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IS captures Jordanian pilot after plane crashes over Syria
Dec 24, 2014 (AFP)
The Islamic State group captured a Jordanian pilot Wednesday after his warplane from the US-led coalition crashed while on a mission against the jihadists over ...
IS slavery pushes Iraqi victims to suicide
Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)
Women and girls from Iraq's Yazidi religious minority have told rights activists they were beaten and forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State jihadist g...
Algeria kills jihadist chief behind Frenchman's murder
Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)
The Algerian army said on Tuesday it had killed the head of a militant group that beheaded a French tourist after it had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State...
More than 1,100 jihadists killed in US-led Syria strikes: monitor
Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)
US-led air strikes in Syria have killed more than 1,000 jihadists in the past three months, nearly all of them from the Islamic State group, a monitoring group ...
IS arrests 'extremists' accused of plot against group
Dec 22, 2014 (AFP)
The Islamic State group has claimed the arrests of four jihadists it classified as "extremists" accused of plotting against the organisation in areas of Iraq an...
IS has executed 100 foreigners trying to quit: report
Dec 20, 2014 (AFP)
The Islamic State extremist group has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee their headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Financial T...
Obama blasts Guantanamo provisions as he signs defense bill
Dec 20, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law America's annual defense policy bill, but he blasted provisions that ensure the Guantanamo Bay prison will stay...
Killing top IS leaders not enough to cripple group, say experts
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
The Pentagon has hailed the deaths of several top leaders of the Islamic State group, but experts say this is far from enough to cripple what has proven to be a...
Kurds press northern Iraq offensive against jihadists
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
Kurdish forces backed by foreign jets pressed an ambitious operation against the Islamic State group in northern Iraq on Thursday, taking on the jihadists in th...
US air strikes kill several IS leaders in Iraq: Pentagon
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
Several leaders of the Islamic State group in Iraq have been killed in US air strikes in recent weeks, dealing a blow to the jihadist forces, the Pentagon said ...
Pakistan army chief, Afghan president vow to fight militants
Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)
Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif and Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani vowed Wednesday to fight "terrorism and extremism" together, a day after Taliba...
15 children among 25 dead in Yemen car bomb attack
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
Fifteen children on a school bus were among at least 25 people killed in a suicide car bomb attack in central Yemen targeting a Shiite militia leader on Tuesday...
66 journalists killed in past year as attacks grow more barbaric: report
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks on journalists have grown more barbaric and kidnappings have soared, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday, after a year when violence against the medi...
France calls for combined African response to jihadist threat
Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Monday urged African nations to combine efforts to tackle the jihadist threat, from southern Libya to Nigeria. "Co...
Jordan, Saudi kings in talks as they battle IS
Dec 14, 2014 (AFP)
Jordan's King Abdullah II met his Saudi counterpart in Riyadh Sunday for talks as both nations participate in a US-led bombing campaign against Islamic State gr...
Indian police arrest 'jihadi tweeter'
Dec 13, 2014 (AFP)
Indian police on Saturday arrested a 24-year-old believed to be the handler of an influential Twitter account supporting the Islamic State group, officials said...
Tajik president calls Islamic State group a modern 'plague'
Dec 13, 2014 (AFP)
The president of Tajikistan on Saturday called the Islamic State group a modern "plague", expressing concern that several hundred young people had left the ex-S...
Turning Deadly Chemical Agents Into Harmless Soil
Dec 11, 2014 (SPX)
Destroying chemical warfare agents in bulk is a challenge for the military and international community. Current methods of eradication, such as incineration or ...
Senate Democrats back new use of force agreement against IS
Dec 11, 2014 (AFP)
Democrats on a Senate panel on Thursday unanimously supported a new authorization for military force against Islamic State jihadists without US ground troops, s...
French army kills 'big fish' jihadist in northern Mali
Dec 11, 2014 (AFP)
The French army said Thursday it had killed a top jihadist commander in a military operation in northern Mali, describing it as a heavy blow to Islamists operat...
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