Tag Archives: ISIS

RUSSIAN bombers have destroyed a series of Islamic State targets in a “massive airstrike” against terrorists’ facilities near the town of Abu Kamal in Syria, Moscow’s defence ministry have claimed. Daily Express :: News Feed

The driver behind the deadly truck attack Tuesday on a bike path in Manhattan had been planning it for weeks and did so “in the name of ISIS,” a New York City police department official said Wednesday. CBC | World News

US-LED coalition forces have found ISIS chemical weapons in both Iraq and Syria, a military spokesman has revealed. Daily Express :: News Feed

Iraqi forces are about to launch an offensive to recapture the last patch of Iraqi territory still in the hands of Islamic State, the military says. CBC | World News

The bodies of at least 67 Syrian civilians, many summarily killed by ISIS, are discovered in a central town in Syria retaken from the extremist group by government troops over the weekend. CBC | World News

Philippines defence secretary declared the last of the pro-ISIS militants in southern Marawi city “finished” Monday, exactly five months after the start of the siege that sparked fears of the group gaining a foothold in Southeast Asia. CBC | World News

U.S.-allied forces in Syria say they’ve captured the country’s largest oil field from ISIS. The Syrian Democratic Forces say they are in full control of the Al-Omar field. CBC | World News

Anti-ISIS fighters declared victory over the group in its de facto capital, but defeating its ideology will be a more difficult battle, writes Derek Stoffel. CBC | World News

A commander with the U.S.-backed Syrian forces battling ISIS says the city of Raqqa has been liberated from militants and that combing operations are underway to clear the city of land mines and extremist sleeper cells. CBC | World News

SAS snipers took out 15 Isis fighters in a daring operation to stop a Christian family being decapitated. Daily Express :: News Feed