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Greek News
US Army’s Special Forces Kill Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
President Donald Trump says Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed after a U.S. military special forces operation in Syria.
"Last night the United States brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice," Trump announced from the...
Greek News
Hundreds Of ISIS Supporters Escape As Turkish Troops Near Kurdish-Held Syrian Town
Turkish forces approached a key Kurdish-held town in northern Syria on Sunday, setting off clashes that allowed hundreds of Islamic State supporters to escape from a camp for displaced people and prompted U.S. soldiers to withdraw from a nearby...
Crime
CBS Report Uncovers Lucrative Human Smuggling Ring in Athens (video)
Evidence that ISIS members are being moved through Greece into the rest of Europe has been uncovered by a CBS News report, which aired on Thursday.
Human smuggling is known to be big business in the Greek capital, but this...
World
Copy of the Gospel Written in Greek Found in Mosul, Iraq
A rare copy of the Gospel, handwritten in Greek and translated into Aramaic, was found in the debris of a destroyed Orthodox church in Mosul, Iraq, the Association of Orthodox Journalists reported recently.
According to the Orthodoxia News Agency, the...
Europe
‘Islamic State’ Gunman Takes Hostages in French Supermarket
French police surrounded a supermarket in the south of the country on Friday after a gunman reportedly linked to the Islamic State terror group took hostages.
Media report at least one person has been killed in the supermarket in Trebes,...
Crime
ISIS Member Jailed by Greek Court
A 33-year-old Syrian national has been convicted of terrorist offences by a Greek court.
The man, who first came to Greece in 2016 with his family as a refugee, was convicted on murder and explosives charges related to his time...
Greece
Weapons Made in Greece Found at ISIS Syria Stronghold – Report
Greek media report that Greek-made weapons were found in Raqqa, the former bastion of the Islamic State militants in Syria.
According to a report on Vima on Sunday, the weapons were exported by the Greek arms dealer Vasilis Papadopoulos who...
Greece
Syrian Family Reunites in Lesvos After Father Was Captured by ISIS
Human interest stories coming out of refugee camps in the Greek islands are abundant, but one in particular, involving a Syrian family of three, is overwhelming.
Nahil Alhelb was beginning to worry her toddler son would forget about his father...
Greece
Syrian Suspected of Being ISIS Member Claims Fighting Against Assad, Denies Atrocities on Video
The 32-year-old Syrian arrested in Alexandroupolis on suspicion of being an Islamic State fighter denied all allegations and claims he belongs to the Free Syrian Army fighting against Bashar al-Assad.
The man who has videos of atrocities in his cell...
Greece
Syrian Jihadist Arrested in Northern Greece
A 30-year-old man suspected for being a fighter of the Isis Jihadist Group; was arrested on Thursday in the northern Greek town of Alexandroupolis.
According to local news sources, the man confessed that he actively took part in ISIS’s operations in...