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Putin orders military to take tough action against threats in Syria
Dec 11, 2015 (AFP)
President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered his forces in Syria to take tough action against any threats, speaking two weeks after Turkey shot down a Russian war...
US vows stepped up fight on Islamic State group
Dec 11, 2015 (AFP)
The United States will intensify its efforts to destroy the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and Iraq, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter pledged Friday. ...
IS finance chief confirmed killed in air strike: US
Dec 10, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group's finance chief has been confirmed killed in a coalition air strike last month, US officials said Thursday. Abu Saleh was killed in late...
Tunisian Nobel laureates blast terror, from Tunis to Paris
Dec 10, 2015 (AFP)
Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet on Thursday urged the international community to make the fight against terrorism an "absolute priority", as it was awarded ...
Dutch court convicts 6 for recruiting IS jihadists
Dec 10, 2015 (AFP)
A Dutch court on Thursday convicted six men of belonging to a network recruiting young Muslims to join the Islamic State jihadist group, handing them jail terms...
IS gains and losses in Iraq and Syria
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
Here is a recap of key cities and towns in Iraq and Syria seized by the Islamic State group or recaptured from the jihadists, as Iraqi forces press an offensive...
US urges more anti-IS efforts, may back Iraq with helicopters
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
Washington called Wednesday for allies to intensify efforts against the Islamic State group and expressed willingness to support Iraqi forces with attack helico...
Foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria have doubled: report
Dec 08, 2015 (AFP)
The number of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria has more than doubled since last year to at least 27,000, a report by an intelligence consultancy said Tuesday,...
'Reckless' arms transfers to Iraq fuelled IS crimes: report
Dec 08, 2015 (AFP)
Decades of irresponsible arms transfers to Iraq fuelled the Islamic State group's firepower and ability to carry out atrocities on a massive scale, Amnesty Inte...
Senior Shebab leader killed in US strike in Somalia: Pentagon
Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)
A senior leader of Al-Qaeda's East Africa branch, the Shebab, died in a US air strike in Somalia last week which also killed two other militants, the Pentagon s...
Family urge amnesty as anti-IS Australian arrives home
Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)
An Australian who joined Kurds battling the Islamic State group in Syria arrived back home Monday with his parents pleading with authorities not to charge him u...
Iraq PM says IS smuggles majority of oil via Turkey
Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Monday that most oil smuggled by the Islamic State group goes through Turkey, joining a chorus of countries linking it...
Needed: Strategy, not slogans, to defeat the Islamic State
Dec 06, 2015 (UPI)
Today marks the 74th anniversary of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. That attack was designed to "shock and awe" an isolationist America into an early n...
32 IS fighters dead in US-led Syria raids, Assad slams UK vote
Dec 06, 2015 (AFP)
At least 32 Islamic State group fighters were killed on Sunday in apparent US-led coalition raids on Syria as President Bashar al-Assad slammed Britain's decisi...
Iraq calls on Turkey to 'immediately' withdraw troops
Dec 05, 2015 (AFP)
Baghdad demanded Saturday the immediate withdrawal of forces it said Turkey illegally sent into Iraq, which is struggling to assert its sovereignty while receiv...
German parliament approves military action in Syria against IS
Dec 04, 2015 (AFP)
Lawmakers on Friday approved plans for Germany to take on a direct role in the battle against the Islamic State group in Syria, answering France's appeal for he...
Hard hit by bombings, IS is turning to child soldiers: US
Dec 04, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group is increasingly filling its ranks with child soldiers to replace thousands of its fighters killed in US-led coalition air strikes, a US ...
IS could expand from Libya but faces hostile environment
Dec 04, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group has built a base in Libya from which to exploit tribal conflicts and expand across Africa, though experts say the jihadists remain vulne...
Syria/Iraq: Who is fighting the Islamic State?
Dec 02, 2015 (AFP)
Here is a breakdown of the main forces fighting Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, after British lawmakers on Wednesday voted to join the US-led bombing...
'Around 100' US special ops forces to deploy to Iraq to combat IS
Dec 02, 2015 (AFP)
The United States is sending about 100 commandos to Iraq to fight Islamic State jihadists in that country and across the border in Syria, a US military spokesma...
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