New Delhi: United Nations announced it will organise the first UN Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism on September 8 and 9 to pay homage to victims of terrorism around the world, including the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. The inaugural Global Congress will see high-level participation from UN chief Guterres, Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism
The Islamic State is threatening to kill employees in the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor if they continue to report to their jobs.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Nigeria and other nations to base the fight against terrorists on the rule of law, human rights, and gender equality to ensure its effectiveness.
The main event of the week was a multi-casualty suicide bombing attack carried out by operatives of ISIS’s Khorasan Province in a Shiite mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan. A total of 63 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded. Syria: 13 soldiers were killed and 18 others were wounded east of Palmyra when their bus was attacked by armed men, apparently ISIS operatives. Iraq: Relatively sparse ISIS activity was detected this week as well, most of which took place in the Al-Anbar Province. The Sinai Peninsula: According to eyewitness reports, armed men, apparently ISIS operatives, attacked the headquarters of the Egyptian army's 101st Battalion in Al-Arish. Several soldiers were killed or wounded. Official Egyptian sources have denied the report. The US Department of the Treasury has designated four major ISIS funding sources in Africa, who work for ISIS’s branches in Syria, Iraq and Mozambique.