Syrian Democratic Forces halt joint ops with US-led coalition after Turkish fire

The Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed group that helped defeat ISIS extremists in Syria, has stopped all joint counter-terrorism operations as a result of Turkish bombardment on its area of control, a spokesman said Friday.

US says it killed Daesh/ISIS official in northern Syria operation

The US military said Thursday that it killed a Daesh/ISIS official during an operation in northern Syria.

Involvement Of Foreign Special Services In Kabul Embassy Attack Not Ruled Out - Moscow - UrduPoint

 Moscow does not rule out the involvement of special services of third countries in assisting the Islamic State terrorist organization (IS, ISIS, banned in Russia) which committed the terrorist attack near the Russian embassy in Kabul, Maria Zakharova, the Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, said on Thursday.

Blast in Afghan Mosque Leaves Scores of Dead, Wounded - Tasnim News Agency

An explosion inside a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan leaves scores of dead and wounded on Friday.

CIA Recruiting Daesh Militants to Send Them to Ukraine: Russian Media - Tasnim News Agency

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is actively working to recruit Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) militants detained in prisons and camps controlled by the Kurds in northeastern Syria, in order to send them to Ukraine, the Russian Sputnik News Agency said.

13 Killed in Terrorist Attack on Bus in Syria’s Raqqah City - Tasnim News Agency

At least 13 people were killed, among them two civilians and 11 soldiers, and several others injured when a terrorist attack targeted a civilian transit bus in the northern Syrian city of Raqqah.

15 civilians per 1 ton of food: Western "Azovstal resistance heroes" of Mariupol

 

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 Russian military source revealed that the Ukrainian militants besieged in the Azovstal plant in Mariupol City offered to exchange the civilians whom they held in exchange for food and medicine.

Deadly Blast Hits Mosque in Afghanistan - Tasnim News Agency

A powerful explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, causing dozens of casualties, according to officials.

Clashes between ISIL and Kurds kill four in Syrian camp | Al Jazeera

Three people, including a child, have been killed in northeastern Syria’s Al-Hol camp, caught in the fighting between Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in charge of the site and ISIL (ISIS) cells, a war monitoring group said.

French air raids kill 40 fighters in Burkina Faso | Al Jazeera

French forces have killed dozens of fighters in Burkina Faso linked to deadly attacks this week in neighbouring Benin whose victims included a Frenchman, the army said.

Do you trust Biden or ISIS, Psaki asks skeptical reporter — RT World News

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mocked the idea that the US administration may provide journalists inaccurate information about its military operations abroad.

Biden speaks after announcing US raid in Syria killed ISIS leader, 13 civilians

 

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Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi killed in Syria, US says - BBC News

The leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in an overnight US special forces raid in north-western Syria, senior US officials say.

FBI: US Teacher Trained Women, Children to Become Daesh Suicide Bombers | Farsnews Agency

(FNA)- A 42-year-old US citizen, Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, has been captured in Syria and transferred into the custody of the FBI to appear before a Virginia court next week, the US Department of Justice disclosed on Saturday.

Russia Requests UNSC Address IS Attacks In Syrias Northeast - Deputy Envoy To UN - UrduPoint

 Russia has requested that the UN Security Council convene to discuss the recent attacks by the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in Russia) in Syria's northeast, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy told Sputnik on Wednesday.

Kurdish-led forces say they have retaken Syrian prison seized by IS - BBC News

A Kurdish-led militia alliance says it has regained full control of a prison in north-eastern Syria seized by the Islamic State (IS) group six days ago.

Over 3,000 families flee homes in Syria's Hasakah amid US airstrikes - China.org.cn

As many as 3,500 families have so far fled their homes in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah amid the U.S. airstrikes and clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Islamic State (IS) militants, the state news agency SANA reported on Monday.

Burkina Faso President Kaboré reportedly detained by military - BBC News

The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers.

Syrian Army, Red Crescent receive displaced families in Hasaka – Syrian Arab News Agency

SANA reporter said  that units of the Syrian Arab Army and the Red Crescent in Hasaka city received  On Sunday the displaced families from the southern neighborhoods after receiving warnings and threats from QSD militia to evacuate their homes immediately amid a state of chaos in the vicinity of the Industrial Secondary Prison, that  witnessed bombings and  fleeing of Dash terrorists.

Afghan administration downplays IS threat, arrests 600 militants - China.org.cn

The caretaker government of Afghanistan on Wednesday downplayed the security threat posed by the hardliner Islamic State (IS), or Daesh outfit, saying security forces had arrested 600 militants affiliated with the armed group over the past three months.