Syria’s deputy foreign minister says militants plan a chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta on Sunday, will highlight the female victims and then pin the blame on Damascus. He accused the West of “only wanting to believe terrorists.” “We have received information that militants plan to stage an attack between the districts of Mesraba and Beit […]
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Pakistani Islamists reach deal with govt, call off protests that killed 7 & injured 200
Published time: 27 Nov, 2017 04:36 Activists supporting the hardline Islamist party, the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah, will call off their weeks-long protest after the government agreed to their demands, which included the resignation of Law Minister Zahid Hamid, who stepped down Monday morning. The government yielded to protesters’ demands after intense weekend clashes with […]
Fight against Islamists in Marawi City, Philippines is over – defense minister
Published time: 23 Oct, 2017 05:02 Edited time: 23 Oct, 2017 05:40 The Philippines military has ended the fight against militants loyal to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISISL) in the southern city of Marawi, the defense minister has declared. “There are no more militants in Marawi,” Delfin Lorenzana told reporters, after a five-month campaign. At […]
Turkey to launch ‘serious operation’ against Islamists in Syria’s Idlib – Erdogan
Published time: 7 Oct, 2017 11:31 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish troops are preparing to move in to Idlib, Syria to drive Islamists out of the area, local media reported on Saturday. Syrian rebel groups, such as the Free Syrian Army, are spearheading the offensive. “Currently, the Free Syrian Army is conducting the […]
Police in major Belgian city monitor 557 potential Islamists, 189 ‘really dangerous’ – mayor
Published time: 22 Jun, 2017 15:22 Law enforcement in Antwerp, Belgium’s second-largest city, lists almost 560 people it considers radicalized or at risk of radicalization, its mayor said in the wake of a foiled terrorist attack in Brussels. Bart De Wever revealed that about one person in 1,000 has been flagged as a potential terrorist threat. […]
4 suspected Islamists arrested in Berlin ahead of Obama’s visit
German police have detained four suspected Islamists during a raid in Berlin on Wednesday as the capital gears up for several mass events on the weekend, including a joint appearance by Chancellor Angela Merkel and former US president Barack Obama. The early morning operation was aimed against a gang of armed drug traffickers, police said. […]
‘50 times more brutal than terrorists’: Duterte warns Islamists of retaliation if he’s angered
Published time: 24 Apr, 2017 01:44 The Philippines’ tough-talking president, Rodrigo Duterte, appears eager to maintain his reputation, as he warned Islamist extremists he could be “50 times” more brutal than those beheading people and go as far as to eat the terrorists’ internal organs. Duterte, who was speaking Sunday during the opening of a […]
Islamists, neo-Nazi terrorists ‘nationwide problems’ in Germany – intel official
Radical Islamist cells are spreading all across eastern German states while terrorism-related tip-offs emerge on daily, says the head of Thuringia’s domestic intelligence agency, adding that the right extremist underground is becoming “a nationwide problem.” Islamist extremists were advancing “with impunity” in rural areas of eastern Germany even before the ongoing influx of refugees into […]