Tag: Islamist State

Video showing Islamic militants with their hostages in Marawi released by IS-affiliated news agency

Islamic State spokesman praises jihadist attack in Marawi City in audio broadcast   Islamic militants in action, with high-powered firearms and ammunition, as well as with their hostages, were seen on a video posted on the internet by the Islamic State-affiliated Amaq News Agency showing what appeared to be IS-inspired Filipino extremists fighting Philippine government forces. The video purports to show militants using high-powered firearms in Marawi City, as well as several civilians, which Amaq […]

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Hapilon in video of Islamist militants planning Marawi siege; Phl military gets hold of footage

  Islamist militants locked in an urban battle with troops in Marawi City had long planned to carve out an enclave of their own in Mindanao to fulfill a requirement for them to be recognized by the Islamic State (IS) international terror group. This was according to the military after the emergence of a video showing the Islamist militants’ leaders in a secret strategy meeting, and among them was Abu Sayyaf leader and touted as […]

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Strike kills 15 near Syria’s IS-held Raqa: monitor

  BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — At least 15 civilians, including four children, were killed in a suspected US-led coalition airstrike on Saturday near the Islamic State group’s Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 17 people were injured in the strike on Heneyda, and that the death toll could rise further because several of the wounded were in serious conditions. The Britain-based group said the strike was […]

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Australia holds five suspected of plotting sailing trip to join Islamic State

  (Reuters) — Australian police have detained five men suspected of planning to sail a small boat from the far north of the country on to Indonesia and the Philippines and finally to Syria to join Islamic State, officials said on Wednesday (May 11). The men were held on Tuesday (May 10) after towing the seven-meter boat almost 3,000 km (1,865 miles) from Melbourne to Cairns in Queensland state, police said. “There have been reports that […]

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