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Ancient prophecies of apocalypse rally IS jihadists

Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)

An infidel horde flying 80 banners meets a Muslim army at the Syrian town of Dabiq in an apocalyptic battle. The Muslims are decimated but ultimately prevail, u...

Rapid radicalisation: From French teen to jihadist

Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)

Nora was a good high school student who dreamed of becoming a doctor. But when she left to wage jihad in Syria, her family soon discovered she had been leading ...

Jihadists advance in Syria border town despite air strikes

Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)

Jihadists fighting to take the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane advanced Wednesday despite intensified US-led air strikes, as deadly protests over the fat...

Kurds burst into EU parliament to protest Islamic State

Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)

Dozens of Kurdish demonstrators burst into the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday to protest the Islamic State group's attack on the town of Kobane on S...

Three things that must happen to defeat ISIS

Oct 07, 2014 (UPI)

If the civilized world has any chance of defeating the Islamic State and other Sunni-based terrorist groups, three big bets must pay-off. And winning each bet i...

US voices concern over IS-besieged town

Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)

The United States said Tuesday it was "horrific" watching in real time the battle for the Syrian border town of Kobane, insisting it did not want to see the cit...

Fighting in Syria's Kobane spreads to south, west: monitor

Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)

Fighting between Islamic State group jihadists and Kurdish militia in the key Syrian border town of Kobane has spread to new areas in the south and west, a moni...

IS jihadists 'seize parts of key Syrian town'

Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)

Islamic State jihadists pushed into the key Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border Monday, seizing three districts in the city's east after fierce street f...

'Too late' for Syrian border town as air strikes fail: analysts

Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)

A lack of ground support for air strikes against Islamic State jihadists, and Turkey's reluctance Turkey to step in militarily, have all but sealed the fate of ...

Syria border town 'about to fall' as hundreds dead

Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)

Jihadists are on the verge of seizing the key Syrian border town of Kobane, Turkey warned Tuesday, after a three-week assault by the Islamic State group that ha...

Australia finalising legal go-ahead for special forces in Iraq

Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)

Australian special forces are ready for action in Iraq, but they await final legal approval, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday. "Our forces are ready to g...

Kurds battle for key Syria town, woman suicide bomber hits IS

Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)

Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes battled the Islamic State group for a key Syrian town Sunday, with one woman defender blowing herself up using the...

Turkey wary of military intervention against IS

Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)

The Turkish government last week won parliamentary authorisation to send its armed forces into Syria to fight jihadists but imminent action is unlikely as it se...

US helicopters join air war in Iraq against IS group

Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)

The US military has started flying attack helicopters against Islamic State militants in Iraq for the first time, officials said Monday, marking an escalation i...

Australian jets fly first mission against IS in Iraq

Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)

Australian fighter jets have flown their first armed combat mission in Iraq against the Islamic State group but did not launch air strikes, the military said Mo...

Kurds scrutinise refugees at camps to keep IS out

Oct 05, 2014 (AFP)

At a Kurdish-run refugee camp in Iraq, strict checks are being imposed to weed out "good" Sunni Arab families from "bad" ones suspected of links to the Islamic ...

UAE suprised at Biden suggestion it backed jihadists

Oct 05, 2014 (AFP)

The United Arab Emirates has expressed surprise after US Vice President Joe Biden suggested the Gulf state had armed and financed jihadists in Syria, along with...

Britons mourn Henning, 'national hero' killed by IS

Oct 04, 2014 (AFP)

Britain united in revulsion Saturday at the beheading of aid worker Alan Henning claimed by Islamic State jihadists, as the imam at his home city's main mosque ...

Turkish MPs back military action as jihadists advance

Oct 03, 2014 (AFP)

Turkey's parliament Thursday authorised military action against the Islamic State jihadist group, whose fighters have battled their way to the doorstep of a key...

In US war on IS, what would victory look like?

Oct 02, 2014 (AFP)

The United States has yet to explain exactly what victory might look like in its war against the Islamic State group, but it is becoming clear that success will...