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Al Qaeda Planning Kidnappings Of Westerners For Prisoner Swaps: Report
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has appeared in an audio interview calling on fighters to take Western hostages and exchange them for jailed jihadists, the monitoring service SITE Intelligence Group said on Sunday.
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Al Qaeda Names Fighters Behind Attack On Burkina Capital
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Monday identified three fighters it says were responsible for attacks in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou over the weekend that killed 29 people.
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Al Qaeda Identifies Terrorists Behind Attack In Burkina Faso
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Monday identified three fighters it says were responsible for attacks in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou over the weekend that killed 29 people.
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Al Shabaab Militants Seize 2 Towns in Southern Somalia
Islamist militants al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the group and local officials said today, less than a week after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area.
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Al Qaeda Advances on Syria Army Base Near Idlib, Says Monitor
Fighters from Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and allied militants advanced today on a key government-held military base in northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said.
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Syria, Iraq a 'Finishing School' for Foreign Fighters: Report
More than 25,000 foreign fighters from some 100 countries are linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, with Syria and Iraq comprising a "veritable international finishing school for extremists," United Nations experts reported to the UN Security Council.
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Islamist Insurgents Take Parts of Syria's Idlib City
Islamist groups including al Qaeda's Nusra Front have seized major parts of Syria's city of Idlib for the first time since the conflict in the country began, fighters and a monitoring group said on Saturday.
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US President Barack Obama Approves Fresh Guidelines for Military in Afghanistan
President Obama has approved plans giving US military commanders broader authority in helping Afghanistan forces repel Taliban fighters after US and NATO combat operations formally end in December, a senior administration official said.
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Uzbek Militants Declare Support for Islamic State
Uzbek fighters from an Al Qaeda-linked militant organisation have thrown their support behind the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group controlling swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.
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Obama Says Misread Islamic State; Al Qaeda Warns of Attacks on West
President Barack Obama has acknowledged that US intelligence underestimated the rise of Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, where the head of an al Qaeda branch warned militants will attack the West in retaliation for US-led air strikes.
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US Strikes Kill 50 Al Qaeda Fighters in Syria: Human Rights Monitor
US air strikes killed 50 Al-Qaeda militants and eight civilians, including children, in northern Syria on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Israelis Worry with Syrian al-Qaida on Doorstep
For the first time in the Syrian civil war, al-Qaida fighters are hunkered down on Israel's doorstep, and Israelis in the lush, hilly Golan Heights who have long considered Syrian President Bashar Assad their bitter foe are now worried about something more ominous - that they could become the militants' next target.
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Islamic State Militants Open Office for Potential Wives: Monitor
Islamic State insurgents have opened an office in northern Syria where single women and widows can register to marry fighters from the radical al Qaeda offshoot, a monitoring group said on Monday.
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US Man Jailed for Planning Al-Qaeda Training
A US man was jailed for 13 years on Monday for planning to travel to Pakistan to give weapons training to Al-Qaeda fighters, after spending time fighting in Syria, prosecutors said.
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Car Bomb Kills 13 in Syria's Homs - Monitoring Group
At least 13 people were killed when a car bomb exploded on a busy roundabout in the central Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
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Al Qaeda Planning Kidnappings Of Westerners For Prisoner Swaps: Report
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has appeared in an audio interview calling on fighters to take Western hostages and exchange them for jailed jihadists, the monitoring service SITE Intelligence Group said on Sunday.
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Al Qaeda Names Fighters Behind Attack On Burkina Capital
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Monday identified three fighters it says were responsible for attacks in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou over the weekend that killed 29 people.
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Al Qaeda Identifies Terrorists Behind Attack In Burkina Faso
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Monday identified three fighters it says were responsible for attacks in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou over the weekend that killed 29 people.
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Al Shabaab Militants Seize 2 Towns in Southern Somalia
Islamist militants al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the group and local officials said today, less than a week after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area.
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Al Qaeda Advances on Syria Army Base Near Idlib, Says Monitor
Fighters from Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and allied militants advanced today on a key government-held military base in northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said.
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Syria, Iraq a 'Finishing School' for Foreign Fighters: Report
More than 25,000 foreign fighters from some 100 countries are linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, with Syria and Iraq comprising a "veritable international finishing school for extremists," United Nations experts reported to the UN Security Council.
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Islamist Insurgents Take Parts of Syria's Idlib City
Islamist groups including al Qaeda's Nusra Front have seized major parts of Syria's city of Idlib for the first time since the conflict in the country began, fighters and a monitoring group said on Saturday.
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US President Barack Obama Approves Fresh Guidelines for Military in Afghanistan
President Obama has approved plans giving US military commanders broader authority in helping Afghanistan forces repel Taliban fighters after US and NATO combat operations formally end in December, a senior administration official said.
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Uzbek Militants Declare Support for Islamic State
Uzbek fighters from an Al Qaeda-linked militant organisation have thrown their support behind the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group controlling swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.
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Obama Says Misread Islamic State; Al Qaeda Warns of Attacks on West
President Barack Obama has acknowledged that US intelligence underestimated the rise of Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, where the head of an al Qaeda branch warned militants will attack the West in retaliation for US-led air strikes.
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US Strikes Kill 50 Al Qaeda Fighters in Syria: Human Rights Monitor
US air strikes killed 50 Al-Qaeda militants and eight civilians, including children, in northern Syria on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Israelis Worry with Syrian al-Qaida on Doorstep
For the first time in the Syrian civil war, al-Qaida fighters are hunkered down on Israel's doorstep, and Israelis in the lush, hilly Golan Heights who have long considered Syrian President Bashar Assad their bitter foe are now worried about something more ominous - that they could become the militants' next target.
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Islamic State Militants Open Office for Potential Wives: Monitor
Islamic State insurgents have opened an office in northern Syria where single women and widows can register to marry fighters from the radical al Qaeda offshoot, a monitoring group said on Monday.
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US Man Jailed for Planning Al-Qaeda Training
A US man was jailed for 13 years on Monday for planning to travel to Pakistan to give weapons training to Al-Qaeda fighters, after spending time fighting in Syria, prosecutors said.
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Car Bomb Kills 13 in Syria's Homs - Monitoring Group
At least 13 people were killed when a car bomb exploded on a busy roundabout in the central Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
