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Among IS arrests, youth in love who wanted plastic surgery

Edit Yahoo Daily News 16 May 2016
Ashiq Ahmed is among the 18 men arrested by the NIA since December 2015 for alleged links to the Islamic State (IS) ... The NIA has also gathered electronic evidence in the form of chats. These too will be cited in the chargesheets ... I loved her with all my heart ... Ashiq has also said he was put it touch with Ahmad Ali of Ansar ul Tawhid fi Bilad al Hind (AuT), an alleged India-specific terror group that has pledged allegiance to the IS ... ....

Wahhab calls on Choueifat residents to vote against corruption

Edit Daily Star Lebanon 14 May 2016
Tawhid Party chief Wiam Wahhab Saturday urged residents in the Choueifat district to vote for municipal candidates who will prevent corruption and their area from becoming a garbage dump ... ....

ISIS Indian recruit says they were asked to infiltrate Kanhaiya stir, burn vehicles: Report

Edit DNA India 14 May 2016
-->. NIA has recorded statements of the recruits for the first time, the report said ... The NIA has reportedly recorded the statements of three recruits - Ashiq Ahmad alias Raja, Mohammad Abdul Ahad and Mohammad Afzal ... ALSO READ ... In a statement, one of the recruits, Ashiq said that Ahmed Ali, who claimed to head the Ansar-ut Tawhid fi Bilad al-Hind (AuT), contacted him on February 19 through his ID on the Trillion app ... ALSO READ ... ....

Islamic State asked us to infiltrate Kanhaiya stir, set fire to vehicles: Recruits

Edit The Times of India 13 May 2016
NEW DELHI. Islamic State ( ISIS ) recruits in India wanted to take advantage of the student movement that broke out in several cities after the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar ... In his statement, Ashiq said Ahmed Ali, who claimed that he was the boss of Ansar-ut Tawhid fi Bilad al-Hind (AuT), contacted him on February 19 through his ID on Trillion app ... "He told me that agencies are keeping a tab on us ... RELATED....

Suspected Militant Jailed In Russia's Chelyabinsk Region

Edit Radio Free Europe 12 May 2016
He was arrested in September in Russia's Chelyabinsk region bordering with Kazakhstan. Jannat Oshiklari, also known as Tawhid wa Jihod, is an ethnic Uzbek Islamist militant faction fighting in Syria ... ....

Jamia's popular spread helps keep heads high

Edit The Times of India 10 May 2016
New Delhi. For Simran Parveen, a Class XII student, it's a way to sustain her fatherless brood of seven sisters and to keep alive her hopes of becoming a lawyer ... Welcome to Dastarkhwan, a canteen run exclusively by women at Jamia Millia Islamia. But the canteen is not just run by any women ... That it has ... Others joined later. Those who could not contribute in cash joined as workers," says Shabana Tawhid, the canteen manager ... RELATED....

Project Karachi poses a grave security threat

Edit The Times of India 04 May 2016
New Delhi ... They also confirm that Project Karachi - an ISI-backed scheme to train Indians for terrorist acts - continues to pose a grave danger to India ... While Jaish had till date stuck to traditional ways to win over adherents, outfits such as Islamic State, Ansar-Ud-Tawhid and later al-Qaida had quickly yoked technology for their nefarious schemes ... ....

Identity of key IS recruiter still a mystery

Edit The Hindu 02 May 2016
Three months after Indian agencies busted a widespread Islamic State network with many members in India, its key recruiter’s identity still remains a mystery ... Security agencies believe that Armar, a key member of Ansar ul Tawhid, an offshoot of Indian Mujahideen, which later on pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, reportedly operates from Syria ... Media reports have also suggested that Shafi Armar has also been killed in a U.S....

Why Aleppo is Syria's fiercest battleground

Edit Stars and Stripes 30 Apr 2016
As a two-month-old cease-fire collapses and peace talks stall, the northern city of Aleppo is once again a main battlefield in Syria's devastating civil war ... A look at Aleppo.. History ... It has been occupied by the Greeks, Byzantines and multiple Islamic dynasties ... The main insurgent groups in the city are the ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham group; the Nour el-Din Zengi; the Tawhid Brigade; and the Nusra Front, al-Qaida's branch in Syria....

AP EXPLAINS: Why Aleppo is Syria's fiercest battleground

Edit The Miami Herald 30 Apr 2016
As a two-month-old cease-fire collapses and peace talks stall, the northern city of Aleppo is once again a main battlefield in Syria's devastating civil war ... A look at Aleppo.. ---. HISTORY ... Some historic sites have been used as bases for fighters ... ---. SIGNIFICANCE ... The main insurgent groups in the city are the ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham group; the Nour el-Din Zengi; the Tawhid Brigade; and the Nusra Front, al-Qaida's branch in Syria....

AP EXPLAINS: A look at the Syrian city of Aleppo

Edit Tampa Bay Online 28 Apr 2016
As a two-month-old cease-fire collapses and peace talks stall, the northern city of Aleppo is once again a main battlefield in Syria's devastating civil war ... A look at Aleppo.. ___. HISTORY ... Some historic sites have been used as bases for fighters ... ___. SIGNIFICANCE ... The main insurgent groups in the city are the ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham group; the Nour el-Din Zengi; the Tawhid Brigade; and the Nusra Front, al-Qaida's branch in Syria....

‘Explosives arrived in Mumbai a week before 2011 blasts’

Edit Indian Express 28 Apr 2016
Zainulabdeen, arrested by the Maharashtra ATS after landing at Mumbai airport, is a key missing member of a south India-based explosives supply chain module of the IM which carried out a series of bomb blasts around India between 2006 and 2013, killing over 300 people ... Read ... Share This Article ... 6, slideMargin ... In August 2014, former IM member Sultan Armar, who also comes from Bhatkal, formed the Ansar ul Tawhid,” the official explained....

Who Are The Filipino Militant Group Abu Sayyaf?

Edit Newsweek 26 Apr 2016
On Monday, Filipino authorities discovered the severed head of Canadian hostage, John Ridsdel, in a plastic bag dumped on a road in the town of Jolo in Sulu province ... But what are the aims and origins of this jihadi group? Try Newsweek ... Where are they based? ... In March, the Jund al Tawhid unit of Abu Sayyaf pledged allegiance to ISIS, joining two other units who had done so the month prior, according to the Long War Journal ... ....
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