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IS jihadists free 200 elderly Yazidis in north Iraq
Jan 17, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State (IS) group released more than 200 mostly elderly members of northern Iraq's Yazidi minority Saturday who had been held for months, officials a...
IS uses kids in propaganda targeting next generation
Jan 17, 2015 (AFP)
A young boy raises a pistol, aims at two kneeling men and fires, in a shocking propaganda video highlighting the Islamic State jihadist group's efforts to indoc...
Algeria finds explosive vests near French beheading area
Jan 17, 2015 (AFP)
Algerian soldiers discovered a cache of explosive vests and ammunition in the east of the country near where jihadists beheaded a French hostage in September, t...
Belgium: hotbed of fighters heading to Syria and Iraq
Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)
Anti-terror raids in Belgium appear to confirm long-standing fears the country has become a jihadist centre, with an often disaffected Muslim minority providing...
Algeria finds body of beheaded Frenchman
Jan 15, 2015 (AFP)
Algerian troops found the body Thursday of French tourist Herve Gourdel, security sources said, months after he was beheaded by jihadists demanding that France ...
Turkey suspends prosecutors in 'Syria arms' case
Jan 15, 2015 (AFP)
Turkey has suspended five prosecutors working on a contentious investigation into an alleged delivery of arms for Syrian rebels that was intercepted on the bord...
US sends five Guantanamo prisoners to Oman, Estonia
Jan 15, 2015 (AFP)
The United States has transferred five men from its Guantanamo Bay prison, the Pentagon said Wednesday, in a renewed push by President Barack Obama toward closi...
Turkey bans reports, Internet posts of 'Islamist arms delivery'
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
Turkey on Wednesday imposed an all-out media blackout, including on Facebook and Twitter, prohibiting publication of reports claiming Turkish intelligence servi...
IS claims beheading of Iraqi soldier
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State jihadist group beheaded an Iraqi soldier in Salaheddin province, north of Baghdad, according to a series of photos posted online on Wednesday....
Paris attacks underline need for global response to IS: US
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
Deadly attacks by militants in Paris and other Western cities underline the need for a "global response" to the Islamic State jihadist group, US envoy John Alle...
Troops shore up security in edgy Paris
Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)
Troops marching through Jewish districts and foreign legionnaires patrolling grimly under the arches of the Eiffel Tower -- Paris is witnessing a rare deploymen...
1,400 from France have joined jihadis or 'want to go to Syria or Iraq'
Jan 12, 2015 (AFP)
Some 1,400 people living in France have either joined the jihadist cause in Syria and Iraq or are planning to do so, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Monday. "T...
Paris jihadists had serious -- but available -- weapons
Jan 11, 2015 (AFP)
The weapons wielded by gunmen sowing mayhem at Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris this week were powerful but -- for those in the know -- ...
Security readied in Philippine for Papal visit
Jan 11, 2015 (UPI)
Thousands of troops and police in the Philippines have been placed on high alert for the visit starting this week of Pope Francis, his first to the country. As ...
Hurdles abound for Guantanamo closure, 13 years later
Jan 11, 2015 (AFP)
Thirteen years after terror suspects first arrived in Guantanamo, the United States is sending inmates out at a faster rate than ever before -- but hurdles rema...
Nigeria appeals for support after 'deadliest' Boko Haram attack
Jan 11, 2015 (AFP)
Nigeria's military has called for support in tackling Boko Haram after a major attack on a key northeast town that is feared could be the worst in the bloody si...
IS forced to defend supply lines in Iraq: US
Jan 09, 2015 (AFP)
Islamic State jihadists are having to spend more effort defending key supply lines in Iraq due to US-led air strikes and pressure from local forces, the Pentago...
China condemns Paris attack, vows to fight terrorism
Jan 08, 2015 (AFP)
China on Thursday joined in global condemnation of an Islamist attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people dead, describing terrorism as "a comm...
US-led forces drop nearly 5,000 bombs on IS group
Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)
US-led aircraft have dropped nearly 5,000 bombs in the air war against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, damaging or destroying more than 3,000 targets...
US-led strikes may have killed civilians: Pentagon
Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)
The US military is reviewing several incidents in which civilians may have been killed in coalition air strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syri...
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