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Amnesty says Nigerian air force killed 35 people in raids
Jan 30, 2018 (AFP)
In a new report, the rights monitor said that on December 4, Nigerian air force planes fired "warning" rockets on villages in the northeastern state of Adamawa ...
Dutch jihadist gets six years for joining al-Nusra
Jan 30, 2018 (AFP)
The trial of eight others, none of whom were present in the Rotterdam court, was postponed however, as the judge ruled it was unclear whether the men, who inclu...
Trump says almost 100% of territory regained from IS
Jan 26, 2018 (AFP)
"The coalition to defeat ISIS (IS) has retaken almost 100 percent of the territory once held by these killers in Iraq and Syria," Trump said in a speech at the ...
Now defeated, Iraq's most feared jihadists await their fate
Jan 25, 2018 (AFP)
Once boasting nicknames like the Black Box and the Butcher of Mosul, the defeated IS commanders now draw vitriol on social media while news outlets have publish...
US-led strikes kill up to 150 IS fighters in Syria: coalition
Jan 23, 2018 (AFP)
According to a coalition statement, the air strikes took place Saturday near Al-Shafah, in Deir Ezzor province, on an IS headquarters where the jihadists appear...
Iraq condemns German woman to death for belonging to IS
Jan 21, 2018 (AFP)
She is one of hundreds of foreign jihadists held by Iraqi authorities, who in December announced the defeat of IS after a gruelling three-year battle. The Germa...
Four Shabaab militants killed in Somalia; Boko Haram attack kills 7 in Niger
Jan 19, 2018 (AFP)
The US Africa Command said the strike took place on Thursday in southern Somalia, around 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of the port city of Kismayo. Africa ...
Macron sees IS military defeat in Syria, Iraq within 'weeks'
Jan 19, 2018 (AFP)
"Today, thanks to the efforts of all the nations involved, the Daesh military organisation in the Levant is almost completely defeated," Macron said in a speech...
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pressed over terror content
Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)
Islamic State, Al Qaeda, and others have stepped up their use of bots and other methods to fight the artificial intelligence and algorithms the social media gia...
Armenia recognises genocide of Yazidis in Iraq
Jan 16, 2018 (AFP)
Jihadists murdered thousands in massacres four years ago. Thousands of other women and girls were abducted and used as sex slaves. "With this resolution we not ...
German defence minister warns against IS 'safe havens'
Jan 14, 2018 (AFP)
Von der Leyen was speaking to reporters on her first visit to Jordan where Germany has 280 members of its forces as part of the US-led coalition's battle agains...
Anti-jihadist coalition looks to future role after IS defeat
Jan 14, 2018 (AFP)
Eager to avoid a repeat of 2011, when America completed its troop withdrawal from Iraq only to watch in horror as IS later overran swathes of the country, the c...
IS-linked jihadists claim attacks on French, US troops in Africa
Jan 12, 2018 (AFP)
The group, led by Adnan Abu Walid Sahraoui, said it was behind "an attack against an American commando unit in Niger in October." On October 4, four US and four...
Peru defense minister resigns after Fujimori pardon
Jan 03, 2018 (AFP)
Diego Nieto's departure, confirmed to AFP by a ministry official, comes after the culture minister Salvador del Solar resigned. The head of the country's public...
Nigerian army thwarts Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri
Dec 25, 2017 (AFP)
The jihadists in "several" pickup trucks opened fire on a military checkpoint on the Molai outskirts of the city at around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) on Monday, trigger...
Authorities probe ex-Marine held in San Francisco terror plot: FBI
Dec 23, 2017 (AFP)
Tow-truck driver Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, was planning to target the city's busy Pier 39 tourist spot, according to an affidavit submitted Friday by FBI Speci...
Australia ends air strike campaign in Iraq and Syria
Dec 22, 2017 (AFP)
The decision follows the Islamic State jihadist group losing its two main hubs, Mosul in Iraq and Raqa in Syria. It is now only clinging to the dregs of a "cali...
Defeated militarily in 2017, IS remains a global threat
Dec 19, 2017 (AFP)
Within hours of the start of the year, an Uzbek who described himself as a "Caliphate Soldier" opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul in Turkey, murdering 39 Ne...
Incident at US base in Britain not terror-related: police
Dec 18, 2017 (AFP)
RAF Mildenhall is home to the US Air Force's 100th air refuelling wing and the base was briefly locked down after a car was driven into a checkpoint gate. "Poli...
US forces kill eight in Somalia strike
Dec 18, 2017 (AFP)
The December 15 strike occurred about 30 miles (50 kilometers) outside the southern coastal city of Kismayo, the US military's Africa Command said in a statemen...
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