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US says only 60 Syrians being trained to fight IS

Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)

Only about 60 Syrian rebels are being trained by the United States to take on the Islamic State group, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday, admitting i...

Serb 'war criminal' extradited from Australia

Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)

A Serbian war crimes suspect known as "Captain Dragan" was handed over by Australia to Croatia Wednesday to face allegations of torture and murder after battlin...

McCain suggests US 'losing' against IS

Jul 07, 2015 (AFP)

US Senator John McCain blasted the military strategy against the Islamic State group Tuesday, suggesting the United States was "losing" the fight and criticizin...

Syrian Kurds battle IS as US steps up air war

Jul 07, 2015 (AFP)

Kurdish fighters battled the Islamic State group in northern Syria on Tuesday, after President Barack Obama said the US-led coalition was intensifying air strik...

US House approves closer military ties with Jordan

Jul 07, 2015 (AFP)

US lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation that would ramp up military cooperation with Jordan, including accelerated arms sales to a Middle East ally contend...

Jordan says it has foiled Iran-backed bomb attack

Jul 06, 2015 (AFP)

Jordanian authorities have foiled a "terrorist" attack and arrested an Iraqi man in possession of explosives said to have come from Iran's Revolutionary Guards,...

Egypt killed 241 Sinai militants from July 1-5: army

Jul 06, 2015 (AFP)

Egypt's military killed 241 militants in the Sinai from July 1-5, the army said Monday, including jihadists from the Islamic State group who launched spectacula...

In Syria and Iraq, IS courts Sunni tribes with carrot and stick

Jul 06, 2015 (AFP)

Wearing a white headscarf and a traditional black cloak, the Iraqi tribal sheikh addressed his peers: "We're all in the same boat, the (Islamic) State is our st...

Heavy US-led raids on IS Syria stronghold kill dozens

Jul 05, 2015 (AFP)

A US-led coalition has carried out some of its heaviest air strikes yet on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital, killing more than 30 people, inclu...

Tunisian Abu Iyadh, reported dead in Libya, is Qaeda veteran

Jul 03, 2015 (AFP)

Abu Iyadh, the founder of Tunisia's main jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia reported Friday to have been killed in a US air strike in Libya, is a veteran of Al-Qaed...

Air strike kills IS leader in Syria: Pentagon

Jul 02, 2015 (AFP)

A senior Islamic State leader who recruited funds and fighters and procured weapons for the jihadists has been killed in a coalition air strike in Syria, the Pe...

UK police hold two women for alleged terror offences

Jul 02, 2015 (AFP)

British police on Thursday charged a 26-year-old woman with inciting terror through Twitter and membership of the Islamic State group, and arrested a 15-year-ol...

IS threat grows as 'caliphate' enters second year

Jun 29, 2015 (AFP)

The Islamic State group's "caliphate" enters its second year Monday with the jihadists expanding their territory in Syria and Iraq and their global reach by cla...

Australian IS fighter 'still alive' after drone strike: report

Jun 28, 2015 (AFP)

Canberra was Sunday attempting to verify whether an Australian Islamic State group fighter, notorious for being photographed with severed heads, had survived a ...

Sri Lankan soldier handed death sentence for civilian massacre

Jun 25, 2015 (AFP)

A Sri Lankan court on Thursday handed the death sentence to a soldier convicted of slitting the throats of eight Tamil civilians, including four children, durin...

IS jihadists behead 12 Syria rebels

Jun 25, 2015 (AFP)

Islamic State group jihadists beheaded 12 men from rival Syrian rebel movements accused of fighting against them, in a video released on Thursday. It is the lat...

Libya rivals back in Morocco for fresh peace talks

Jun 25, 2015 (AFP)

Libya's warring factions arrived Thursday in Morocco for a fresh round of UN-brokered peace talks aimed at putting an end to months of fighting in the stricken ...

Global publics support US and fight against IS: poll

Jun 24, 2015 (AFP)

Countries across the world have a favorable view of the US and its fight against the Islamic State radical group, according to a Pew Research Center report. Ame...

Russia's Caucasus Islamists 'pledge allegiance' to IS

Jun 24, 2015 (AFP)

Islamist militants in four regions of Russia's Caucasus have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, according to a recording which was welcomed by IS af...

Australia set to strip citizenship for terror links

Jun 23, 2015 (AFP)

Australia said Tuesday it will introduce new laws this week to strip dual nationals linked to terrorism of their citizenship, but backed away from putting the p...