France knife attacker who killed German tourist ‘swore allegiance to Islamic State’
The man who stabbed a tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in Paris swore allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video posted to social media, French anti-terrorist prosecutors said Sunday.
Islamic State claims attack on spy agency center in Afghan capital
Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack near a training facility of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency in the capital, Kabul, on Monday as gunmen exchanged fire with security forces.
Iraq completely liberated from Islamic State, premier says
Iraq has “completely liberated” all of its territory that was under the control of Islamic State extremists, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday.
IS ‘executed’ 116 in Syria town revenge campaign
The Islamic State group killed 116 people it suspected of collaborating with the Syrian regime in Al-Qaryatain this month before losing the desert down to government forces, a monitor said Monday.
US-backed fighters seize Syria’s largest gas field from Islamic State
US-backed Syrian forces on Saturday captured the war-torn country’s largest gas field from the Islamic State extremist militia organization, a monitoring group and Kurdish fighters said.
Islamic State claims attack on house of Afghan lawmaker
Militant group, Islamic State, on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the home of Zahir Qadir, a powerful member of parliament in eastern Afghan city, Jalalabad, killing at least four, including two security guards.
