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US to boost anti-IS attacks in Iraq, Syria: defense chief
Oct 27, 2015 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday the United States will increase attacks on Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq, with additional air strikes a...
Iraq Kurds release video of freed IS hostage testimonies
Oct 26, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's Kurds on Monday released fresh video of freed hostages speaking about torture inside a jihadist-run prison raided last week in a joint Kurdish-US operati...
Blair concedes link between Iraq invasion and rise of IS
Oct 25, 2015 (AFP)
Britain's ex-leader Tony Blair again apologised Sunday for certain aspects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, adding there were "elements of truth" to the view it wa...
Pentagon chief expects more anti-IS raids after captives freed
Oct 23, 2015 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday he expected more raids targeting the Islamic State group similar to the mission that freed dozens of captives but...
US-Iraqi forces free 70 captives facing IS 'mass execution'
Oct 22, 2015 (AFP)
Kurdish and US forces stormed an Islamic State prison in northern Iraq on Thursday, freeing some 70 captives who were facing imminent execution, the Pentagon sa...
Air strikes on IS convoy in Syria kill 40: monitor
Oct 18, 2015 (AFP)
Air strikes on a convoy of the Islamic State group killed at least 40 jihadists in central Syria at the weekend, a monitoring group said Sunday. The Britain-bas...
Iraqi forces advance against IS on three fronts
Oct 18, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi forces advanced on three fronts against the Islamic State group Sunday, flushing out pockets of resistance in and around Baiji and closing in on Ramadi an...
US steps up intelligence aid to fight against Boko Haram
Oct 17, 2015 (AFP)
The imminent deployment of 300 US soldiers in Cameroon is intended to provide nations around Lake Chad with what they most lack in the battle against Boko Haram...
IS pays recruiters $10,000 per person: UN
Oct 16, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group is paying supporters up to $10,000 for each person that they recruit to wage jihad in Syria and Iraq, UN experts said Friday after a vis...
'Kill Russians' urges Syrian Qaeda as Putin slams US
Oct 13, 2015 (AFP)
Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate called for jihadists to attack Russia over its air strikes in Syria, as rockets hit Moscow's Damascus embassy Tuesday where demonstr...
IS confirms killing of number two in US air strike
Oct 13, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group's spokesman confirmed on Tuesday the killing of the jihadist organisation's second in command in a US air strike earlier this year. "Ame...
70 Sudanese have joined IS group in total: minister
Oct 12, 2015 (AFP)
Sudan's Interior Minister Ismat Abdul Rahman said Monday that 70 young Sudanese have joined the Islamic State group since the jihadist organisation's emergence,...
Iraqis claim IS chief Baghdadi's convoy hit in air raid
Oct 11, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi security forces claimed Sunday to have struck the convoy of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the country's border with ...
Nigeria military says closing in on Boko Haram militants
Oct 11, 2015 (AFP)
The Nigerian army said Sunday it was closing in on Islamist Boko Haram militants and warned them of serious consequences should they fail to "surrender". "They ...
Canada parties split on security, anti-IS air strikes
Oct 10, 2015 (AFP)
Canada could curb its counterterrorism efforts, including airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, if Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Torie...
How IS's black flag became the symbol of modern jihad
Oct 09, 2015 (AFP)
Whether fluttering over the ruins of a captured city in Iraq or Syria, or in the background of gruesome execution videos, the black flag used by the Islamic Sta...
IS at outskirts of Syria's Aleppo despite Russian raids
Oct 09, 2015 (AFP)
Islamic State group fighters advanced Friday to the outskirts of Syria's second city Aleppo, despite 10 days of Russian air strikes that Moscow says are aimed a...
Kurds say IS used mustard gas in Iraq attack
Oct 08, 2015 (AFP)
Blood tests show the Islamic State used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish peshmerga forces in August, the autonomous Iraqi region's government said Thursday...
IS executed 70 Sunni tribesmen in Iraq's Anbar: elder, UN
Oct 07, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group executed 70 members of a Sunni tribe allied to the government in western Iraq earlier this week, a tribal leader and the United Nations ...
Russia hits IS 'capital', rebel-held towns in Syria
Oct 02, 2015 (AFP)
At least 12 members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Russia's first air strikes on the jihadist faction's main Syrian bastion, a monitoring group ...
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