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Turkey mulls action as IS jihadists near Syria border town
Oct 02, 2014 (AFP)
Islamic State fighters are pushing towards a key Kurdish town on Syria's border with Turkey, whose parliament is set on Thursday to consider authorising militar...
UN rights chief slams IS 'war crimes'
Oct 02, 2014 (AFP)
Islamic State jihadists are committing such staggering atrocities in Iraq that they could amount to war crimes, the United Nations rights chief said Thursday. "...
Historic tomb critical factor in Turkey's anti-IS role
Oct 02, 2014 (AFP)
Set on the Euphrates River inside Syria, a centuries-old tomb complex considered Turkish territory has become a new potential flashpoint in the conflict with ji...
Tunisian youths at forefront of Syria jihad
Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)
Tunisian youths disillusioned with the post-revolution era have flocked to join jihadists overseas, making the birthplace of the Arab Spring the top source of f...
Why Pakistan's leader wants ISIS to succeed
Oct 01, 2014 (UPI)
With world attention riveted on U.S. and friendly Arab air strikes against Islamic State bases in Syria, Pakistan, one of the world's eight nuclear powers, was ...
Handheld explosives trace detector makes debut
Oct 01, 2014 (UPI)
Rapiscan Systems Inc. has launched a new handheld explosive trace detection system called DETECTRA HX. The device features high-throughput and high-detection ca...
How ISIS could change the world forever
Oct 01, 2014 (UPI)
Make no mistake: in taking the fight to the Islamic State -- aka IS, aka the Enemies of Islam -- President Barack Obama is at a defining moment for his presiden...
Islamic State's allure causes worry in Southeast Asia
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
The Islamic State group's jihadist appeal is fanning fears that it could serve as a potent new rallying cry for Southeast Asian extremists who had been largely ...
'Terror backers' can't defeat jihadists: Syria's Assad
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
Extremists cannot be defeated by countries that have "spread terrorism", Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday in an apparent jab at members of the US-...
Balkans launch fight against jihadist recruitment
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
With the world on high alert over foreign fighters joining jihadist ranks in Syria and Iraq, Balkan states are launching efforts to clamp down on recruiting in ...
Britain carries out first air strikes against IS in Iraq
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
British fighter jets on Tuesday bombed an artillery post and an armed truck used by the Islamic State group in Iraq in the Royal Air Force's first strikes in th...
Turkey mulls joining anti-IS coalition as jihadists near border
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
Islamic State fighters have closed to within a few kilometres of a key Kurdish town on Syria's border with Turkey, as Ankara mulls joining the anti-IS coalition...
Kurd troops attack Iraq jihadists on three fronts
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
Kurdish troops backed by warplanes battled the Islamic State group on three fronts in northern Iraq Tuesday, clawing back land lost to the jihadists in recent m...
Obama admits US underestimated IS, as air strikes intensify
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama admitted Sunday that the United States underestimated the threat posed by Islamic State fighters in Syria, as US-led coalition warplanes ...
Mexico must probe 'possible' army executions: UN expert
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
A UN expert urged Mexico on Monday to conduct an independent investigation into the killing of 22 drug gang suspects by soldiers, saying the deaths may have bee...
IS jihadists close in on key Syria border town
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
Islamic State group fighters closed in Monday to within only a few kilometres of a key Kurdish town on Syria's border with Turkey, despite new air strikes by th...
In air war in Iraq and Syria, 4,100 US flights: official
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
US aircraft have flown roughly 4,100 sorties in the air war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since August, including surveillance flights, refu...
Turkey deploys tanks to border as lawmakers to consider anti-IS action
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
Turkey on Monday deployed tanks and armoured vehicles to reinforce its border with Syria amid escalating violence by the Islamic State group, as parliament was ...
US-led raids hit jihadist oil as Qaeda threatens reprisals
Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)
US-led warplanes kept up strikes on oil sites funding the Islamic State group on Sunday, as Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate threatened reprisals after a key operativ...
Philippine Muslim rebels start difficult disarming process
Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)
The difficult process of disarming Philippine Muslim rebels after a decades-long insurgency has started, negotiators said Sunday, with the decommissioning of a ...
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