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Iraq hangs 21 on terrorism charges in latest mass executions

Reuters
Posted at Nov 17 04:23 AM

BAGHDAD - Iraq hanged 21 convicted terrorists and murderers on Monday, an interior ministry statement said, the latest in a series of mass executions it has carried out since defeating the Islamic State group in 2017.   Read more »

Austria admits security failings over Vienna gunman

Jastinder Khera, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 08:55 AM

Austria acknowledged Wednesday there had been security failings leading up to the deadly gun rampage in Vienna by a convicted Islamic State sympathizer. Read more »

4 dead in Vienna terrorist attack by Islamic State ‘sympathizer’

Katrin Bennhold, Melissa Eddy, Christopher F. Schuetze and Megan Specia, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 03 11:34 PM

Austria was grappling Tuesday with a brutal attack in which a gunman, whom officials described as an Islamic State sympathizer and who was wearing a fake explosive device, opened fire Monday night in the heart of Vienna, the capital, killing at least four people.   Read more »

Al-Qaeda and Islamic State: A 'fratricidal' clash

Didier Lauras, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 10 05:59 AM

Their ideology and methods differ so fundamentally that they are increasingly turning on each other. Read more »

Book Review: ‘The Battle of Marawi’ takes readers into the heart of armed conflict

Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 03:36 PM

“The Battle of Marawi” (Pawikan Press, 2020) is a vivid recounting of what transpired in the provincial capital of Lanao del Sur over six months in 2017. Read more »

Islamic State expanding globally amid setbacks, says US official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 04:21 AM

The Islamic State group continues to expand globally with some 20 affiliates, despite being forced out of Syria and the killing of its leaders, a top US counter-terror official said Thursday. Read more »

Marawi rehab projects to be completed by December 2021: official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 01:41 PM

The Philippine government's rehabilitation projects in Marawi, which was flattened after a five-month battle between Islamic State-inspired militants and state forces in 2017, are "on-track" and will be completed by December next year, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

Islamic State claims knife killing of Tunisian National Guard

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 04:40 AM

TUNIS - The Islamic State jihadist group Monday claimed responsibility for a knife attack in Tunisia the previous day which killed one National Guard officer and badly wounded another.   Read more »

PNP shuns senators' call to sack Jolo officers after Sulu blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 03:24 PM

The chief of the Philippine National Police on Thursday rejected the call of 2 senators for the removal from their post of officers in Jolo, Sulu following the double bombing that killed at least 15 people there.  Read more »

Mindanao military official shuns martial law for Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 10:42 AM

A military official in the south rejected Thursday calls from higher-ups to place Sulu province under martial law after a double bombing killed at least 15 people there. Read more »

Kamag-anak? Military checks if Jolo suicide bombers, cops who killed soldiers have blood ties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 10:15 AM

MANILA -- The military is investigating the suspected blood ties of 2 women who carried out a deadly double bombing in Jolo, Sulu this week and the policemen who earlier gunned down 4 soldiers, an official said Thursday.  Read more »

Jolo twin blasts, 2019 church bombing have same mastermind: military

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 07:46 AM

One mastermind orchestrated the double bombing that killed 15 people in Jolo, Sulu this week and the deadly explosions near a church there last year, a military official said Thursday. Read more »

Virus lockdowns limit IS attacks in many nations: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 25 08:11 AM

Coronavirus lockdowns appear to have reduced the threat of Islamic State group attacks in many countries, but the risk is greater in Iraq and Syria, a UN official said Monday.   Read more »

Militants kill 20 soldiers, 40 civilians in northeast Nigeria attacks

Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 08:51 AM

MAIDUGURI - Islamic militants killed at least 20 soldiers and more than 40 civilians and injured hundreds in twin attacks in northeast Nigeria's Borno state on Saturday, residents and a civilian task force fighter said. Read more »

Suicide bomber kills, wounds scores in Afghanistan at funeral for policeman

Reuters
Posted at May 12 06:08 PM

KABUL - A suicide bomber in eastern Afghanistan killed and wounded at least 50 men on Tuesday in an attack on the funeral of a police commander attended by government officials and a member of parliament, officials said. Read more »

Western Mindanao military chief honors soldiers wounded in Sulu battle vs Abu Sayaff

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 12:04 AM

Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana honored the soldiers at a hospital in Sulu, where he awarded them with the Wounded Personnel Medal. Read more »

Abu gunmen held high ground in Sulu clash that left 11 soldiers dead- military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 07:02 PM

Philippine soldiers struggled to fend off the Abu Sayyaf after the Islamic State-linked bandits have taken the high ground during the battle in Patikul, Sulu, a military official said Saturday. Read more »

Kin of OFWs slain by Islamic State in Libya seek closure 5 years after killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 06:27 PM

The families of four Filipino migrant workers believed to be executed by terror group Islamic State in Libya in 2015 are clamoring for closure as the bodies of the victims were never recovered by authorities. Read more »

Terror group Abu Sayyaf kidnaps 5 Indonesian fishermen

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 06:49 PM

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Abu Sayyaf militants from the Philippines have seized five Indonesian fishermen from a vessel off eastern Borneo, Jakarta officials said Tuesday, the latest in a series of abductions in the area. Read more »

New Islamic State group leader confirmed: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 06:45 AM

LONDRES, United Kingdom - Intelligence services have identified the new leader of the Islamic State (IS) group as Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi, British newspaper The Guardian reported on Monday. Read more »