The Obama White House walks a tightrope with Turkey
U.S. officials want to be sure that Ankara doesn’t seek to align itself with Russia and against its alliance partners.
Daesh (Islamic State)
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Daesh militants claim capture of U.S. weapons in Afghanistan
Militants linked to Daesh have released photos that purport to show weapons and equipment that belonged to American soldiers and were captured by the group in eastern Afghanistan, Reuters reported. The photos, which came to light on …
Saudi Arabia to aid German investigators over July attacks
In the report on Saturday, the German news magazine "Spiegel" cited a senior Saudi government official as saying that Riyadh wanted to help Germany find those behind Islamist bomb and ax attacks in July that left 20 people injured and …
Kerry presses on with Russian talks on Syria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is still pursuing an agreement with Russia on military cooperation in the fight against Islamic State in Syria despite major setbacks and skepticism from other administration officials and U.S. …
Coalition continues to use Incirlik air base
Turkey's Defence Minister Fikri Isik said that members of the U.S.-led coalition were continuing to strike Daesh targets in Syria from the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey, after the base was used by rogue …
20 Daesh suspects detained in Turkey's Adana
Turkish police detained 20 suspected Daesh members in the southern Adana province, Doğan News Agency reports. Firearms and Turkey’s maps with strategic facilities and police stations on them were found within the framework of …
Peskov: terrorist threats unable to derail Russia's fight against terrorism
The Daesh’s threats against Russia cannot influence Russia’s stance on the fight against international terrorism, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "Certainly, the special services responsible …
Olympics ‘dirty bomb' Fears
UN atomic agency helping guard Rio Olympics from ISIS terror attack
Kadyrov says Daesh calling for attacks in Russia is empty threat
Acting head of Russia’s Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov said that a new video reportedly released by Daesh and calling for attacks in Russia was an empty threat. "My considered opinion that this …
Russian mission: Daesh responds with atrocities to humanitarian aid to Aleppo
Russia is calling upon all countries have a leverage to influence militant groups near Aleppo to urgently put strong pressures to make them stop mass atrocities against civilians being committed in response to the Russian-Syrian humanitarian …
Kremlin comments on Daesh threats against Russia
The outlawed Daesh’s threats against Russia cannot influence Moscow’s stance on the fight against international terrorism, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "Such threats are not able in any …
Iraqi troops liberate Khalidiya island from Daesh
The head of the Anbar Provincial Council, Sabah Al-Karhut, said that the Khalidiya island, 23 km east of Ramadi, has been fully liberated from Daesh control. “Security forces have completely liberated the …
Daesh threatens Russia
Daesh called on its group members to carry out jihad in Russia in a nine-minute YouTube video on Sunday. "Listen Putin, we will come to Russia and will kill you at your homes ... Oh Brothers, carry out jihad and kill and fight …
More than 100 thousand soldiers dismissed from Iraqi army
Iraqi authorities have terminated contracts of more than 100 thousand soldiers, who left their positions during clashes with Daesh terrorists group (banned in Russia). "Contracts of 106 thousand Iraqi soldiers, who left their …
Rouen terrorists communicated via Telegram
Criminals that attacked church in France were not acquainted before the attack, they contacted each other for the first time shortly before the attack using Telegram. It is reported that one of the terrorists also used Telegram …
Iran’s Foreign Ministry: Al-Nusra name change ‘mere word play’
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi deemed al-Nusra’s changing name to Jabhat Fath al-Sham a mere play on words that did not alter its terrorist nature. He stressed that the rebrand would not …
Iran's Foreign Ministry: Riyadh policy to support terrorism to drag it into quagmire
Iran has strongly condemned the killing of civilians in a village in southwestern Yemen as a “blatant crime against humanity.” “This crime is indicative of the frustration of Saudi-affiliated forces,” the …
Andrei Baklanov: goal of terrorists is to discredit European authorities
Advisor to the deputy chairman of the Federation Council, deputy head of the Council of the Russian Diplomats Association, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador Andrey Baklanov, speaking with a correspondent of Vestnik …
Mysterious ties of Ansbach attacker
The German police found a Bulgarian track and protection of the "good" Syrian during the investigation of the terrorist attack in the small Bavarian town of Ansbach. According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, …
Explosions hit Turkish-Syrian border
Two bomb blasts hit the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish border on Wednesday, killing or wounding dozens of people, a monitoring group and state television reported. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human …
