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Civilian casualties 'deeply felt' by anti-IS coalition
Jul 31, 2018 (AFP)
"I speak on behalf of all coalition service members, from privates to our most senior leaders, when I say that such tragic occurrences are deeply felt throughou...
Two Americans captured in Syria returned to US
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
The two detainees were picked up by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed ground force that has been fighting IS across parts of northern and eastern Syria....
Air raids on last IS pocket in south Syria kill 26 civilians: monitor
Jul 20, 2018 (AFP)
Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said 11 children were among those killed in day-long strikes by regime and all...
Egypt law could give officers immunity from prosecution
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
The bill was endorsed by a majority of parliamentarians with only eight opposition MPs in the 596-seat assembly voting against it, said Haitham al-Hariri who wa...
Mauritanian general to take over Sahel anti-terror force
Jul 15, 2018 (AFP)
The decision to remove Malian commander General Didier Dacko from the post was reached July 2 at a G5 meeting of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad ...
The Islamic State group in Iraq
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
The biggest loss for the jihadists -- who still hold pockets of land and continue carry out deadly attacks -- was that of Iraq's second city of Mosul on July 10...
Building a chemical weapons detector with Legos
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
Because nerve agents shut off enzymes that control the body's nervous system function, death comes quickly - in minutes or even seconds. Thus, it's important to...
IS threatens to execute 6 Iraqis unless women prisoners freed
Jun 23, 2018 (AFP)
The threat came in a video released by the jihadists' Amaq propaganda agency, showing six men, their faces covered in bruises. IS said the men were abducted mem...
Russia says OPCW preparing 'pseudo' report on Syria chemical attacks
Jun 22, 2018 (AFP)
Medics and rescuers say 40 people died in a chlorine and sarin attack on Douma in April 7 that the West attributed to Syrian forces. This triggered missile stri...
Iraqi refugee held in France on suspicion of IS 'war crimes'
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
The 33-year-old man, referred to as Ahmed H, is accused of having participated in the June 2014 capture and execution of an estimated 1,700 young, mainly Shiite...
Algerian ex-defence chief can face war crime charges: Swiss court
Jun 06, 2018 (AFP)
Nezzar, in office from 1990 to 1994 while Algeria was battling Islamists in a brutal civil war, has been accused of torture and arbitrary arrests by a group of ...
Gunman with Islamist links kills three in Belgian city
May 30, 2018 (AFP)
The bloodshed in the eastern industrial city of Liege began around 10:30 am (0830 GMT) Tuesday when the attacker armed with a knife repeatedly stabbed the two p...
French police seek clues after Chechen-born knifeman strikes Paris
May 13, 2018 (AFP)
The Saturday night attack in a lively area of theatres and restaurants near the city's historic opera house was the latest in a series of apparent Islamist stri...
Trudeau aims for G7 to pick up fight against extreme nationalism
May 11, 2018 (AFP)
"Many countries and many citizens are questioning the current system, as seen by the emergence of extreme nationalism or right-wing populism, or (voicing opposi...
Pentagon probe finds training, command issues in Niger ambush
May 10, 2018 (AFP)
Four American soldiers and four members of Nigerien partner forces were killed in the October 4 ambush, when scores of jihadists overran their convoy in southwe...
Tackle Lake Chad environment to stop Boko Haram: experts
May 09, 2018 (AFP)
The insurgency began in 2009 and has killed at least 20,000 in northeast Nigeria alone, spreading to neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger, prompting a regional...
Court blocks sending American 'IS fighter' to third country
May 08, 2018 (AFP)
In a two-to-one decision, a panel of judges at the US Court of Appeals in Washington left in place a lower court's injunction preventing the man, a dual US-Saud...
Guantanamo inmate transferred to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon
May 02, 2018 (AFP)
The move marks the first time under President Donald Trump that a detainee has left the military prison. "The Department of Defense announced today the transfer...
US hands two planes to Chad for anti-terror campaign
May 02, 2018 (AFP)
Two single-engine Cessna 208Bs planes were officially transferred to the Chadian air force in a ceremony at its base outside the capital N'Djamena. The planes w...
ISIL activity is not funded by oil, study suggests
May 01, 2018 (SPX)
Led by researchers at the World Bank and Princeton University, the new study provides a realistic picture of oil production in areas controlled by the Islamic S...
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