The casualty toll of the battle ended with the killing of 11 Hashd Shaabi members and the wounding of 12 others, the statement said. Full Report
US defence officials on Sunday said that final confirmation regarding the death of Islamic State chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, will come only after the DNA and biometric tests are conducted.
US President Donald Trump is considering a plan to leave a small contingent of American troops, nearly 200, in eastern Syria to combat the Islamic State, a senior administration official said.
Six Islamic State militants were killed in an airstrike carried out by the US-led coalition in Western Iraq’s Anbar province.
The Multinational Joint Task Force killed 20 terrorists in a joint operation around the Arege, Malkonory and Tumbum Rego general areas in the Lake Chad region, according to a statement issued by a Nigerian military spokesperson on Monday.
Islamic state has claimed responsibility for coordinated bombings in Sri Lanka which killed 321 people and injured about 500 others on Tuesday.
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) is carrying out searches in Telangana and Maharashtra against an Islamic State (IS) module.
Twelve Islamic State (IS) militants were killed when Iraqi security forces launched an operation in the Himreen mountain range in Iraq’s Salahudin and Diyala.
Over three thousand terrorists belonging to the UN-designated terror organisation Islamic State have surrendered to US-backed Kurdish forces.