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Jordanian-US suspect nabbed in NY area extremist ring
Aug 10, 2015 (AFP)
A 20-year-old Jordanian-American who flew overseas in an apparent bid to join the Islamic State extremist group, appeared in court near New York on Monday on te...
US deploys F-16s to Turkey for IS fight
Aug 09, 2015 (AFP)
The United States for the first time Sunday deployed half a dozen F-16 warplanes to Turkey to help operations against the Islamic State group, US officials said...
IS kidnaps civilians in Syria, mass executions in Iraq
Aug 07, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group kidnapped 230 civilians in central Syria and officials said Friday it had executed more than 2,000 people in northern Iraq's Mosul regio...
IS executed 2,000 in Iraq's Mosul region since takeover
Aug 07, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group has executed more than 2,000 people in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul since seizing it last year, officials said Friday. Pa...
US bombs IS Syria target from Turkey for first time
Aug 06, 2015 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday launched its first airstrike from Turkey on an Islamic State target in Syria, as Ankara vowed it was ready to step up its own fig...
Britain extends Iraq air strikes mission by a year
Aug 04, 2015 (AFP)
Britain is extending its air strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Iraq by a year to March 2017, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said in comments...
Iraqi Kurdish leader vows to avenge Yazidis
Aug 03, 2015 (AFP)
The president of Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, Massud Barzani, promised Monday to avenge the Yazidi minority brutally attacked by the Islamic State gro...
Syria Qaeda posts video of 'capture' of US-trained rebels
Aug 02, 2015 (AFP)
Al-Qaeda's Syria branch has posted a video purportedly showing its capture last week of members of a US-trained rebel force it accuses of aiding US-led air stri...
Nigeria air strikes kill 'large number' of Boko Haram
Aug 02, 2015 (AFP)
Nigeria said Sunday it had carried out air strikes in the northeast of the country to repel an attack by Boko Haram and had killed a "large number" of the Islam...
Over 100 militants killed in anti-Boko Haram operation: Chad army
Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)
At least 100 jihadist fighters have been killed in an operation against Boko Haram Islamists holed up on the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said in a st...
US-led raids destroy IS bridges on Syria-Iraq border: monitor
Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)
US-led coalition air strikes destroyed early Friday two key bridges used by the Islamic State group on the Syrian side of the Iraqi border, a monitoring group s...
China holds anti-terror drill at Xinjiang airport
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
Authorities in the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang held an anti-terror drill on Thursday at its main airport, state media reported, simulating an attack ...
Turkey pounds PKK, allows US to use base against IS
Jul 29, 2015 (AFP)
Turkish warplanes on Wednesday pounded targets of PKK rebels in northern Iraq in a new wave of strikes in its campaign against militant groups, as Ankara allowe...
Indonesia jails Uighur over attempt to join militants
Jul 29, 2015 (AFP)
An Indonesian court Wednesday jailed a Chinese Uighur for six years after he was caught trying to join an Islamic extremist group led by the country's most want...
Allies tolerate Turkey's double game to boost IS fight: analysts
Jul 29, 2015 (AFP)
Turkey's allies know it is playing a double game with its twin onslaught against Kurdish rebels and the Islamic State group, but are turning a blind eye to keep...
NATO vows solidarity with Turkey over Islamic State
Jul 28, 2015 (AFP)
NATO strongly backed Turkey's fight against Islamic State militants at emergency talks Tuesday but some countries expressed concerns that strikes on Kurdish fig...
Nigeria clash kills 11 Islamists, three militia: sources
Jul 28, 2015 (AFP)
Three militia fighters and 11 Boko Haram militants have been killed in a clash in a village in northeastern Nigeria, a local resident and a member of the militi...
Kyrgyzstan's security service probes IS recruitment video
Jul 27, 2015 (AFP)
Kyrgyzstan's security service said Monday it was investigating a YouTube video urging citizens of the ex-Soviet country to move to the "caliphate" declared by t...
Shebab kill at least six in Mogadishu hotel car bombing
Jul 27, 2015 (AFP)
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people Sunday in a huge car bomb attack on a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that is also home to several diploma...
Iran FM urges Gulf Arabs to cooperate against 'terror'
Jul 26, 2015 (AFP)
Iran's foreign minister on Sunday called on Gulf Arab neighbours to cooperate against the common threat of "terrorism, extremism and sectarianism", but insisted...
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