Page 11 - Isis

ISIS mounts fierce defence of besieged Syrian bastion

A Kurdish-Arab alliance last week encircled the city of Manbij and severed a key supply route used by IS from the Turkish border

Al-Baghdadi certainly injured, says Syrian envoy to Russia

Earlier this year, various reports emerged about Baghdadi's injuries and death

US hasn't been able to curb ISIS global reach: CIA director

CIA director John Brennan said ISIS has worked to build an apparatus to direct and inspire attacks against its foreign enemies

Novel model developed to help track ISIS activities online

Researchers from the University of Miami in the US identified and analysed second-by-second online records of 196 pro-ISIS groups

Suspected ISIS sympathiser gets NIA custody till June 23

Mohsin Sheikh was arrested from Delhi in February by the local police and the case was transferred to NIA

21 ISIS loyalists killed in military operations in East of Afghanistan

So far, the loyalists of the terror group have not commented regarding the report

ISIS losing ground in Iraq, Syria: Obama

Islamic State, he said, is now effectively cut off from the international financial system

Iraq arrests 500 IS suspects fleeing Fallujah with civilians

When civilians reach government forces, teenage boys and adult men are screened separately

IS suicide attack kills five in Iraq's Ramadi: Officers

Major General Ismail al-Mahalawi said the IS attack targeted an army base in Ramadi

Court denies bail to alleged ISIS operatives

Bail plea, moved by advocate M S Khan, had claimed that further custody of the accused was not required

Eight killed in Syria bombings

A string of IS bombings near the shrine in February left 134 people dead, most of them civilians

Libyan forces 'retake port' in jihadist bastion Sirte

Jihadists are now encircled in an area of around five square kilometres inside the city

Libya unity forces bombard IS in bastion Sirte

Loss of Sirte, would be a major blow to the jihadists at a time when they are under mounting pressure in Syria and Iraq

Islamic State can't pay fighters, US Treasury says

Daniel Glaser, the Treasury's assistant secretary for terrorist financing, said that ISIS needs money to survive

Assault on ISIS-held Manbij in Syria within days: Pentagon

The assault will help clear the way for an eventual assault on the jihadists' stronghold of Raqa

Setbacks haven't weakened Islamic State strategically: UN

Threat posed by IS and its associates remains high and continues to diversify and the inflow of arms is a serious concern

Global threat from ISIS remains high: Ban Ki-moon

Attacks carried out by ISIS over the past six months have killed more than 500 individuals and injured hundreds more, he said

Iraqi forces free town near IS stronghold of Fallujah

The forces and allied paramilitary Shia and Sunni units, entered Saqlawiyah and recaptured the central part of it

Syrian rebels close in on strategic IS group-held city

A rebel victory would inflict one of the largest strategic defeats on the IS group

UK troops use Bollywood music as new weapon against ISIS

They came up with the idea after the Pakistani-born intelligence officer with the British Army said that Bollywood tunes would annoy ISIS