The militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) beheaded a man in northern Syria after accusing him of blasphemy, a militant website and a rights group said on Tuesday.
The Iraqi army has made major advances in Al-Anbar province in the western parts of the country, a senior Iraqi army commander said Saturday, adding that the army has killed hundreds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Takfiri terrorists in fresh clashes in recent weeks.
Well-informed military sources denied the reports which stated that the ISIL terrorists controlled one of the Syrian army's positions in the area of al-Jabal in Deir Ezour.
Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Law Enforcement and Security Affairs Brigadier General Hossein Zolfaqari announced on Tuesday that Iranian border guards have thwarted terrorist plots for carrying out 24 suicide attacks on the country since the start of the current (Iranian) year (March 21).
