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Islamic State women and children to be returned to Australia from Syrian camps: The Australian government will launch a mission to repatriate the women and ...
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Islamic State women and children to be returned to Australia from Syrian ...
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India outlaws Muslim political party PFI over alleged terrorist ties: India has banned the Muslim political organisation the Popular Front of India (PFI) along ...
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Islamic State women and children to be returned to Australia from Syrian camps: The Australian government will launch a mission to repatriate the women and ...
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Islamic State women and children to be returned to Australia from Syrian ...
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India outlaws Muslim political party PFI over alleged terrorist ties: India has banned the Muslim political organisation the Popular Front of India (PFI) along ...
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India outlaws Muslim political party PFI over alleged terrorist ties
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Islamic State Group Claims Russia Gun Attack: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a gun attack on a Moscow concert hall on Friday ...
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Islamic State Group Claims Russia Gun Attack
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ISIS-K, Blamed in Moscow Attack, Has Hit at Taliban’s Russia Links: Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, previously attacked Russia’s embassy in Kabul and has ...
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ISIS-K, Blamed in Moscow Attack, Has Hit at Taliban’s Russia Links
Quick Glance: The remarkable evolution of ISIS-K's leader into a formidable group
  • Sanaullah Ghafari, in his role as the leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, played a significant role in the transformation into an extremely menacing branch of the global Islamist network, capable of conducting operations far from their bases in the border regions of Afghanistan.

  • The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the massacre at a concert hall near Moscow that resulted in the deaths of at least 137 people. U.S. officials indicated that the Afghan branch, Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), was responsible.

  • Ghafari has enhanced the group's strength through his firm ideology and notable attacks. He has made repeated attempts to target Russia in response to its involvement in the Syrian civil war, which contributed to defeating ISIS' regional operations.

  • By using high-profile attacks as a tool for recruitment, the group has focused on ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks in Central Asia. ISIS-K is planning to escalate its foreign operations, including attacks against the United States.
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France raises terror alert level after Moscow attack claimed by IS group: France’s government increased its security alert warning to the highest level Sunday ...
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France raises terror alert level after Moscow attack claimed by IS group
Quick Glance: France Increases Terror Alert After Deadly Attack in Russia
  • France's government increased its security alert posture to the highest level on Sunday after the deadly attack at a Russian concert hall and Islamic State's claim of responsibility.

  • President Emmanuel Macron held an emergency security meeting after Friday's attack in a Moscow suburb killed over 130 people and was claimed by an Islamic State affiliate.

  • France was already on high security alert ahead of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics this year, expected to draw millions of visitors. Security concerns are notably high for the opening ceremony on July 26, with boats on the Seine River and large crowds watching from the embankments.

  • The country has been previously targeted by deadly Islamic State attacks, such as the Bataclan theatre massacre in 2015 where extremists shot concertgoers and held hostages for hours. French forces have also taken action against extremists in other regions.
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Moscow concert hall attack: what we know so far: An attack by gunmen on a Moscow suburban concert hall Friday left at least 60 dead, 100 wounded and the theatre ...
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Moscow concert hall attack: what we know so far
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Putin Says 'Radical Islamists' Behind Moscow Concert Attack: President Vladimir Putin on Monday night said for the first time that "radical Islamists" were ...
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Putin Says 'Radical Islamists' Behind Moscow Concert Attack
Quick Glance: Putin Blames Radical Islamists for Moscow Concert Hall Attack
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin states for the first time that 'radical Islamists' were behind the attack on a concert hall outside Moscow, suggesting Ukraine was also somehow involved.

  • During Friday's attack, camouflaged gunmen stormed into Crocus City Hall, opened fire on concert-goers, and set the building ablaze, resulting in at least 137 deaths.

  • Putin did not mention the ISIL (ISIS) affiliate that claimed responsibility for the attack. The Islamic State in Khorasan Province has repeatedly claimed responsibility since Friday, with affiliated media channels releasing graphic videos of the attackers.

  • Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to assign blame and refused to comment on reports that the US warned Moscow authorities on March 7 about a possible attack, citing confidentiality of such intelligence.
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Islamic State releases photo of alleged attackers behind Russia terror attack: Putin vows to punish those behind concert massacre.
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Why the Middle East Still Needs America: The U.S. Military Keeps a Volatile Region From Descending Into Chaos
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Putin announces arrests as concert attack death toll surpasses 100 in Russia: Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday's rampage ...
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Russia keeps blaming Ukraine for concert attack despite Islamic State claiming responsibility
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Russia keeps blaming Ukraine for concert attack despite Islamic State ...
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Moscow Attack: Death Toll Rises Past 100, Russia Points at Ukraine: Russia pointed the finger at Ukraine after the worst terrorist attack in Moscow for more than ...
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Moscow Attack: Death Toll Rises Past 100, Russia Points at Ukraine
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Russia mourns victims of Moscow concert hall attack as death toll climbs: Russia observed a national day of mourning on Sunday as the death toll from the attack ...
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Russia mourns victims of Moscow concert hall attack as death toll climbs
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Moscow attack: ISIS claims responsibility for mass shooting, at least 60 people dead
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Moscow attack: ISIS claims responsibility for mass shooting ...
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Russia’s day of mourning after deadly terror attack; Kremlin launches missile and drone barrage
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Russia’s day of mourning after deadly terror attack; Kremlin launches ...
Quick Glance: 'Massive' Russian Air Attack Hits Ukraine and Kyiv; Poland Reports Airspace Violation
  • Russia and Ukraine engaged in deadly aerial attacks, including the seizure of the Ukrainian village of Ivanivske by Russia.

  • Kyiv and Lviv regions were attacked, with Poland raising its military readiness.

  • No casualties or damage were reported, and the city's air defenses intercepted about a dozen missiles.

  • The US and Poland demand explanations from Russia, while Ukraine targeted Russian ships in Crimea.
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Terrorist attack in Russia exposes vulnerabilities of Putin’s regime: After the Crocus City attack, Vladimir Putin ignored a claim of responsibility by ISIS ...
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Terrorist attack in Russia exposes vulnerabilities of Putin’s regime
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Terror attack in Moscow: Mourners pay respect in Russia & Russian Embassies abroad
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Terror attack in Moscow: Mourners pay respect in Russia & Russian ...
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ISIS-K claims Moscow concert hall shooting, but Putin seeks to tie attack to Ukraine
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ISIS-K claims Moscow concert hall shooting, but Putin seeks to tie attack ...
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Lukashenko claims Moscow attackers tried to flee to Belarus, undermines Putin's narrative
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Lukashenko claims Moscow attackers tried to flee to Belarus ...
Quick Glance: Lukashenko Supervises Troops Near Lithuanian Border
  • During a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Russia-Belarus Union State in Saint Petersburg, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko inspected a tank battalion near the Lithuanian border and directed that any 'provocation' there must be met with force, as reported by a Telegram channel close to his administration on Tuesday.

  • Emphasizing the need to 'publicly stop any provocation', Lukashenko highlighted that 'any violation of the state border must be decisively countered'.

  • The deteriorating relations between Lithuania, a member of the European Union and NATO, and Minsk have been attributed to Lithuania's support for the opposition in Belarus.
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ISIS claims responsibility for deadly blasts near Soleimani’s grave in Iran: * * *
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Quick Glance: Iran Attacks: IS Claims Responsibility
  • Islamic State claims responsibility for devastating explosions with 84 fatalities at a commemoration in Iran.

  • The extremist group posted a statement on Telegram confirming responsibility for the attack.

  • Two bombs killed a large crowd in Kerman commemorating Soleimani's death.

