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Attack citizens from US, France: IS
The Islamic State group called on Muslims to kill citizens of all countries taking part in the US-led anti-jihadist coalition by any available means, in a statement posted online on Monday.
- Turkey clamps down on Syria border after Kurdish unrest
- Germany rules out air strikes, ground troops against IS
- Malaysia issues red alert over Islamist group's support for IS
Baghdad: The Islamic State group called on Muslims to kill citizens of all countries taking part in the US-led anti-jihadist coalition by any available means, in a statement posted online on Monday.
"If you can kill a disbelieving American or European - especially the spiteful and filthy French - or an Australian, or a Canadian or any other disbeliever... Including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him," said Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, the group's spokesman.
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"Kill the disbeliever whether he is civilian or military," he said in the message, which was released in multiple languages. The United States and France are carrying out air strikes against IS targets across Iraq and seeking to build an international coalition against a group increasingly perceived as a global threat.
Meanwhile, Turkey has begun to close some of its border crossings with Syria after about 130,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country over the weekend.
On Sunday, Turkish security forces clashed with Kurds protesting in solidarity with the refugees. Some protesters were reportedly trying to go to Syria to fight Islamic State (IS). Most refugees are from Kobane, a town threatened by the advancing militants On Friday Turkey opened a 30km (19-mile) section of the border to Syrians fleeing the town of Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab. But on Monday only two out of nine border posts in the area remained open, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said.
Germany has ruled out participation in air strikes or any other ground offensive against the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, denying reports that it was under pressure to provide air support to the US forces.
"There is no question of German soldiers getting involved in an armed conflict in Iraq," Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.
Malaysia declared a red alert in the country's second largest state of Sabah after the leader of one of the most wanted Abu Sayyaf militant group openly expressed his support for the Islamic State movement.
