The Islamic State

Four years and one caliphate later, IS claims Idlib comeback

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

The Islamic State group has been roundly defeated across much of Syria -- which made it all the more surprising when it announced an official comeback in the country's northwest last week. Syrian regime troops are currently waging a fierce assault against other jihadists and rebels in Idlib province, and in the chaos, IS appears to have gained a foothold. On January 10, ISRead more

IS claims attack on Kabul intelligence training centre

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on an intelligence agency training facility in the Afghan capital on Monday. "Two IS attackers raid the Afghan intelligence centre in Kabul," the jihadists' propaganda arm Amaq reported.Read more

Trial opens of Istanbul New Year massacre gunman

ISTANBUL - Muslimchronicle

An Uzbek citizen who confessed to killing 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub in a New Year gun attack claimed by the Islamic State extremist group goes on trial in Istanbul on Monday. Abdulkadir Masharipov faces 40 life sentences, one for each of the victims and the massacre itself, when the trial gets under way at the Silivri prison complexRead more

IS kidnaps 3 in Libyan town near Sirte

TRIPOLI - Muslimchronicle

The Islamic State (IS) militants abducted three civilians in a Libyan town near former IS affiliates' stronghold Sirte, a military source told Xinhua on Sunday. Three family members, a father and his two children, were reportedly kidnapped from south of the town of Ageela, which is 100 km east of Sirte, a Mediterranean coastal city in northern Libya. The sourceRead more

Jordan sentences Syrian to hang over border bombing

Amman - Muslimchronicle

A Jordanian court on Monday sentenced a Syrian man to death by hanging for carrying out a "terrorist" attack in 2016 that killed seven soldiers near a border crossing. Three other Syrians initially given the death penalty were jailed for life and a fifth received a two-year sentence, said an AFP reporter who attended the hearing at the state securityRead more

Iraq forces retake last town in country held by IS: army

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi forces said they retook the last town in the country still held by the Islamic State group near the border with Syria on Friday in a lightning offensive. Government troops and paramilitary units "liberated the whole of Rawa and raised the Iraqi flag on all of its official buildings," General Abdelamir Yarallah of the Joint Operations Command said inRead more