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US man sentenced to 20 years after IS support guilty plea
May 13, 2015 (AFP)
A US man was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to supporting the extremist Islamic State group, authorities said Wednesday. Dona...
Turkey urges action against 'IS threat' at NATO talks
May 12, 2015 (AFP)
Turkey on Tuesday called for determined action from NATO member states against the "significant" threat posed by Islamic State jihadists who have taken swathes ...
Kurdish forces and allies 'broke IS spine': Kurdish leader
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, said on Monday his forces had "broken the spine" of the Islamic State (IS) group with the help o...
'Two Cameroon soldiers killed' fighting Boko Haram near Nigeria
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
Two soldiers from Cameroon have been killed and at least two others wounded in an attack by Boko Haram fighters near the Nigerian border, security sources told ...
US bolsters security at military bases over terror threat
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
The US military bolstered security at bases across the country Friday after the FBI voiced concern that Islamist extremists could target troops or police office...
Texas attack inspired but not directed by IS: Pentagon chief
May 07, 2015 (AFP)
An attempted attack on an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in Texas was inspired -- but not ordered by -- the Islamic State group, US Defense Secr...
US strike kills senior Qaeda official in Yemen: SITE
May 07, 2015 (AFP)
A US air strike in Yemen last month killed the senior Al-Qaeda official who appeared in a video claiming the deadly January attack on French magazine Charlie He...
US trains Syrian rebels to take on Islamic State
May 07, 2015 (AFP)
The US military has begun training a small unit of "moderate" Syrian rebels in Jordan to return home and take on the might of the Islamic State, after months of...
Kurd leader asks for help for refugees from IS
May 06, 2015 (AFP)
The leader of Iraq's Kurds said Wednesday his region's forces had destroyed the Islamic State group's reputation for invincibility but now need help dealing wit...
US targets IS leaders with multi-million-dollar bounties
May 05, 2015 (AFP)
The United States ratcheted up pressure on the leaders of the Islamic State jihadist group on Tuesday, adding four names to those targeted by multi-million-doll...
US says no Syrian civilians killed in coalition air strike
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
The US military denied Sunday a report that strikes led by Washington had killed at least 52 civilians in northern Syria earlier this week, saying those killed ...
Filipino on US most wanted list killed: rebels, military
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
A Filipino on the United States' list of most wanted "terrorists" has been killed in a firefight in the southern Philippines, Muslim rebel leaders and the milit...
EU lawyers must prioritise jihadist cases: counter-terror chief
Apr 29, 2015 (AFP)
European countries must prioritise which jihadists to pursue in court if they are to avoid being overwhelmed by the caseload, the EU's counter-terrorism chief t...
France boosts defence budget in wake of Paris attacks
Apr 29, 2015 (AFP)
President Francois Hollande announced Wednesday that France would increase its defence budget by close to four billion euros over four years, in response to ext...
Islamic State or Al-Qaeda? Somalia's Shebab mulls future
Apr 26, 2015 (AFP)
Somalia's Shebab militants are divided over whether to maintain their allegiance to Al-Qaeda or shift to Islamic State, according to militant and security sourc...
Suicide bombers kill 4 at Iraq-Jordan border crossing
Apr 25, 2015 (AFP)
Three suicide bombers attacked a border crossing between western Iraq and Jordan on Saturday, killing at least four Iraqi security personnel and wounding eight ...
IS group is 'Russia's greatest enemy', not US: Lavrov
Apr 22, 2015 (AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the Islamic State group was Moscow's greatest enemy, notwithstanding the strained relations with the ...
Philippines wants 90 Muslim rebels charged for bloody ambush
Apr 22, 2015 (AFP)
The Philippine Justice Department on Wednesday recommended murder charges against 90 Muslim rebels, even though such a move could jeopardise a peace process cha...
Lebanon receives French arms for anti-jihadist fight
Apr 21, 2015 (AFP)
Lebanon on Monday received the first French weapons in a $3 billion Saudi-funded programme intended to bolster its army to take on jihadist threats, particularl...
US: No reason to think IS leader wounded
Apr 21, 2015 (AFP)
US forces have no reason to think Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was wounded in an air strike against an Iraqi target last month, the Pentagon said T...
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