Showing posts with label ISIS. Show all posts
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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Blasts claimed by IS kill 31 at Shiite sites in Yemen capital

IS, a Sunni Muslim radical group, said the attacks were in "revenge" against the Shiite Huthis, who have overrun Sanaa and much of the Sunni majority country and whom it considers to be heretics.

The blasts come almost three months after IS carried out multiple bombings against Shiite mosques killing 142 people.

Two car bombs targeted mosques, while a third hit the house of the head of the Huthi rebels' politburo, Saleh al-Sammad, witnesses and security officials said.   

The IS statement said the nearby politburo office was the target.

One of the car bombs targeted the house of Huthi leader Taha al-Mutawakel and the adjacent Al-Hashush mosque, which was targeted in the March bombings claimed by IS.

The other car bomb hit the Al-Quba Al-Khadra mosque in the central Hayel district, which is frequented by Huthi supporters.

Source:  Online Hindi News 
 
 
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Monday, November 3, 2014

Singapore to join combat coalition against IS militants

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has previously participated in multinational coalition efforts against religious extremists who pose a terrorist threat to the country and its citizens, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said .

"Singapore has fought against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and it will continue to participate in such efforts," Ng said in Parliament.

Responding to a question from a Member of Parliament on how SAF would contribute to the coalition, Ng said it's contribution would be "within its means" and "sustainable and useful".

"This includes sending liaison and planning officers to the United States Central Command and the Combined Joint Task Force HQ, a KC-135R tanker aircraft for air-to-air refuelling, and an Imagery Analysis Team, assets that were previously deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said.

These contributions have proved effective and were appreciated by international partners, he added.

There would be no SAF troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria; they would instead operate out of neighbouring countries, Ng said.

"There will be risks to our SAF servicemen as they carry out their missions. To mitigate these risks, we will ensure that our servicemen are well equipped, and receive additional training in weapon handling, dealing with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), as well as reacting to hostile elements," Ng was quoted as saying by the Channel News Asia.

The IS militants have captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria. It is a splinter group of the al-Qaeda which has distanced itself from the outfit, chiding it for its aggressive and brutal expansion.

 

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