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US Says ISIS Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Alive, Still Leading
The Pentagon said Friday it believes that ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is indeed alive, despite repeated efforts by the US-led coalition to take out the terrorist group leader.
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34 Groups Now Allied To ISIS Extremists: UN Chief
Thirty-four militant groups from around the world had reportedly pledged allegiance to the ISIS terror group as of mid-December - and that number will only grow in 2016, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Friday.
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UN Human Rights Chief Seeks Campaign to 'Discredit ISIL'
The top United Nations human rights official on Thursday called for an international campaign to 'discredit ISIL', and urged Muslims worldwide to defend their faith against misrepresentation by violent extremists.
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US Homeland Security Chief Worried about Al Shabaab Mall Threat
The US homeland security chief said on Sunday that he takes seriously an apparent threat by Somali-based Islamist militants against prominent shopping sites in the West including the Mall of America in Minnesota and urged people there to be careful.
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Lebanon Arrests Wife, Son of Islamic State Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Military
Lebanon has arrested a wife and son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group that has seized large chunks of Iraq and Syria, a military source said.
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Barack Obama, Foreign Military Chiefs Coordinate Islamic State Plans
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday told military leaders from more than 20 countries working with Washington to defeat Islamic State that he was deeply concerned about the radical group's advances at the north Syrian town of Kobani and in western Iraq.
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Militant in Syria Beheading Videos Identified: FBI Chief
A masked Islamic State militant seen wielding a knife in videos at the beheading of two Americans has been identified, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday, but he declined to give the person's name or nationality.
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US Too Late on Syria: Former Pentagon Chief
The rise of the brutal Islamic State group can partly be blamed on President Barack Obama's failure to arm moderate Syrian rebels far earlier, said former US defense secretary Leon Panetta.
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Airstrikes Tougher as Militants Blend In: US Army General
The US Army's top officer warned Friday that it will become increasingly difficult to target and launch precision airstrikes against Islamic State militants hiding among the Iraqi population.
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Kerala Nurses in Iraq Given Food, Taking Rest: Oommen Chandy
The 46 nurses from Kerala who were shifted from Iraq's Tikrit city to Mosul by Sunni insurgents have been put up in a building and have been given food, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday.
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ISIL Crucifies One of its Own in Syria for Corruption
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Friday executed and crucified one of its own men for corruption in Syria, a watchdog and jihadist sites said.
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US Says ISIS Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Alive, Still Leading
The Pentagon said Friday it believes that ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is indeed alive, despite repeated efforts by the US-led coalition to take out the terrorist group leader.
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34 Groups Now Allied To ISIS Extremists: UN Chief
Thirty-four militant groups from around the world had reportedly pledged allegiance to the ISIS terror group as of mid-December - and that number will only grow in 2016, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Friday.
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UN Human Rights Chief Seeks Campaign to 'Discredit ISIL'
The top United Nations human rights official on Thursday called for an international campaign to 'discredit ISIL', and urged Muslims worldwide to defend their faith against misrepresentation by violent extremists.
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US Homeland Security Chief Worried about Al Shabaab Mall Threat
The US homeland security chief said on Sunday that he takes seriously an apparent threat by Somali-based Islamist militants against prominent shopping sites in the West including the Mall of America in Minnesota and urged people there to be careful.
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Lebanon Arrests Wife, Son of Islamic State Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Military
Lebanon has arrested a wife and son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group that has seized large chunks of Iraq and Syria, a military source said.
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Barack Obama, Foreign Military Chiefs Coordinate Islamic State Plans
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday told military leaders from more than 20 countries working with Washington to defeat Islamic State that he was deeply concerned about the radical group's advances at the north Syrian town of Kobani and in western Iraq.
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Militant in Syria Beheading Videos Identified: FBI Chief
A masked Islamic State militant seen wielding a knife in videos at the beheading of two Americans has been identified, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday, but he declined to give the person's name or nationality.
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US Too Late on Syria: Former Pentagon Chief
The rise of the brutal Islamic State group can partly be blamed on President Barack Obama's failure to arm moderate Syrian rebels far earlier, said former US defense secretary Leon Panetta.
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Airstrikes Tougher as Militants Blend In: US Army General
The US Army's top officer warned Friday that it will become increasingly difficult to target and launch precision airstrikes against Islamic State militants hiding among the Iraqi population.
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Kerala Nurses in Iraq Given Food, Taking Rest: Oommen Chandy
The 46 nurses from Kerala who were shifted from Iraq's Tikrit city to Mosul by Sunni insurgents have been put up in a building and have been given food, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday.
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ISIL Crucifies One of its Own in Syria for Corruption
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Friday executed and crucified one of its own men for corruption in Syria, a watchdog and jihadist sites said.
