Tag Archive: militants

Two Civil Servants Among Three Arrested In Malaysia For Suspected Links to IS

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian police said today (Dec 2) that they have detained three men, including two civil servants, suspected of being linked to the militant Islamic State group. The detentions bring the number of people held for suspected militant…
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Penang-born Husband Took Singaporean Wife and Two Children to Syria, Join ISIS

A 37-year-old Penang-born man has brought his Singaporean family to Syria where they are believed to be in different locations fighting alongside jihadists or supporting them. His Singaporean wife was a 47-year-old widow who had a daughter and a son…
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Photos of First ‘Chinese ISIS Militant’ Emerge Online

IRAQ’S Ministry of Defence has claimed to have captured a Chinese national fighting for the extremist Sunni militant group, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and posted two photos of an East Asian-looking man with a battered face on…
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Suspected Malaysian Militants Use Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand As Transit Points to Middle East

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has said that suspected militants from Malaysia were using countries like Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand as transit points to travel to the Middle East to join up with extremist groups there,…
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