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USA imposes sanctions on Durban-based companies linked to ISIS

LOCAL The United States says it will continue to partner with South Africa to prevent militant group ISIS from exploiting the country’s economy to raise and move funds to support the growth of ISIS affiliates and networks. The US has announced sanctions targetting four people and eight companies that are allegedly linked to the militant group reportedly operating in Durban. The US Treasury Department says the aim of the sanctions […]

8 November 2022

International

Stolen antiquities trade fuels conflict in Middle East, report says

INTERNATIONAL Hundreds of thousands of artefacts have been stolen from war-torn countries in the Middle East in the past decade, with funds from the sale of looted treasures used to fuel further conflict, a new report has said. The Docket, an initiative of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, said on Wednesday it had tracked 300 cases in Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq in which items were pillaged from museums, archaeological sites, universities, and religious locations. The items […]

9 June 2022

Local

‘ISIS’ warns SA: Steer clear of Mozambique conflict

ISIS has warned South Africa that it would "open the fighting front" within South Africa's borders, should it get involved in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. This is according to reports on ISIS's latest newsletter, Al-Naba. An organisation linked to ISIS, Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamaah, has been waging a violent insurgency in Mozambique's northernmost province, Cabo Delgado. It started in 2017, but the violence has escalated in recent months. They want to […]

8 July 2020

International News

U.S. says Islamic State conducted attack on Kabul hospital

The United States on Thursday blamed Islamic State militants — not the Taliban — for a gruesome hospital attack in Afghanistan this week that killed two newborn babies, and it renewed calls for Afghans to embrace a troubled peace push with the Taliban insurgency. But it was unclear if the U.S. declaration would be enough to bolster the peace effort and reverse a decision by the Kabul government to resume […]

15 May 2020

International News

Iraq executes 12 ISIL members on death row: PM’s office

Iraq has executed a dozen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) on death row, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said on Friday, after he vowed a swift response to the armed group's killing of eight captives. The executions were carried out on Thursday, and came shortly after Abadi ordered the "immediate" implementation of the death sentences of hundreds of convicted fighters. […]

30 June 2018

News

SA ulama hold emergency meeting on Verulam attack

South Africa’s major Islamic theological bodies have united under one banner to take a strong position against any form of religious intolerance and violence. This was the outcome of a teleconference amongst the ulema bodies this morning, in response to yesterday’s unprecedented attack on the Al Hussein masjid in Verulam, KZN, which left one person dead and injured two others. Amongst the bodies present were the United Ulema Council of […]

11 May 2018

News

ISIS scare in SA is western influence: Patel attorney

By Thakira Desai The re-arrest of a woman previously accused of terrorism has sparked concerns abroad, with the United Kingdom issuing a warning to its citizens about a possible Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) cell operating within South Africa. Fatima Patel (27) and her husband, Sayfydeen Aslam Del Vecchio (38), were arrested on February 15 on preliminary charges relating to the kidnapping of a Cape Town couple. The […]

22 February 2018

International News

Turkey denies reports Syria will help YPG in Afrin

Turkey's deputy prime minister has dismissed as "false" media reports that Syrian government forces were poised to enter a Kurdish enclave in Syria's Afrin. Bekir Bozdag, however, warned any move by Syrian soldiers to help the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, repel a Turkish offensive in northwestern Syria would be a "major disaster" for the region. Turkey will continue its air and ground offensive against the YPG "with determination […]

20 February 2018

International News

Egypt mosque attackers carried Islamic State flag – Prosecutor

Gunmen who attacked a mosque on Friday in Egypt’s North Sinai brandished an Islamic State flag as they opened fire through doorways and windows, killing more than 300 worshipers, including two dozen children, officials said on Saturday. No group has claimed responsibility, but Egyptian forces are battling a stubborn Islamic State affiliate in the region, one of the surviving branches of the militant group after it suffered defeats by U.S.-backed […]

26 November 2017

ISIS

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