Community members in Kenwyn are not convinced that a local teenage girl had been recruited by the Islamic State (ISIS). A report of a 15 year old girl from Kenwyn (identity is withheld for her protection) who attempted to leave South Africa and join ISIS has sparked the attention and concern[…]
Cape Town – Following news that a 15-year-old girl was taken off a British Airways flight in Cape Town after a failed attempt to join ISIS, News24 made enquiries at the airline’s OR Tambo office to find out just what is required for a minor to fly alone. On Monday,[…]
Cape Town – The mother of a pupil who attends school with a Cape Town teen who ran away from home to join the Islamic State, says the girl is a loner. “She has no friends,” said the mother, adding that her daughter was shaken after the news broke. The[…]
Johannesburg – A 15-year-old Cape Town girl who ran away from home to join the Islamic State was taken off a flight about to leave the city, State Security Minister David Mahlobo said on Monday. Her relatives contacted authorities after she disappeared from her parents home on Sunday morning. The[…]
A new video released by the Islamic State group on Sunday shows its fighters cutting off the heads of eight men said to be Shiite Muslims. The video posted on social media said the men were beheaded in the central Syrian province of Hama. The video could not be immediately[…]
Despite the fear that has emanated from Boko Haram’s apparent “pledge of allegiance” to the radical Islamic State (ISIS), an analyst has suggested the move shows weakness on the part of the Nigerian-based group. Boko Haram unsurprisingly announced its support for the extremist entity, commonly called ISIS, after months of[…]
Islamic State fighters “bulldozed” the renowned archaeological site of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq on Thursday using heavy military vehicles, the government said. Astatement from Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities didn’t elaborate on the extent of the damage, saying only that the group continues to “defy[…]
VOC News has learned that a young Muslim woman from Port Elizabeth was intercepted at the local airport on Saturday evening, while attempting to depart the country for Turkey to join the radical Islamic State group. According to Attorney Zehir Omar, the young woman was stopped by family members at[…]
OPINION by Shafiq Morton Recent reports that government had been told by the UN that 11 foreign terrorists might want to use the country as a base is nothing new. A neutral space in the “war on terror” and a gateway to the continent, South Africa’s neutrality is often seen[…]
Jordan’s king has vowed to wage a “harsh” war against the Islamic State group after its members burned a captive Jordanian pilot in a cage and released a video of the killing. The images have sent waves of revulsion across the region. King Abdullah II consulted with military chiefs Wednesday[…]
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