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Qaeda Syria wing frees Lebanese hostages in swap deal
Dec 01, 2015 (AFP)
Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate on Tuesday freed 16 Lebanese soldiers and police it captured more than a year ago, in a prisoner swap that partially ended a long-ru...
US senators want 100,000 foreign troops to fight IS in Syria
Nov 29, 2015 (AFP)
US senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham called Sunday for 100,000 foreign soldiers, most from Sunni regional states but also including Americans, to fight th...
Bomb-rigged mass grave of IS's victims found in Iraq
Nov 28, 2015 (AFP)
A bomb-rigged mass grave believed to hold the remains of more than 120 people killed by the Islamic State group has been found in north Iraq, an official said S...
Surge in French police, army sign-ups after Paris attacks
Nov 26, 2015 (AFP)
France's emergency services and military have seen a surge of interest from young people keen to join up after watching the Paris attacks unfold on television. ...
Many actors and differing interests in anti-IS fight
Nov 26, 2015 (AFP)
The battle against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq has become an international priority but faces a patchwork of conflicting agendas and strategies fr...
China says Communist Party officials among Xinjiang attackers
Nov 25, 2015 (AFP)
Officials from China's ruling Communist Party have supported violent attacks in restive Xinjiang, a top regional official said in remarks highlighting internal ...
Belgian terrorism raid Twitter silence surprises
Nov 23, 2015 (AFP)
In the middle of a huge police anti-terrorism operation in Brussels, many were surprised to see the Belgian media fall silent and Twitter full of cat pictures. ...
New York launches app to fight terror
Nov 23, 2015 (AFP)
New Yorkers can now warn authorities of suspect activities with a tap, thanks to a smartphone phone app to fight terror unveiled Monday on the eve of the US Tha...
Mali attack probe deepens as siege hotel yields clues
Nov 22, 2015 (AFP)
Malian investigators intensified the hunt Sunday for suspects wanted over the jihadist siege at a luxury hotel that left 19 people dead in the capital Bamako, w...
Mali in mourning after at least 21 killed in hotel attack
Nov 21, 2015 (AFP)
Mali on Saturday began three days of national mourning and declared a state of emergency after a nine-hour siege by jihadist gunmen at a top hotel in the capita...
White House tells Pentagon to revise Guantanamo report
Nov 19, 2015 (AFP)
The White House has asked the Pentagon to revise a report on how the military would close Guantanamo Bay and transfer inmates to the United States, a US officia...
Russia military chief discusses Syria 'coordination' with French counterpart
Nov 19, 2015 (AFP)
Russia's chief of general staff held talks with his French counterpart on Thursday on combating the Islamic State group in Syria, in the first such contact sinc...
IS becoming urban guerrilla threat, needs 20 times more air strikes: expert
Nov 19, 2015 (AFP)
The West must ramp up air strikes by 10 to 20 times to have any hope of disrupting the Islamic State group, which risks turning Europe into an urban guerrilla w...
World unites after Islamic State terror but strikes may backfire: experts
Nov 18, 2015 (AFP)
The spate of Islamic State terror attacks has brought France and Russia together and raised hopes of a united political effort to resolve the Syria conflict, bu...
Russian army map shown by TV suggests ground forces in Syria
Nov 18, 2015 (AFP)
A map shown by the Russian military on state television appears to show that some Russian artillery contingents could be operating on the ground in central Syri...
French, Russian raids in Syria kill 33 IS jihadists in 72 hours
Nov 18, 2015 (AFP)
French and Russian air strikes in northern Syria have killed at least 33 jihadists with the Islamic State group in the last 72 hours, a monitoring group said on...
IS 'executes' Chinese, Norwegian hostages as bastion pounded
Nov 18, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group said Wednesday it had killed a Chinese and a Norwegian hostage, as French and Russian air strikes on its Syrian stronghold were reported...
Russia hits IS stronghold Raqa with air strikes: US officials
Nov 17, 2015 (AFP)
Russia struck the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa in Syria on Tuesday with a "significant number" of strikes that included long-range bombers and sea-launched ...
France strikes IS as global resolve to defeat jihadists intensifies
Nov 17, 2015 (AFP)
French warplanes pounded Islamic State targets and Russia vowed to ramp up its bombing campaign in Syria on Tuesday as the devastating attacks on Paris galvanis...
Raids across Europe as France steels for more attacks
Nov 16, 2015 (AFP)
France and Belgium staged dozens of raids on suspected extremists on Monday as Paris struggled back to its feet and the prime minister steeled the nation for mo...
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