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Obama says special forces could target IS leaders

Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)

President Barack Obama said he would not flinch from sending US special forces to kill Islamic State leaders, as he called for Congress to authorize military op...

US hopes EU will pool airline passenger data

Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)

The United States wants the European Union to pool data on airline passengers to bolster security and prevent Islamist extremists from staging attacks on the We...

Iraq says Jordan offers all military means in IS fight

Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)

Jordan is ready to offer all military means at its disposal to help Iraq fight the Islamic State group, Iraq's defence minister said Wednesday after meeting Amm...

Sisters in arms: Kurdish women in front line against IS

Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)

Meet Nassrin Abdallah. With her diminutive height and broad smile, it doesn't seem like she should strike fear into the hearts of hardened Islamic State jihadis...

20,000 foreign fighters head to Syria: US

Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)

Foreign fighters are flocking to Syria at an "unprecedented" rate, with more than 20,000 volunteers from around the world joining the Islamic State or other ext...

Syria 'informed' about US-led strikes on IS: Assad

Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)

Damascus receives "information" about air strikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad said in an intervi...

Obama confirms US hostage killed, UAE rejoins the fray

Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)

President Barack Obama on Tuesday confirmed the death of US hostage Kayla Mueller, as warplanes from Gulf ally the United Arab Emirates rejoined the battle agai...

American Kayla Mueller: A calling to ease others' suffering

Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)

Kayla Mueller, who died as a hostage of IS jihadists, took strength during captivity in her faith in God and the love of her family, she wrote in a letter relat...

White House seeks war authority against IS: lawmakers

Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)

The White House revealed to lawmakers on Tuesday details of its request to Congress for a three-year war authority to battle Islamic extremists that would prohi...

Kurds recapture ground from IS north of Mosul: US

Feb 09, 2015 (AFP)

Kurdish forces backed up by US-led air strikes have recaptured territory from Islamic State jihadists near the strategic city of Mosul in northern Iraq, the Ame...

Nigeria vows to crush Boko Haram as leader dismisses regional threat

Feb 09, 2015 (AFP)

Nigeria on Monday vowed to crush Boko Haram within six weeks as its leader warned a new regional fighting force "will not achieve anything" and the rebels launc...

Syria rejects foreign ground troops to fight IS

Feb 09, 2015 (AFP)

Syria will not allow foreign ground troops on its territory to fight the Islamic State group, Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said on Monday. Speaking at a ne...

Nigeria's Boko Haram opens new front in Niger

Feb 08, 2015 (AFP)

Boko Haram fighters waged twin attacks Sunday in Niger, their latest front in a widening regional insurgency, with a market bomb blast sowing panic. The Islamis...

US-led coalition squeezing Islamic militants, Kerry insists

Feb 08, 2015 (AFP)

An international coalition battling against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria is beginning to win back territory and deprive the jihadists of key funds, US to...

Jordan pounds IS as air war begins to bite

Feb 08, 2015 (AFP)

Jordan announced Sunday it conducted dozens of air strikes on the Islamic State group that murdered one of its pilots, as part of an international assault Washi...

Coalition planes bomb IS 'capital' in Syria

Feb 07, 2015 (AFP)

Coalition warplanes pounded a stronghold of the Islamic State group in Syria Saturday amid uncertainty over the fate of a US hostage the jihadists claim was kil...

Jordan warplanes strike IS after pilot murder

Feb 06, 2015 (AFP)

Jordan said its warplanes launched dozens of new strikes Thursday against the Islamic State group, after vowing a harsh response to the burning alive of a pilot...

Al-Azhar: top Sunni Muslim body condemns IS

Feb 04, 2015 (AFP)

Al-Azhar, the prestigious seat of Islamic learning that is based in Cairo but respected by Sunni Muslims across the world, has steadfastly condemned gruesome ex...

Pilot murder boosts Jordan support for IS fight

Feb 04, 2015 (AFP)

The burning alive of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State group has shocked and angered Jordanians, uniting them behind their government's vow to intensify it...

Russia pushes UN to cut off Islamic State funds

Feb 04, 2015 (AFP)

Russia is making a push at the United Nations for a new resolution to choke off funding from oil sales, the antiquities trade and ransom payments to the Islamic...