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'Jihad recruiters' arrested in Netherlands, Germany
Aug 28, 2014 (AFP)
Police in the Netherlands and Germany have arrested two men for allegedly recruiting jihadi fighters to go to Iraq and Syria, Dutch police said Thursday. A woma...
Researchers find security flaws in backscatter X-ray scanners
Aug 27, 2014 (SPX)
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins University have discovered several security vu...
A mother's appeal as fears mount for Syria hostages
Aug 27, 2014 (AFP)
The mother of a US hostage who has been threatened with death by jihadist militants pleaded for his life on Wednesday amid mounting fears for Americans captured...
Jihadists anti-Islamic: exiled Brotherhood spiritual guide
Aug 27, 2014 (AFP)
The organisation of exiled Muslim Brotherhood spiritual guide Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi said Wednesday that the actions of "deviant groups" like the jihadist Isl...
British police urge public to inform on 'aspiring terrorists'
Aug 26, 2014 (AFP)
British police Tuesday urged people to identify "aspiring terrorists" among their family members, friends and neighbours after the killing of US journalist Jame...
Top Iran official, Saudi FM discuss 'terrorism'
Aug 26, 2014 (AFP)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal discussed Tuesday regional developments and the fight against Islamic State jihadists with a senior Iranian officia...
US rules out coordination with Syria as it spies on jihadists
Aug 26, 2014 (AFP)
The United States has begun reconnaissance flights over Syria to track Islamic State jihadists but insisted Tuesday it has "no plans" to coordinate with Syria o...
US says UAE bombed Libya Islamists as turmoil deepens
Aug 26, 2014 (AFP)
UAE warplanes secretly bombed Islamist militia targets in Libya, apparently catching Washington off guard, as turmoil in the North African country deepened with...
UN slams jihadist abuses in Iraq as US warns of threat
Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)
The UN on Monday accused jihadists in Iraq of "ethnic and religious cleansing" as the most senior US military officer warned they will soon threaten America and...
IS will 'soon' pose threat to US: top general
Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)
The US military's top general believes Islamic State extremists will "soon" pose a threat to America and Europe and that an international coalition will be need...
Somali Islamists 'flee' African troop advance
Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)
Somali and African Union forces said they seized control Monday of a strategic town from Shebab Islamist fighters, in the latest military advance against the ex...
Qatar aims to prove its role against radical Islam
Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)
Qatar, which mediated the release of a US hostage held by Al-Qaeda in Syria, seeks to prove its role in confronting the Islamist radicals it has been accused of...
Iraq urges global help in fight against jihadists
Aug 24, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq called Sunday for global support for its fight against jihadists, as Shiite neighbour Iran said it was helping Baghdad resist the militants but not with so...
Jihadists seize last Syrian army post in Raqa: NGO
Aug 24, 2014 (AFP)
Jihadists from the Islamic State group have seized the Tabqa military airport, the last remaining Syrian army base in northern Raqa province, a monitoring group...
US hostage freed after being held in Syria for two years
Aug 24, 2014 (AFP)
An American who has been held hostage for 22 months by an Islamic rebel group in Syria was released Sunday to United Nations peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, ...
US brands Foley beheading 'terrorist attack'
Aug 23, 2014 (AFP)
Washington branded the beheading of a US journalist a "terrorist attack", upping the stakes in its confrontation with jihadists, as Shiite militiamen killed 70 ...
New mystery air raid over Tripoli kills 10 Libyan Islamists
Aug 23, 2014 (AFP)
Using the cover of darkness to mask its identity, a mystery warplane launched a raid near Tripoli airport overnight, killing at least 10 Islamist, a Libyan mili...
A look into heart of jihadist 'caliphate' in Syria, Iraq
Aug 23, 2014 (AFP)
"What do you want to be? A jihadist, or to execute a martyrdom operation?" In the "caliphate" recently proclaimed by jihadists in Syria and Iraq, even young chi...
Suspected Qaeda bombs kill general, 3 Yemen soldiers
Aug 23, 2014 (AFP)
Separate bomb attacks by Al-Qaeda suspects on Saturday killed a senior army officer and three soldiers across Yemen's restive south and southeast, military offi...
Critics want clear Obama strategy against IS
Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)
In calling for global action against the "cancer" of Islamic State militants, President Barack Obama puts the fight against them at the top of his agenda in a m...
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