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28 dead in IS counter-attack on Syria regime forces: Monitor

Abdel Rahman said that 37 government fighters and 101 IS militants have been killed since the regime launched its offensive for Tabqa

Was Orlando shooter acting for Islamic State?

The revelation that the 29-year-old man who opened fire on Sunday in a gay nightclub had dedicated the killing to the Islamic State has prompted a now-familiar question: Was the killer truly acting under orders from the Islamic State, or just seeking publicity and the group's approval for a personal act of hate?For the terror planners of the Islamic State, the difference is mostly irrelevant. Influencing distant attackers to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and then carry out mass murder has become a core part of the group's propaganda over the past two years.It is a purposeful blurring of the line between operations that are planned and carried out by the terror group's core fighters and those carried out by its sympathisers. The attacker, Omar Mateen, told a 911 operator that he was pledging allegiance to the Islamic State. In the group's nomenclature, that pledge is a central part of the ISIS protocol. The Orlando killing was the third time the loyalty pledge was known to be i

ISIS executed over 4,000 in Syria in last two years: Report

Monitors compiled the list dating back to the declaration of ISIS in June 2014.

US confirms death of IS number 2

US forces killed the Islamic State group's second-in-command this week, dealing a blow to the extremists' ability to conduct operations in Iraq, Syria and abroad, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said on Friday."We are systematically eliminating ISIL's cabinet," Carter told reporters, referring also to the killing early in the month of Omar al-Shishani, the man known as "Omar the Chechen," who was effectively IS's defence minister. The latest killing "will hamper the ability for them to conduct operations inside and outside of Iraq and Syria," Carter said of Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, referring to him as Haji Imam. He said al-Qaduli served as the group's finance minister and had been behind some foreign plots."The momentum of this campaign is now clearly on our side," the defense secretary said, adding that "we're broadening both the weight and the nature of our attacks on ISIL."Carter declined to say whether al-Qaduli had been killed by a drone strike or in a bombing raid involving

Value of two Indian suppliers to Islamic State doubled during conflict

Shares of Solar Industries and Premier Explosives rallied while broader market lost 6%