The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two attacks on the Syrian army and declared a 'new phase' in its operations.

Islamic State claims two attacks on Syrian army, announces ‘new phase’ of operations  Reuters

The Islamic State group has criticized Syria's interim president as a 'puppet without a soul' and called for new attacks, indicating continued extremist activity in the region.

Australian police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation after a threatening letter was sent to the country’s largest mosque, the third such incident in the lead-up to Ramazan. The letter sent to Lakemba Mosque in Sydney’s west on Wednesday contained a drawing of a pig and a threat to kill the “Muslim race”, local media reported. Police said they had taken the letter for forensic testing and would continue to patrol religious sites, including the mosque, as well as community events. The latest letter comes weeks after a similar message was mailed to the mosque, depicting Muslims inside a mosque on fire. Police have also arrested and charged a 70-year-old man in connection with a third threatening letter sent to Lakemba Mosque’s staff in January. The Lebanese Muslim Association, which runs the mosque, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) it had written to the government to request more funding for additional security guards and CCTV cameras. Some 5,000 people are expected to attend the mosque each night during Ramazan. More than 60 per cent of residents in the suburb of Lakemba identify as Muslim, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Bilal El-Hayek, mayor of Canterbury-Bankstown council, where Lakemba is located, said the community was feeling “very anxious”. “I’ve heard first-hand from people saying that they won’t be sending their kids to practice this Ramazan because they’re very concerned about things that might happen in local mosques,” he said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the recent string of threats. “It is outrageous that people just going about commemorating their faith, particularly during the holy month for Muslims of Ramazan, are subject to this sort of intimidation,” he told ABC radio. “I have said repeatedly we need to turn down the temperature of political discourse in this country, and we certainly need to do that,” he said. Anti-Muslim sentiment has been growing in Australia since the beginning of Israeli onslaught in Gaza in late 2023, according to a recent report commissioned by the government. The Islamophobia Register Australia has also documented a 740pc rise in reports following the Bondi mass shooting on December 14, where authorities allege two gunmen inspired by the militant Islamic State killed 15 people attending a Jewish holiday celebration. “There’s been a massive increase post-Bondi,” Mayor El-Hayek said. “Without a doubt, this is the worst I have ever seen it. There’s a lot of tension out there.”

Australia has stated it will not assist the families of Islamic State militants in leaving a Syrian camp.

An undercover police officer successfully thwarted a plot by two Islamic State terrorists who planned to carry out a massacre targeting Jewish communities in Manchester, UK.

The US military has reported carrying out a series of airstrikes targeting Islamic State positions within Syria.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for two attacks against the Syrian army in northern and eastern Syria, signaling a 'new phase' of operations.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of a soldier in northern Syria and an interior ministry official in the eastern part of the country, calling it a new phase of operations.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two attacks on the Syrian army and declared a 'new phase' of its operations in the region.

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Australia has banned a citizen with alleged links to the Islamic State (ISIS) group from returning home from a detention camp in Syria.

Several German members of the Islamic State are missing following breakouts and transfers at Syrian prisons, with others facing sentencing in Iraq.

A group of 34 Australian women and children with family ties to the Islamic State group, held in Syria's Roj camp for nearly seven years, have been turned back after attempting to leave for home.

Two individuals received life sentences in the UK for plotting an attack on Jewish people, highlighting the Islamic State's exploitation of rising antisemitism.

The U.S. military has reported a series of airstrikes targeting Islamic State positions in Syria, carried out in retaliation for a December ambush that killed American personnel.

The Islamic State jihadist organization has called on its fighters to oppose the new Syrian authorities. This marks the group's first recorded message in two years, indicating a renewed stance against the current regime.

The Islamic State (ISIS) group, through its affiliated media 'Dabiq', has claimed responsibility for recent attacks targeting Syrian military forces in the city of Mayadin.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group has blasted Syria’s interim president calling him a “puppet without a soul” controlled by Western countries, adding that his fate eventually will be similar to that of ousted leader Bashar Assad. In an audio message released late Saturday by the group’s spokesperson, who identifies himself as Abu Huzaifa al-Ansari, he called on IS followers around the world to attack Jewish and Western targets as they have in past years. Al-Ansari sent greetings to IS fighte

The government is paying compensation totaling more than Rs19.6 million to the families of 40 people killed in a suicide bombing at an imambargah in Islamabad this month, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday. The February 6 attack, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group, on the outskirts of the capital was the deadliest in Islamabad since a 2008 truck bombing that killed 60 people at the Marriott Hotel. “Relief cheques have been delivered to the heirs of 36 martyrs belonging to Islamabad,” PMO said in a statement, adding each victim’s family received Rs5m. Cheques will also be delivered to four families of victims living outside Islamabad, the statement said. Although officials have not released a final death toll, the statement marked the first official acknowledgement that 40 people were killed in the blast. On Feb 11, PM Shehbaz had announced compensation for those martyred and injured in the suicide attack while visiting the site of the attack. Speaking on the occasion, he said, “These terrorists have no religion, and they have crossed all the limits of cruelty.” The suicide attack occurred during Friday prayers. The last major attack in Islamabad took place in November when a suicide blast outside a court killed 12 people and wounded dozens, the first such incident to hit the capital in nearly three years.

Government has banned an Australian with alleged ties to the Islamic State group

German men who joined the "Islamic State" group have been detained in Syria for years. But the recent fighting caused chaos at prisons. Thousands escaped or were transferred — and now nobody knows where the Germans are.

Australians suspected of having ties to the Islamic State group were turned back after attempting to leave a Syrian camp for repatriation.

The US military conducted airstrikes on dozens of Islamic State infrastructure and weapons storage facilities in Syria.