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SDF Arrest Senior IS Cell Leader in Syria's Eastern Deir Ezzor

This is Beirut, 2025-12-21 19:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement on Sunday that their elite units arrested a senior Islamic State cell leader during a security operation in eastern Deir Ezzor province. The SDF said the suspect supplied weapons, ammunition, and explosive devices to Islamic State cells operating in the area, describing him as one of the group’s ...

Israeli Military Says Detained Suspected IS Jihadist in Syria

This is Beirut, 2025-12-20 20:10 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Israeli military said on Saturday its forces had arrested a suspected Islamic State group jihadist in Syria earlier this week and taken him back to Israel. In a statement, the military said that on Wednesday "soldiers completed an operation in the area of Rafid in southern Syria to apprehend a suspected terrorist affiliated with ISIS." "The ...

Syria Monitor Says US Strikes Killed at Least Five Islamic State Members

This is Beirut, 2025-12-20 14:32 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A Syria monitor said Saturday that five Islamic State jihadist group members were killed in US strikes overnight as Jordan confirmed it participated in the raids after a deadly attack on American troops last weekend. US forces said they struck more than 70 IS targets in what President Donald Trump described as "very serious retaliation" ...

Syrian Who Killed Americans Was Part of Security Forces

This is Beirut, 2025-12-14 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Syria's interior ministry said Sunday the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region the previous day was a member of the security forces who was to have been fired for extremism. Two U.S. troops and a civilian interpreter died in what the Syrian government described as a "terrorist attack" on Saturday, while Washington said ...

Shadowy Extremist Group Claims Damascus Church Attack

This is Beirut, 2025-06-24 18:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A little-known Sunni Muslim extremist group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend suicide attack on a Damascus church, as the city mourned those killed. Sunday's attack killed 25 people and wounded dozens, striking terror into Syria's Christian community and other minorities. A statement from Saraya Ansar al-Sunna said an operative ...

US Military Airstrikes Eliminate 35 Jihadists in Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-10-30 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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American air strikes killed up to 35 Islamic State group members in Syria earlier this week, the US military said Wednesday. It is the latest in a series of operations in recent months by US and local forces in Iraq and Syria against the jihadists, who once held swathes of territory in both countries. "The strikes hit multiple ISIS locations in ...

US Forces Strike Islamic State Group in Syria

This Is Beirut, 2024-10-12 15:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US forces “conducted a series of airstrikes against multiple known ISIS camps in Syria in the early morning of Oct. 11,” the US Central Command said in a statement on X, using an acronym for the Islamist militant group. “The strikes will disrupt the ability of ISIS to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against the United States, its allies ...

Imam in Spain Arrested for 'Radicalizing Minors'

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-07 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Spanish police on Thursday announced the arrest of a 44-year-old imam who, employed as an Arabic teacher, allegedly exploited his role to radicalize minors and potentially recruit individuals for the Islamic State (IS). Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested a 44-year-old imam who worked as an Arabic teacher and used his position "to ...

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