: Troubles for Imran Khan increase

The United States has started investigating Pakistani's role in the Islamic State movement in Syria after the Kurd Syrian Democratic Forces released a list of 29 names of Paksitanis are in custody.

US starts investigating 9 Pakistani terrorists held in Syria

Afghanistan has killed Assadullah Orakzai, the intelligence head for the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), National Directorate of Security (NDS) says. The group is responsible for carrying out the March 25 Kabul gurdwara attack in which at least 25 Sikhs were killed.

IS intel chief reportedly killed in Afghanistan

By Aviva Guttmann In the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, the crises of tomorrow can fester. A resurgence of Islamic State (IS) is likely to be one of them. In recent weeks, IS has carried out a spate of attacks on security forces in Iraq and different areas of Syria.

Islamic State could be about to hit back – and the world is paying little attention

An Indonesian maid was jailed for two years in Singapore Thursday for giving money to an Islamic State-linked terror outfit blamed for a string of attacks in her home country.

Singapore jails Indonesian maid for funding IS-linked group

The Islamic State group is weakened but a resurgence is possible if the United States leaves Iraq, US Major General Alexus Grynkewich, the number two commander for the international anti-jihadist coalition in Iraq and Syria, said Wednesday.

Islamic State resurgence possible if America leaves Iraq: US General

Jihadists aligned to the Islamic State group have released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 Christians in restive northeast Nigeria. The footage posted online late Thursday by IS-linked propaganda arm Amaq showed 11 blindfolded men being shot and stabbed by jihadists from the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) at an undisclosed location.

Islamic State claims execution of 11 Christians in Nigeria

Afghan farmer Gulnar Malik had seen her share of hardships as war-ravaged her country for decades but nothing prepared the mother of five for the arrival of the Islamic State group.

Afghanistan: Residents return after Islamic State suffers losses in eastern region

By Ken Chitwood Just days after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on October 27, the Islamic State named Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi as the new “caliph.” In 2014, IS conquered vast swaths of Iraq and Syria and declared itself to be the “caliphate.

What is a caliph? The Islamic State tries to boost its legitimacy by hijacking a historic institution

Angry kin of nine American citizens massacred in a suspected gangland ambush in northern Mexico urged the government to accept US help to destroy drug cartels that one grieving relative described as being "as bad or worse than ISIS.

Mexican cartels 'worse than IS': massacre victims' kin urge US help

US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a US military operation in Syria, later confirmed by ISIS itself, was welcome news.

What Baghdadi's death means for South Asia and future of Islamic State

Considerable attention has been paid to the Turkish invasion of Syria that took place in the first week of October. While Turkey entered into a ceasefire in a separate agreement with the USA, as well as, Russia since October 15-16, there remain serious international concerns about de-stabilisation of the already war-torn region and its implication for giving a flip to international terrorism.

Examining security implications of Turkish invasion of Syria

Islamic State confirmed on Thursday that its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a weekend raid by US special forces in northwestern Syria, and vowed revenge against the United States.

Islamic State vows revenge against United States for killing Baghdadi

By John A Tures After former Islamic State Group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a US military action, speculation began on whether or not President Donald Trump would get a boost in public opinion surveys as a result.

Will killing Al-Baghdadi give Donald Trump a boost in the polls?

By Natasha Lindstaedt Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State (IS), is dead. After US special forces raided his safe house in Idlib province in north-west Syria, Baghdadi reportedly fled and detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and three of his children.

Al-Baghdadi’s death: The rise and fall of the leader of Islamic State

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