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Egypt to hold mass trial of suspected Islamic State militants
Egypt’s public prosecutor is to bring nearly 300 suspected Islamic State militants before the country’s military judiciary in one of the biggest trials of alleged violent extremists in recent years. The accused include members of Isis’s networks in Egypt and Saudi Arabia who plotted to kill the Egyptian...
UK TERROR WARNING: Islamic State jihadi threatens to attack Heathrow Airport THIS WEEKEND
AN ISLAMIC State supporter has threatened to carry out devastating attacks on British and US airports in a chilling warning to holidaymakers. The threatened terror strike comes just days after Islamic State member Akhmed Chatayev killed 42 people in a strike on the Turkish Ataturk airport – and as scores of holidaymakers...
Fear For Civilians As Islamic State Halts Iraqi Army At Gates Of Falluja
Islamic State fighters halted an Iraqi army assault on the city of Falluja with a counter-attack at its southern gates on Tuesday, while the United Nations warned of peril for civilians trapped in the city and used by militants as human shields. The Iraqi army’s assault on Falluja has begun what is expected to be one of...
Islamic State: Iraqi army makes gains in Falluja offensive
Iraqi government forces have made gains in their offensive to drive Islamic State militants from Falluja — one the country's two major cities in IS hands. The nearby town of Karma, the first line of IS defence, is now in the army's hands, a BBC correspondent says. Large numbers of elite combat troops have also...
Who Are US Allies in Fight Against Islamic State?
When Islamic State fighters first arrived in the Syrian city of Raqqa before their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate the leaders of a Syrian militia called Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa, a minor Sunni Arab armed group, adapted to the newcomers — opportunistically collaborating with them to attack rivals and even...
Islamic State tortures CHILDREN ‘like men’ after forcing them to confess to false charges
DEPRAVED Islamic State militants are torturing children to death in makeshift prisons — even after they have confessed to bogus charges. Around 20 prisoners managed to escape from an ISIS prison in Syria and have now revealed the murderous extremists are brutally torturing their inmates. Equipment such as “torture...
REVEALED: SAS soldiers ‘to get WING SUITS to silently pick off Islamic State savages’
CRACK British special forces could soon be using wing suits to launch deadly silent attacks against Islamic State fanatics. The SAS is reportedly trialling gliding kits, which could replace traditional free-fall parachute jumps behind enemy lines. The hi-tech outfits mean soldiers can travel further and faster, surprising the...
Now Islamic State is running FISH FARMS in desperate attempt to make money
DESPERATE Islamic State jihadis have resorted to running fish farms in an attempt to claw back money lost from obliterated oil fields. The crazed terror cult reportedly makes around £2billion every year with most of that coming from oil and gas sales from Iraq and Syria. But following US-led airstrikes on ISIS' cash...
Islamic State: Up to $800m of funds ‘destroyed by strikes’
Up to $800m (£550m) in cash held by so-called Islamic State (IS) has been destroyed in air strikes, a US military official says. Maj Gen Peter Gersten, who is based in Baghdad, said the US had repeatedly targeted stores of the group's funds. The blow to the group's financing has contributed to a 90% jump in...
Depraved Islamic State claims its CAPTURED a Syrian pilot after gunning down plane
THE barbaric Islamic State has claimed the capture of a Syrian pilot after shooting down a warplane. ISIS affiliated news agency Amaq has claimed that war-crazed jihadis gunned down the jet south east of Syrian capital Damascus. The news agency said: "The pilot, called Azzam Eid, from Hama was captured after he fell by...
Olympics terror: Chance of Islamic State terror on Rio games is INCREASING, experts warn
THE threat of an Islamic State terror attack on the 2016 Rio Olympic games is increasing, according to security officials. Brazil’s national intelligence agency has warned the threat of a terror attack by death-crazed jihadis is rising, less than four months before the games begin in August. Counterterrorism director Luiz...
A TERROR group in East Africa has pledged allegiance to Islamic State’s commander in chief in a terrifying harbinger of the rise of the extremist group in the region.
A TERROR group in East Africa has pledged allegiance to Islamic State's commander in chief in a terrifying harbinger of the rise of the extremist group in the region. The new organisation, calling itself Jahba East Africa, told its recruits to "leave al-Shabaab and their sponsor groups" and back ISIS chief Abu...