Timeline of the Islamic State (2020)

This is a timeline of IS-related events that occurred in the year 2020.

Timeline

January

• On 9 January in a gunfight at a Niger military base, 89 Niger Armed Forces soldiers and 77 IS militants killed during the battle. ^{[1] [2]}

February

• On 2 February, two people were stabbed in Streatham, London, and one more had minor injuries. ^[3] The perpetrator, Sudesh Amman, who was a fighter of Islamic State and had previously praised it, was shot dead by police. ^[4]
• On 9 February an individual conducted a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) suicide attack targeting a military outpost in southern Algeria, near the border with Mali, killing himself and one Algerian soldier. ^[5]

March

• On 6 March, IS gunmen killed 32 people and injured over 80 people at a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. ^{[6] [7]}
• On 25 March, IS killed 25 people in a gurdwara in Kabul, Afghanistan. ^[8]

April

• On April 27, a French man who pledged allegiance to IS intentionally rammed his car into two police officials, gravely injuring both, near Paris. ^[9]

May

• On 12 May, gunmen executed a mass shooting at a hospital's maternity ward. 80 patients were evacuated, 24 victims, including newborn babies, mothers, and nurses, killed by the gunmen and all three attackers killed by the army; An hour after the Kabul attack, a suicide bombing took place in Kuz Kunar, Nangarhar Province at the funeral of a police commander, killing 32 mourners and injuring 133 others. ^[10]

August

• On August 3, the IS launched an attack on an Afghan prison that left at least 29 dead. ^{[11] [12]}
• On August 6, IS-SP attacked an EAF checkpoint with small arms resulting in the deaths of 15 EAF soldiers near Wasit in South Sinai, Egypt. ^[13]
• On August 21, militants led by IS-affiliated terrorist Khaled al-Talawi killed two police officers and one civilian in the town of Kaftoun in northern Lebanon. ^[14] The LAF apprehended and killed al-Talawi on September 13 near Tripoli. As a result, four LAF soldiers were killed during the operation. ^[15]

November

• Between November 2–3, five were killed in Stadttempel, Vienna, including the perpetrator. ^[16] The Vienna Police Department confirmed that the attacker was an Islamic State sympathizer, and that the attack was motivated by Islamic extremism. ^[17]

December

• On 30 December, an assault targeted a convoy of Syrian regime soldiers and militiamen of Bashar al-Assad's elite Fourth Brigade returning from their posts in Deir Ez-Zor. The bus was ambushed in a well-planned operation near the village of Shula by jihadists who set up a false checkpoint to stop the convoy and detonated bombs before opening fire. ^[18]

References

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3. Saldivia, Gabriela (2 February 2020). "3 Injured In 'Terrorist-Related' Stabbing In London; Suspect Killed By Police". NPR . Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
4. Steinbuch, Yaron (3 February 2020). "ISIS claims responsibility for London stabbing attack". NY Post . Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
5. "Algeria". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
6. "Dozens killed in Kabul ceremony attack claimed by ISIL". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
7. "32 killed, 81 hurt in Islamic State attack in Kabul | New Straits Times". NST Online. 7 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
8. "Gunmen Kill 25 At Kabul Sikh Temple; Islamic State Claims Responsibility". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
9. "France". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
10. Herat, Emma Graham-Harrison Akhtar Mohammad Makoii in (12 May 2020). "Newborns among 40 killed in attacks on Afghan hospital and funeral". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2022– via www.theguardian.com.
11. Wamsley, Laurel (3 August 2020). "ISIS Attack on Afghan Prison Leaves at Least 29 Dead". NPR. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
12. "Afghan forces retake prison after ISIS attack that killed at least 29". Fox News . 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
13. "Egypt". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
14. "Lebanon". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
15. "Four Lebanese soldiers and militant killed in army raid, says military source". Reuters. 2020-09-14. Archived from the original on 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
16. Schuetze, Christopher F.; Eddy, Melissa; Bennhold, Katrin; Koettl, Christoph (3 November 2020). "Vienna Shooting Live Updates: Terrorist Attack in Austria Leaves 3 Dead and Many Wounded". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
17. Boston, William; Pancevski, Bojan; Bender, Ruth (3 November 2020). "Vienna Shooting: Attacker Was ISIS Sympathizer; at Least Three Dead". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
18. "Syria: Dozens killed in Isis bus attack". TheGuardian.com . 31 December 2020. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.