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Lebanon receives US missiles for anti-jihadist fight
Jun 10, 2015 (AFP)
Lebanese and American officials gathered Wednesday to mark the delivery of more than 200 anti-tank missiles the United States says will help Lebanon's army defe...
French army chief urges more strikes on IS command centres
Jun 10, 2015 (AFP)
The US-led coalition carrying out air strikes against the Islamic State group must do more to target the jihadists' command centres, French army chief Denis Mer...
US raid on IS produced wealth of intelligence: report
Jun 09, 2015 (AFP)
A US commando raid in Syria last month that killed a senior figure from the Islamic State group produced a wealth of information about the jihadists' finances a...
Jihadists' slave markets sell girls at any price: UN envoy
Jun 08, 2015 (AFP)
Teenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets "for as little as a pack of cigarettes," the UN envoy on sexu...
'Stalkers': Tracking IS's female cheerleaders online
Jun 07, 2015 (AFP)
In a nondescript office in central London, researcher Melanie Smith stares at her laptop, scrolling down the Twitter feed of a 17-year-old British girl who ran ...
US general dismisses doubts about air war against IS
Jun 05, 2015 (AFP)
A top US Air Force general insisted Friday the American-led air campaign against the Islamic State was effective, rejecting criticism that it was too slow or ov...
IS jihadists in fierce battle for key Syrian city
Jun 04, 2015 (AFP)
Islamic State group jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced Thursday to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fight...
Fight against IS could take 'generation or more': US envoy
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group is a "global threat" that will take a generation or more to defeat, Washington's envoy for the US-led coalition fighting the jihadists s...
Strike levels huge Iraq car bomb factory in blow to IS
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
An air strike in the Iraqi town of Hawijah completely levelled one of the Islamic State group's largest car bomb factories, causing heavy casualties and extensi...
Iran's Rouhani says Arabs, West miscalculated in Syria
Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused Arab and Western governments of miscalculating in their backing for Syrian rebels as the US-led coalition against the I...
US military uncovers more anthrax blunders
Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)
The US military said Tuesday a live sample of anthrax was inadvertently sent to a lab in Canada, after officials uncovered yet another batch of the lethal bacte...
Libya fears Iraq-like jihadist scenario
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
Libya's internationally recognised government called for outside help against military advances in the country by the Islamic State jihadist group and warned of...
Anti-IS strategy to face scrutiny at Paris coalition meeting
May 31, 2015 (AFP)
The anti-IS coalition will meet in Paris Tuesday after a series of shock battlefield gains by the jihadists, with Iraq under pressure to step up its fight by be...
IS destroys infamous Syria prison as regime bombing kills scores
May 30, 2015 (AFP)
Islamic State group jihadists demolished a notorious government prison in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Saturday, as barrel bombs dropped by regime hel...
Army in retreat as rebels tighten grip on Syria's Idlib
May 29, 2015 (AFP)
The Syrian government has abandoned Idlib to concentrate on regions deemed vital for its survival, allowing Al-Qaeda to seize the province's last regime-held ci...
Foreign fighters switching tactics to reach Syria, Iraq
May 29, 2015 (AFP)
Foreign fighters bent on joining jihadists in Syria, Iraq and North Africa are changing tactics to avoid detection, increasingly resorting to tortuous travel ro...
Ground broken on final phase of National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
May 29, 2015 (UPI)
Ground was broken this week in Kansas on the final and largest phase of the $835 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. The facility is being built by ...
Watchdog says 90 percent of world chemical weapons destroyed
May 28, 2015 (AFP)
The world's chemical watchdog said on Thursday that 90 percent of the global chemical weapons stockpile has been destroyed, calling it a "major milestone". The ...
Qaeda-led rebels take Idlib's last Syria regime bastion
May 28, 2015 (AFP)
A rebel coalition led by the Syrian affiliate of Al-Qaeda stormed and seized the last regime-held city in Idlib province Thursday, as Iraq exhumed the remains o...
IS 'executes' 20 in Palmyra Roman theatre
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group "executed" 20 men in front of a crowd in the UNESCO-listed Roman theatre of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra on Wednesday, a monitor said...
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