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Roughly two dozen ISIS operatives killed or captured since US retaliatory strikes this month
Roughly two dozen ISIS operatives have been killed or captured in Syria by US and partner forces since US airstrikes earlier this month, which were carried out in response to the killing of two American service members.
The Christmas Day strikes followed three consecutive days of strikes in roughly the same area of northern Somalia.
The US has ramped up its operations against ISIS after a deadly ambush killed two American soldiers and a civilian earlier this month.
The U.S. launched strikes against ISIS militants in Nigeria on Thursday, a Christmas Day attack amid tensions between the West African nation and the U.S. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in
Turkish police have detained 115 suspected members of the Islamic State militant group in coordinated raids across the country over alleged plots linked to Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Christian Sturdivant, an 18-year-old man from Mint Hill, has been arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS after allegedly planning a deadly New Year’s Eve attack at a grocery store and fast-food restaurant,
The FBI in Los Angeles last month announced the disruption of a separate New Year’s Eve plot, arresting members of an extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group who federal officials said planned to bomb multiple sites in southern California.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the twin blasts on January 4, 2024, that killed 84 people and wounded scores of others at a memorial for top commander Qassem Soleimani in Iran. It has been the deadliest attack since the 1979 Shah Revolution in the country.
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