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Kurds invited to join Syria peace

Raqa - Muslimchronicle

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a speech at Stanford University on Wednesday that U.S. troops in Syria—thought to currently number around 2,000—would be remaining there indefinitely, even after all of ISIS’s territory has been retaken. What exactly those troops will be doing is unclear—other than finding themselves in the middle of a new and unpredictable phase of the Syrian conflict,Read more

Man charged in France for planning terror attack

Paris - Muslimchronicle

French authorities on Saturday charged a 33-year-old man, who had pledged allegiance to ISIS in a video, with planning a terror attack, judicial sources said. The man, who was not known to police, was arrested near the southern city of Nimes on Tuesday. Bomb making materials were found in his house but there was no indication of the targets heRead more

Iraqi court sentences to death German woman who joined ISIS

Mosul - Muslimchronicle

An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death a German woman of Moroccan origin for membership of ISIS, a spokesman said. The German national was captured by Iraqi forces during the battle for Mosul last year, the spokesman said, declining to identify her. She is the first foreign woman to be sentenced to death in Iraq for joining the militantRead more

Lebanon foils ISIS plans to attack places of worship, government buildings

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

Lebanon thwarted extremists’ plans to attack places of worship and government buildings over the holidays after gaining rare access to an ISIS operative, the interior minister said Friday. Nuhad Mashnuq said at a press conference that an elite unit in Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) had arrested an Iraqi ISIS commander in Beirut last June. The commander, known as AbuRead more

World Cup likely target for ISIS

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

The World Cup soccer tournament to be held in Russia in June and July will be an “attractive target” for ISIS given Russia’s role in the territorial defeat of the militant group, the UK-based analysis firm, IHS, said on Thursday. “A successful attack (in Russia) would provide a tremendous propaganda boost for the ISIS and its fighters and supporters, underliningRead more

Sharp decline in Iraq, Syria terror deaths last year

London - Muslimchronicle

Iraq and Syria saw a sharp drop in the number of people killed in terror attacks last year, a report published Thursday by Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre has found. Despite ongoing violence in both countries, there was a fall in the number of deaths in attacks by non-state actors such as ISIS. In Iraq 3,378 were killed in militantRead more

Saudi court begins trial of ISIS member who killed his cousin

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court is commencing the trial of the man accused of murdering his cousin. The crime shook the kingdom as it was videotaped, and the man’s cousin is seen begging for him not to kill him, repeatedly screaming “enough Saad”. The case also caused outrage as it took place on the first day of Eid al-Adha inRead more

French female ISIS militant should face trial in Syria

Damascus - Muslimchronicle

Female French militant arrested in Kurdish-held parts of Syria should face justice there so long as they can be guaranteed a fair trial, the French government said on Thursday. Debate has been swirling in France over the fate of women who went to Syria to marry militant fighters and now find themselves in custody, following a series of defeats forRead more

Egypt files murder charges against man held for Coptic church attack

Cairo - Muslimchronicle

Egypt’s public prosecutor has filed murder charges against a man accused of killing 11 people in an attack on a Coptic church and a Christian-owned shop in a Cairo suburb last week, judicial sources said. The man, arrested after the Dec. 29 attack, was receiving medical treatment in custody for injuries sustained in an exchange of gunfire with authorities outsideRead more

Iraqi PM threatens corrupters again, and MPs demand actions

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has been calling on combating ISIS and expelling it militarily from the Iraqi territories during 2017, and now as the year is coming to an end he has started talking about fighting corruption in Iraq in 2018. He said that corruption in his country is caused by organized mafias and prominent figures as most MPs andRead more