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Two [[Suicide Bombing|suicide bombers]] linked to ISIS [[2021 Baghdad bombings|attacked an open-air market]] in central Baghdad on January 21, 2021, killing 32 people. In April 2021 Russian forces killed dozens of Islamic State militants in a series of air strikes following the Islamic State's killing of two Russian pilots. | Two [[Suicide Bombing|suicide bombers]] linked to ISIS [[2021 Baghdad bombings|attacked an open-air market]] in central Baghdad on January 21, 2021, killing 32 people. In April 2021 Russian forces killed dozens of Islamic State militants in a series of air strikes following the Islamic State's killing of two Russian pilots. | ||
ISIS' Central Africa branch captured the port town of Mocímboa da Praia in Northern Mozambique in August 2020. It has been theorized that Mocímboa da Praia could possibly be functioning as ISIS' current central headquarters. About a year later, Rwandan and Mozambican forces retook the city. On August 26, 2021, a suicide bomber working for the Islamic State killed 182 people, including 13 US military personnel and 2 British civilians, at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. | ISIS' Central Africa branch captured the port town of Mocímboa da Praia in Northern Mozambique in August 2020. It has been theorized that Mocímboa da Praia could possibly be functioning as ISIS' current central headquarters. About a year later, Rwandan and Mozambican forces retook the city. On August 26, 2021, a suicide bomber working for the Islamic State [[2021 Kabul airport attack|killed 182 people]], including 13 US military personnel and 2 British civilians, at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. | ||
== Leadership == | == Leadership == |