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IS suicide truck bomb kills 47 south of Baghdad
Mar 06, 2016 (AFP)
A suicide truck bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group killed 47 people at a crowded checkpoint south of Baghdad Sunday, the deadliest such attack in Ir...
Nigeria frees 63 after dislodging Boko Haram Islamists: army
Mar 04, 2016 (AFP)
Nigeria's military said on Thursday it had rescued 63 people after dislodging Boko Haram Islamists from villages in the country's restive northeast. Five Boko H...
Spanish police seize 20,000 military uniforms bound for jihadists
Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)
Spanish police said Thursday they have seized about 20,000 military uniforms, "enough to equip an entire army", which were destined for jihadist groups operatin...
Tunisia raid on militants foiled attack plot from Libya: PM
Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)
Five militants killed by Tunisian forces near the Libyan border had slipped across with the aim of carrying out "terrorist attacks", Prime Minister Habib Essid ...
IS-inspired militants on offensive in southern Philippines
Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)
Militants fighting in the name of the Islamic State group are escalating attacks in the southern Philippines, analysts said, deepening fears for the volatile re...
US forces capture major IS operative in Iraq: official
Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)
US commandos have captured a major Islamic State operative in Iraq and his detention will likely lead to the apprehension of other IS targets, a US defense offi...
Belgium mulls Syria IS airstrikes
Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)
Belgium is considering extending its F-16 airstrikes against Islamic State jihadis in Iraq into Syria as part of stepped up efforts by the US-led anti-IS coalit...
Turkey shells Islamic State positions in Syria: report
Feb 29, 2016 (AFP)
Turkish armed forces shelled positions of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria in coordination with the US-led international anti-jihadist coalition, local med...
Paris police to be equipped with assault rifles
Feb 29, 2016 (AFP)
Parisian police will be given assault rifles and Kalashnikov-resistant shields in a first for the French capital's officers nearly four months after a devastati...
Yazidi women, girls seek healing in Germany after IS 'hell'
Feb 28, 2016 (AFP)
One eight-year-old was repeatedly sold and raped, while another girl set herself on fire to make herself less attractive to her jihadist captors. These are only...
US advisers may train Nigerian troops in Boko Haram fight: official
Feb 26, 2016 (AFP)
The Pentagon is considering sending military advisers to Nigeria to train local troops to fight Boko Haram insurgents and boost security in the violence-wracked...
Pentagon points to Syria gain as tactical vindication
Feb 26, 2016 (AFP)
The Pentagon highlighted Friday a recent victory against the Islamic State group in Syria as evidence its tactical plan to defeat the jihadists is working. The ...
SAIC wins place on chem-bio defense support contract
Feb 26, 2016 (UPI)
SAIC is to provide logistics support services to the U.S. military's Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense. The services covered by...
Sixty linked to terror back in Canada
Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)
Sixty Canadians have returned home after travelling abroad to join banned terror groups, while another 180 are still engaged with these organizations, Canada's ...
After attacks, Paris seeks to reassure Chinese tourism
Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)
A delegation representing China's top 50 travel agencies began a three-day visit to France on Tuesday aimed at calming their security concerns following the Nov...
Iraq Kurds free teenage Swedish girl in Mosul area
Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurdish forces have rescued a 16-year-old Swedish girl who was tricked into travelling to areas controlled by the Islamic State group, a statement said Tu...
US counter-terror sleuths coach W.African counterparts
Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)
A group of plainclothes police, soldiers and investigators huddle over the charred wreckage of a blue Mercedes near Senegal's dusty third city, Thies, the vehic...
Top commanders of anti-IS coalition meet in Kuwait
Feb 22, 2016 (AFP)
Top military commanders from 30 nations fighting the Islamic State group gathered Monday in Kuwait to discuss ways to defeat the jihadists who occupy large area...
US Libya strike probably prevented IS attack: Pentagon
Feb 22, 2016 (AFP)
A US air strike on an Islamic State training compound in Libya probably averted a mass shooting or a similar attack in Tunisia, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday...
Hundreds of millions of dollars destroyed in anti-IS strikes: US
Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of millions of dollars are believed to have been destroyed in coalition air strikes targeting cash hoards used to finance the Islamic State group, a US...
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