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Kabul blast: Why was a Chinese restaurant targeted by the Islamic State?
Fp Explainers •At least seven people, including a Chinese national, were killed when a blast hit a Chinese-run restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw district. The Islamic State claimed responsibility, saying Chinese citizens were targeted. The attack has raised fresh concerns over security for foreigners in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
UK, France conduct joint strike on IS sites used to store arms and explosives in Syria
Fp Staff •British and French forces carried out a coordinated strike on Islamic State sites in central Syria, the UK said, hitting an underground weapons storage facility near Palmyra. The operation was carefully planned to avoid risk to civilians
Islamic State links to Philippines visit before attack: How Bondi Beach father-son gunmen were radicalised
Fp Explainers •Australia is grieving as two gunmen, Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed Akram, opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday (December 14), killing 15 people and injuring several others. Police say the duo appeared to be ‘inspired by Islamic State’. The father and son had also travelled to the Philippines to receive 'military-style training'
Trump vows to retaliate after 2 US soldiers & an interpreter killed in Isis ambush in Syria
Fp Staff •US President Donald Trump on Saturday warned that there will be a "very serious retaliation" after two US soldiers and one civilian interpreter were killed in an ambush in Syria.
Kerala police probe complaint that woman working in UK encouraged teenage son to join Isis
Fp Staff •The case was filed after the teenager’s uncle brought him to the police, stating that the boy had made the claims upon returning from the UK
Is Pakistan training Islamic State fighters? What are the regional implications?
Fp Explainers •The Taliban has released a video of a captured Islamic State (IS) fighter saying he was given training in Pakistan before he crossed over into Afghanistan. The video was shared online by a channel related to Afghanistan’s intelligence agency
After Trump’s Bagram threat, Taliban ‘fully prepare for war’ with an ‘enemy’ warning to Pakistan: Report
Fp Staff •The Taliban, in an exclusive revelation to News18, has vowed to prepare for renewed war if the United States attempts to retake Bagram air base, warning that any cooperation by Pakistan with Washington would make Islamabad an enemy of Kabul
Is Trump prepping for a fight with Taliban or just signalling China?
Fp Staff •Trump’s push to reclaim Afghanistan’s Bagram air base has drawn a firm rejection from the Taliban, raising questions over whether his real target is Kabul or Beijing
Rising Islamist nexus in Bangladesh should ring alarm bells in Delhi
Rami N Desai •One of the most significant events that India should be wary of is the Four Brotherhood Alliance in Bangladesh
Druze-Sunni clashes: Is Israel carving out a new strategic foothold in Syria?
Dowerah •Amid deadly Druze-Sunni clashes in Syria’s Sweida province, Israel positions itself as protector of the Druze community, raising questions over whether its true aim is securing a strategic foothold in a fractured post-Assad Syria