The activist hacker network Anonymous said it is preparing to unleash waves of cyber attacks on the Islamic State group, following the attacks that killed 129 people last week in Paris. In an unverified video posted on YouTube, a spokesperson wearing the group’s signature Guy Fawkes mask said the loose-knit international group would use its […]
A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt “disintegrated” in the air, an aviation official said Sunday, a day after the Metrojet flight disappeared from radar over the Sinai peninsula with 224 people aboard. Nearly all of the passengers aboard the Metrojet charter flight were Russian tourists returning to St. Petersburg from the Egyptian resort town […]
Russia, which has been carrying out airstrikes in Syria, said Wednesday it has used four warships in the Caspian Sea to launch rockets at Islamic State targets in the war-torn country. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that the vessels fired 26 cruise missiles at 11 Islamic State targets that he said were […]
Photos posted online by Islamic State on Tuesday claim to show the destruction of a 2,000-year-old temple at the Syrian world heritage site of Palmyra earlier this week. In the series of images, several men carry barrels into the Roman-era Baal Shamin temple, lining the base and placing the containers connected by blue wire on […]