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May 8, 2026 2:16 PM

Australia charges two women linked to ISIS with slavery after return from Syria

Australian police on Friday charged two women linked to the Islamic State extremist group with slavery offences after they returned from Syria, where they had been detained in a refugee camp for more than seven years. The women, Kawsar Ahmad, 54, and her daughter Zeinab Ahmad, 31, face crimes against humanity charges including owning and using a slave in Syria, which carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison, police said. The pair, among a group of four women and nine children who returned...

May 7, 2026 2:59 PM

Australian women and children linked to ISIS return from Syria, arrests expected

A group of Australian women and children linked to the extremist group Islamic State arrived home on Thursday after years in a camp in Syria, with some facing arrest at the airport, Australian media reported. The Australian government said on Wednesday that four women and nine children who had been detained in northeast Syria planned to return to Australia, but would receive no government assistance. One woman and her child arrived in Sydney on Thursday evening via Doha, the Australian Broadca...

November 9, 2025 10:35 AM

Syria carries out pre-emptive operations against Islamic State cells

Syria has carried out nationwide pre-emptive operations targeting Islamic State cells, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids, with 71 people arrested and explosives and weapons seized, the spokesperson told state-run Al Ekhbariya TV. The raids come ahead of a trip by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and join an anti Islamic State U.S.-led coalition. The U.S. State Department...

January 28, 2025 12:02 PM

NIA raids 16 locations in Tamil Nadu in ISIS radicalisation probe

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at 16 locations across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday as part of an ongoing probe into ISIS-linked radicalisation activities. The searches, which began early in the morning, targeted suspected hideouts linked to individuals accused of promoting ISIS ideology and recruitment efforts, according to sources. The operation aims to gather evidence against those believed to be involved in spreading extremist views and supporting terror activities. The inv...

September 30, 2024 9:03 AM

US conducts precision strikes in Syria, kills 37 terrorists

The US on Sunday conducted precision strikes in Syria, killing 37 terrorist operatives, including high-ranking leaders from ISIS. In a statement, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said, "CENTCOM Forces conducted two targeted strikes in Syria, killing 37 terrorist operatives, including multiple senior leaders of the terrorist organisations of ISIS and Hurras al-Din, an Al Qaeda affiliate." The statement further said, "The airstrikes are part of CENTCOM's ongoing commitment, along with partners in...

June 10, 2024 11:02 AM

Iraq’s Mosul springs back to life 10 years after it fell to ISIS

It was the simple night-time act of watering flowers on his street in Mosul's Old City that made Saqr Zakaria stop and think about just how safe this last bastion of Islamic State militants had become since it was liberated in 2017. "I thought for a second, 'where am I?'" said Zakaria, who left the city in 2005 but returned to set up a cultural centre, the Baytna Foundation, in 2018 at a time when thousands of bodies were still being cleared from the ruins. The jihadist group declared its cali...