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Two notorious Australian IS fighters reported dead
Jun 23, 2015 (AFP)
Canberra was Tuesday working to verify reports that two of Australia's most wanted Islamic State group fighters, notorious for being pictured holding severed he...
Syria Kurds advance after seizing base from IS
Jun 23, 2015 (AFP)
Syrian Kurds and allied rebels advanced against the Islamic State group on Tuesday, capturing a strategic town a day after seizing a base from the jihadists nea...
Iran, Iraq, Syria to strengthen cooperation against IS: officials
Jun 23, 2015 (AFP)
Officials from Iran, Iraq and Syria will meet next week in Baghdad to strengthen their joint fight against the Islamic State jihadist group, media reports said ...
Twitter, YouTube analysis pinpoints IS strategy
Jun 21, 2015 (AFP)
Tweets and YouTube videos by fighters from the Islamic State group have allowed analysts to pinpoint their movements in Iraq and Syria, highlighting the group's...
A year on, no quick fix to halt IS 'caliphate'
Jun 20, 2015 (AFP)
A year after its establishment, the Islamic State group's self-declared "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq remains well-funded and heavily armed, and experts say it ...
Kurds emerge as key force in fight against IS 'caliphate'
Jun 19, 2015 (AFP)
Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria have emerged as some of the most effective forces battling the Islamic State jihadist group in the year since IS declared a c...
Qaeda in North Africa denies US strike killed ex-chief
Jun 19, 2015 (AFP)
Al-Qaeda in North Africa has denied reports its former leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in a US air strike last week in Libya, in a statement posted online ...
Syria's Raqa: for IS a 'model city', for others a living hell
Jun 19, 2015 (AFP)
It's called Heaven Square, but after the Islamic State group started using the roundabout in Raqa for gruesome public executions it earned a new name: Hell Squa...
A year on, Islamic State 'caliphate' infamous for brutality
Jun 18, 2015 (AFP)
In the year since it declared its "caliphate," the Islamic State group has become the world's most infamous jihadist organisation, attracting international fran...
Suspects arrested over IS-inspired NY bomb plot
Jun 17, 2015 (AFP)
A young American who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group was arrested in New York on Wednesday after trying to stab an FBI agent, officials said. Fare...
Libya jihadist group denies death of Qaeda-linked Belmokhtar
Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)
A Libyan jihadist group denied Tuesday that Al-Qaeda-linked militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar -- the man behind multiple deadly attacks with a history of coming back ...
US 'verifying' if top Yemen Qaeda leader killed in CIA drone strike
Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)
US officials are reportedly working to confirm claims that Al-Qaeda's top leader in Yemen was killed in a CIA drone strike last week, as the country's warring f...
US strikes kill jihadist leaders but groups live on
Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)
Washington has made the targeted killing of jihadist leaders the central tactic in its war on extremism, but experts say drone strikes alone do not amount to an...
'Many dead' in suicide attacks targeting police in Chad
Jun 15, 2015 (AFP)
Many people were killed Monday in twin suicide attacks targeting police in the capital of Chad, whose armed forces have been on the frontline of the fight again...
The 'Uncatchable' one-eyed jihadi Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Jun 15, 2015 (AFP)
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed Islamist reported to have been killed in a US airstrike in Libya Monday, was an Al-Qaeda veteran and the mastermind behind a de...
40 foreign suicide bombers a month enter Iraq: PM
Jun 15, 2015 (AFP)
Around 40 foreign suicide bombers enter Iraq each month, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Monday, calling for countries in the region to curb the flow of ...
Japan's security bills threaten constitution: legal experts
Jun 15, 2015 (AFP)
Legislation that would allow Japan's military to fight in defence of allies is unconstitutional, legal experts said Monday, as opposition to Prime Minister Shin...
A year later, US struggles to stop IS onslaught
Jun 13, 2015 (AFP)
A year after Islamic State jihadists overran much of Iraq, the United States and its allies are struggling to turn the tide against the extremists and their sel...
US moves six Yemeni Guantanamo detainees to Oman
Jun 13, 2015 (AFP)
The United States transferred six Yemeni inmates from its Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman, the Pentagon said Saturday, part of a drive by President Barack Obama t...
IS releases 'anniversary documentary' on Mosul capture
Jun 11, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group Thursday released a propaganda documentary marking a year since it captured Mosul and recounting its surprise at how easily it took over...
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