Tue, 21-Oct-2025

IS militants are killed by Iraqi soldiers

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BAGHDAD: Iraqi soldiers killed nine Islamic State militants in Kirkuk, Iraq’s northern region, on Wednesday, according to the Iraqi military. The Iraqi military surrounded nine militants holed up in a tunnel near Kraw Mountain, some 250 kilometres north of Baghdad, and blasted the tunnel, killing all nine militants inside, according to the Iraqi Joint Operations … Read more

IS militants on the run in Pakistan after evading police raid

QUETTA: A band of suspected Islamic State militants is on the run in Pakistan after escaping a police raid that killed six other members of the group, officials said Monday. Counterterrorism police said in a statement they had stormed a hideout in the southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday and killed six militants, but “around … Read more