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Turkish police detain 61 Daesh-linked suspects

Turkish police detain 61 Daesh-linked suspects

At least 61 Daesh-linked terror suspects have been detained in Turkey's eastern Erzurum and northwestern Bursa provinces Sunday, security officials said. The latest detentions bring the total number of terror suspects held by Turkish police …

4 Daesh suspects arrested in Istanbul

4 Daesh suspects arrested in Istanbul

Police arrested four Daesh suspects, including two women who were allegedly planning a terror attack in Istanbul, according to a police source, Anadolu Agency reported. The suspects were held in the car park area of Forum Istanbul …

Tens of Daesh terrorists killed in airstrikes in western Anbar

Tens of Daesh terrorists killed in airstrikes in western Anbar

Iraqi F-16 fighter jets on Saturday launched eight airstrikes against sites and depots belonging to Daesh terrorist group in Rawa and al Qa’im towns in western Anbar, the Iraqi military's War Media Cell said in a statement, Egypt Today …

5,600 IS foreign fighters have returned home

5,600 IS foreign fighters have returned home

At least 5,600 supporters of so-called Islamic State (IS, ISIS, Daesh) have returned to their home countries as it loses ground in Iraq and Syria, BBC reported. The Soufan Center, a US-based think tank, says 33 states have …

US airstrike kills 40 suspected militants in Afghanistan

US airstrike kills 40 suspected militants in Afghanistan

U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan killing 40 suspected pro-Daesh militants, officials confirmed on Sunday, Anadolu agency reported. Hazrat Hussain, …

CSTO expects increase in terrorist activity by spring of 2018

CSTO expects increase in terrorist activity by spring of 2018

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) expects an increase in terrorist threat level by the spring of 2018, Secretary General of the CSTO Yuri Khachaturov said, speaking at the opening ceremony of the CSTO Youth Forum …

Top US ground commander all but declares victory over ISIS in Iraq

Top US ground commander all but declares victory over ISIS in Iraq

Increasingly desperate Islamic State fighters in Iraq are in full retreat and showing other signs of giving up in the face of a relentless campaign by Iraqi forces, backed by coalition airpower, the top U.S. military land commander in Iraq said …