  • It was the deadliest attack in the 45-year history of the Islamic Republic.
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Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship: Begum is now effectively stateless and will likely stay in a detention camp in Syria for the ...
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Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship
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Germany arrests two over suspected Islamist plot on Swedish parliament: Germany has arrested two suspected Islamic State (IS) members for allegedly planning an ...
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Germany arrests two over suspected Islamist plot on Swedish parliament
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Russia arrests four suspected gunmen as toll from concert massacre climbs: Russia said on Saturday it had arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in ...
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Russia arrests four suspected gunmen as toll from concert massacre climbs
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Four men showing signs of severe beating charged over Moscow concert attack: Four suspects charged with terrorism as Russia observes a day of mourning over ...
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Four men showing signs of severe beating charged over Moscow concert ...
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Number of Wounded in Crocus City Hall Attack Rises to 360: The number of people wounded in Friday’s deadly concert hall attack has risen to 360 ...
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Number of Wounded in Crocus City Hall Attack Rises to 360
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Islamic State shares footage of gunmen carrying out deadly Moscow attack : The jihadist group Islamic State (IS), which claimed responsibility for the deadly ...
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Islamic State shares footage of gunmen carrying out deadly Moscow attack
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Attacks near Moscow: What is known about the IS offshoot?: An offshoot of IS has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack near Moscow. In recent years ...
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Attacks near Moscow: What is known about the IS offshoot?
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Islamic State releases photo of alleged perpetrators of Moscow shooting: Islamic State released on March 23 a photo of what it claims are four attackers of a ...
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Islamic State releases photo of alleged perpetrators of Moscow shooting
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Daesh posts video, photos of Moscow concert hall attack: PARIS: A video apparently shot by gunmen who carried out the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall has ...
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Daesh posts video, photos of Moscow concert hall attack
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30,000 Children and Women Held in Abusive Camps in Northern Syria: In Syria, some 30,000 children and women who had ties to Islamic State militants are still ...
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30,000 Children and Women Held in Abusive Camps in Northern Syria
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Attack on Russian Concert Hall Threatens Putin’s Strongman Image: Backers of Moscow’s authoritarian system pledged it would provide security ...
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Attack on Russian Concert Hall Threatens Putin’s Strongman Image
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Moscow concert hall attack news: At least 133 killed, over 100 wounded: The blog is closed.
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Moscow concert hall attack news: At least 133 killed, over 100 wounded
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Exclusive: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s widow says ISIS leader changed after US arrest: Slain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi transformed into an extremist after he ...
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Maps and Diagrams of the Moscow Concert Hall Attack: The mass shooting and arson at a suburban Moscow concert venue, which killed more than 130 ...
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Maps and Diagrams of the Moscow Concert Hall Attack
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US-backed Syrian force that defeated Daesh 5 years ago warns group still poses international threat
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US-backed Syrian force that defeated Daesh 5 years ago warns group still ...
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Terror Attack in Moscow: Islamic state videos back claim it carried out Moscow concert hall attack
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Terror Attack in Moscow: Islamic state videos back claim it carried out ...
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Russia detains suspects in concert hall attack that killed 115 people: Russian agencies appeared to suggest the attack was linked to Ukraine even though the ...
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Russia detains suspects in concert hall attack that killed 115 people
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Stabber in Switzerland affiliated with Islamic State, Swiss Police say: Swiss police disclosed that the 15-year-old suspect in the Zurich stabbing incident of an ...
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Stabber in Switzerland affiliated with Islamic State, Swiss Police say
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After the terrorist attack: "Putin is trying to distract from his own failures": Following the terrorist attack, Russia's President Putin is trying to construct ...
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After the terrorist attack:
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Yazidi girl dies of thirst: IS returnee sentenced to 14 years in prison: In autumn 2023, the prison sentence against IS supporter Jennifer W ...
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Yazidi girl dies of thirst: IS returnee sentenced to 14 years in prison
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Russia says 40 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid, Islamic State group claims responsibility
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Russia says 40 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid, Islamic State group ...
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At least three killed in suicide bombing in Afghan city of Kandahar: At least 12 others wounded in blast that targeted a group of people waiting outside a bank ...
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At least three killed in suicide bombing in Afghan city of Kandahar
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Russia casts doubt on Islamic State responsibility for concert attack - Europe - The Jakarta Post
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Russia casts doubt on Islamic State responsibility for concert attack - ...
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Russian State Media Release Interrogation Videos of Concert Attack Suspects: Russian state-run media on Saturday released videos of law enforcement agents ...
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Russian State Media Release Interrogation Videos of Concert Attack ...
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Passenger at Moscow airport claims she has a bomb in her luggage: The reports come two days after several gunmen opened fire at a concert hall in a Moscow suburb ...
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Passenger at Moscow airport claims she has a bomb in her luggage
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Explained: ISIS terror group's new tactics in Asia : The Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on Niger's army that it said ...
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Explained: ISIS terror group's new tactics in Asia
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Afghan Islamic State branch top suspect in Moscow attack: The Islamic State group (IS) has claimed responsibility for Friday's attack on a Moscow concert hall ...
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Afghan Islamic State branch top suspect in Moscow attack
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US Embassy Warns Of ‘Imminent’ Extremist Attack In Moscow: The warning comes after Russia’s Federal Security Service, a successor agency to the KGB ...
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US Embassy Warns Of ‘Imminent’ Extremist Attack In Moscow
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Former Daesh member Shamima Begum has UK citizenship appeal denied: LONDON: Shamima Begum, the London-born woman who was stripped of her British citizenship ...
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Former Daesh member Shamima Begum has UK citizenship appeal denied
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Iraq: US military base hit with rockets: A US military base in western Iraq has been attacked with rockets - some hit the base. A group close to Iran claimed the ...
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Iraq: US military base hit with rockets
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An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 5 Iranian advisers, officials say
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An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 5 Iranian ...
Quick Glance: Threats from Iran: Dead Revolutionary Guards in Damascus
  • Iran and Syria identified as Israel's adversaries.

  • Damascus attack results in fatalities among the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).

  • Key intelligence chief of the Revolutionary Guard in Syria among the casualties.

  • High-security zone in Damascus frequented by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and pro-Iranian Palestinian organizations.