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ISIS Is No Longer A Threat, Says Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that the Islamic State (IS) militant group no longer poses a threat to Iraq and dialogue to end the US-led international coalition to fight the IS group continues.
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Global Coalition Against Islamic State "Should Fight Against Hamas": Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron called Tuesday for the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group to be expanded to also fight Hamas after the October 7 attacks on Israel.
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Taliban Governor Of Afghan Province Killed At His Office In Suicide Attack
The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province, known for fighting against Islamic State jihadists, was killed in a suicide attack at his office on Thursday, officials said.
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Brazilian Model, Who Joined Ukrainian Army As Sniper, Killed In Russian Missile Strike
Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting with the Ukrainian forces for the control of the Donetsk region.
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US-Led Coalition Says It Detained Senior Islamic State Leader In Syria
The US-led coalition said it had detained a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria during an early-morning operation on Thursday.
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Swedish Woman Who Enlisted Son, To Fight For ISIS, Jailed
A court in Sweden on Friday sentenced a mother to six years in jail for allowing her son to fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) group as a child soldier in Syria.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram Leader Dead, Islamic State West African Province Says
Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) according to audio AFP obtained from the group Sunday, two weeks after reports emerged that he had died.
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Amnesty Urges Iraq To Reveal Whereabouts Of 643 Abducted Boys And Men
Amnesty International on Thursday urged Iraq to reveal the whereabouts of 643 Sunni Muslim boys and men abducted five years ago by Shiite paramilitaries fighting the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Chennai Man Jailed By Special NIA Court For "Pledging Allegiance To ISIS"
A special NIA court in New Delhi has convicted a B Tech graduate from Chennai who pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State terror group in a bid to fight along with it in Syria, an official said on Thursday.
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Rockets Rain From Gaza As Israel Kills Palestinian Militant Group Chief
Israel killed a top commander from the Iranian-backed Palestinian terror group Islamic Jihad on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, drawing day-long rocket salvoes in the worst cross-border fighting in months.The rare targeted strike which killed Islamic Jihad's Baha Abu Al-Atta in Gaza came as Syrian state media said a separate missile attack had hit the h...
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"Battle Against Evil Of Daesh Not Over": UK PM Boris Johnson On Baghdadi's Death
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday hailed the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as "an important moment" but said the fight against his group "is not yet over".
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Kurdish-Led Syrian Democratic Front: Turkish Attack Has Revived ISIS
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said a Turkish attack in northern Syria had revived Islamic State and called on allied states that helped fight the jihadist group to close off air space to Turkish war planes.
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US Special Envoy In Fight With Islamic State Resigns After Syria Pullout
Brett McGurk, U.S. special envoy for the global coalition to defeat Islamic State, submitted his resignation on Friday, CBS reported on Saturday citing sources, ahead of his departure planned in February.
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"Don't Forget To Run People Over": ISIS Chief In Alleged New Audio
The Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi resurfaced on Tuesday to deliver a message marking the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday in which he urged his followers to keep up the fight and to wage lone-wolf attacks in the West.
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Future "Human Bombs" Warning As Europe's Jails Fill With ISIS Fighters
A few months before his killing rampage, convicted robber and prison inmate Benjamin Herman had a jailhouse conversion of a sort. A white suburban teen and a nominal Catholic when he was first incarcerated, he emerged in late May as an avowed Islamist who would murder three people within hours of gaining freedom on a work-release program.
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ISIS Is No Longer A Threat, Says Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that the Islamic State (IS) militant group no longer poses a threat to Iraq and dialogue to end the US-led international coalition to fight the IS group continues.
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Global Coalition Against Islamic State "Should Fight Against Hamas": Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron called Tuesday for the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group to be expanded to also fight Hamas after the October 7 attacks on Israel.
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Taliban Governor Of Afghan Province Killed At His Office In Suicide Attack
The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province, known for fighting against Islamic State jihadists, was killed in a suicide attack at his office on Thursday, officials said.
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Brazilian Model, Who Joined Ukrainian Army As Sniper, Killed In Russian Missile Strike
Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting with the Ukrainian forces for the control of the Donetsk region.
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US-Led Coalition Says It Detained Senior Islamic State Leader In Syria
The US-led coalition said it had detained a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria during an early-morning operation on Thursday.
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Swedish Woman Who Enlisted Son, To Fight For ISIS, Jailed
A court in Sweden on Friday sentenced a mother to six years in jail for allowing her son to fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) group as a child soldier in Syria.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram Leader Dead, Islamic State West African Province Says
Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) according to audio AFP obtained from the group Sunday, two weeks after reports emerged that he had died.
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Amnesty Urges Iraq To Reveal Whereabouts Of 643 Abducted Boys And Men
Amnesty International on Thursday urged Iraq to reveal the whereabouts of 643 Sunni Muslim boys and men abducted five years ago by Shiite paramilitaries fighting the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Chennai Man Jailed By Special NIA Court For "Pledging Allegiance To ISIS"
A special NIA court in New Delhi has convicted a B Tech graduate from Chennai who pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State terror group in a bid to fight along with it in Syria, an official said on Thursday.
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Rockets Rain From Gaza As Israel Kills Palestinian Militant Group Chief
Israel killed a top commander from the Iranian-backed Palestinian terror group Islamic Jihad on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, drawing day-long rocket salvoes in the worst cross-border fighting in months.The rare targeted strike which killed Islamic Jihad's Baha Abu Al-Atta in Gaza came as Syrian state media said a separate missile attack had hit the h...
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"Battle Against Evil Of Daesh Not Over": UK PM Boris Johnson On Baghdadi's Death
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday hailed the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as "an important moment" but said the fight against his group "is not yet over".
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Kurdish-Led Syrian Democratic Front: Turkish Attack Has Revived ISIS
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said a Turkish attack in northern Syria had revived Islamic State and called on allied states that helped fight the jihadist group to close off air space to Turkish war planes.
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US Special Envoy In Fight With Islamic State Resigns After Syria Pullout
Brett McGurk, U.S. special envoy for the global coalition to defeat Islamic State, submitted his resignation on Friday, CBS reported on Saturday citing sources, ahead of his departure planned in February.
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"Don't Forget To Run People Over": ISIS Chief In Alleged New Audio
The Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi resurfaced on Tuesday to deliver a message marking the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday in which he urged his followers to keep up the fight and to wage lone-wolf attacks in the West.
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Future "Human Bombs" Warning As Europe's Jails Fill With ISIS Fighters
A few months before his killing rampage, convicted robber and prison inmate Benjamin Herman had a jailhouse conversion of a sort. A white suburban teen and a nominal Catholic when he was first incarcerated, he emerged in late May as an avowed Islamist who would murder three people within hours of gaining freedom on a work-release program.
