Islamic State – Page 53 – The Defense Post

Apr- 2020 -

9 April

Indonesia couple with ties to ISIS on trial over attempt to kill security minister

A couple with links to ISIS went on trial in Indonesia for a failed assassination attempt on the country's former chief security minister Wiranto

Mar- 2020 -

29 March

Middle East

Jared Szuba

SDF: ISIS detainees escape prison in northeast Syria

The SDF reasserted control over a detention center for ISIS suspects in northeast Syria after detainees tried to break out of the prison

16 March

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

French judges order 20 terrorism suspects to stand trial over 2015 Paris attacks

French judges have ordered 20 people to stand trial over the 2015 Paris attacks, including Salah Abdeslam, the only suspected assailant still alive

10 March

Middle East

Jared Szuba

Pentagon identifies 2 US Marines killed in Iraq firefight with ISIS

US Marines Gunnery Sergeant Diego Pongo and Captain Moises Navas were killed in a firefight with ISIS in Iraq

6 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Afghanistan: Taliban deny involvement in deadly attack on Hazara ceremony in Kabul

An attack on a Hazara ceremony in the Afghanistan capital Kabul left dozens dead and wounded but the Taliban denied it was behind the shooting

Feb- 2020 -

25 February

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Taliban attacks down as Afghanistan ‘reduction in violence’ deal holds

A partial, week-long truce between the Taliban, American and Afghan forces held tenuously for a fourth day, despite several insurgent attacks and the US hitting ISIS targets

21 February

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Alleged Iraqi ISIS member accused of letting Yazidi ‘slave’ girl die to be charged with genocide in Germany

An Iraqi suspected of belonging to ISIS will face charges of murder and genocide in Germany, accused especially of letting a five-year-old "slave" girl die of thirst

21 February

Africa