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Explained: How ISIS-K, Group Behind Moscow Terror Attack, Was Created
Sanaullah Ghafari, the 29-year-old leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, has overseen its transformation into one of the most fearsome branches of the global Islamist network.
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France Claims Capture Of Key Islamic State Figure In Mali: Report
French troops deployed in Mali have captured a senior figure in the branch of the Islamic State extremist group in the Sahel region of Africa, the military said Wednesday.
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ISIS Claims Attack On Power Lines That Plunged Kabul Into Darkness
The Islamic State terrorist group's Afghan branch on Friday said it was behind an explosion that brought down electricity lines and plunged Kabul into darkness.
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ISIS Declares War On Rival Hamas With Video Execution
The extremist Islamic State group's branch in Egypt's Sinai peninsula has taken a simmering dispute with the Palestinian Hamas group based in nearby Gaza to new levels in a 22-minute video calling on its followers to attack the group and executing what it said was a collaborator.
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As Trump Prepared For Riyadh Visit, Saudis Block US On Terrorist Sanctions
Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich kingdom touted by President Donald Trump as a key ally in the fight against the Islamic State, has helped block a Trump administration proposal to impose sanctions against a Saudi branch of the terrorist group, documents show.
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ISIS Posts Pictures Of Egypt 'Spy' Beheadings
The Egyptian branch of the ISIS group has posted pictures online of what it says was the execution of two men caught spying for the army in the Sinai.
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Triple ISIS Suicide Attack Kills 11 Syrian Regime Fighters
Three suicide attacks by the ISIS killed 11 pro-regime fighters in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor today, a monitoring group said.
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Islamic State Determined to Produce Chemical Weapons: Officials
The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and US intelligence officials.
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Egypt's President Says Islamic State Jet Claim is 'Propaganda'
Egypt's president has dismissed claims that a Russian passenger jet was downed by a branch of Islamic State as propaganda, after the airline said the crash which killed all 224 people on board was due to "external" factors.
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Bahrain Charges 24 With Trying to Set Up Islamic State Branch in Kingdom
Twenty-four people face trial in Bahrain for trying to set up a branch of the Islamic State militant group and promoting the overthrow of the Gulf Arab state's monarchy, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
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Iran Revolutionary Guards Commander Killed in Syria
Islamic State group jihadists have killed a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Syria, the elite branch of the Iranian military said Friday.
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Islamic State Says It Executed Tunisian in Libya for Spying
The Libyan branch of the Islamic State group has released a video purportedly showing the execution of a Tunisian for spying on behalf of Libya's internationally recognised government.
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Islamic State Intelligence Was Recast as Rosy: Report
US military officials have rewritten intelligence reports to give a more optimistic assessment of the US-led campaign against the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the Daily Beast reported on Wednesday.
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Al-Qaeda Confirms Top Commander Killed in US Strike
Al-Qaeda confirmed that its second-in-command, head of its powerful Yemeni branch, was killed in a US drone strike, in the heaviest blow to the jihadist network since the death of Osama bin Laden.
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Islamic State's Saudi Arabia Branch Calls for Clearing Arabian Peninsula of Shi'ites
Saudi Arabia's branch of militant group Islamic State has said it wants to clear the Arabian Peninsula of Shi'ite Muslims and urged young men in the kingdom to join its cause, the US-based SITE monitoring centre has reported.
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Explained: How ISIS-K, Group Behind Moscow Terror Attack, Was Created
Sanaullah Ghafari, the 29-year-old leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, has overseen its transformation into one of the most fearsome branches of the global Islamist network.
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France Claims Capture Of Key Islamic State Figure In Mali: Report
French troops deployed in Mali have captured a senior figure in the branch of the Islamic State extremist group in the Sahel region of Africa, the military said Wednesday.
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ISIS Claims Attack On Power Lines That Plunged Kabul Into Darkness
The Islamic State terrorist group's Afghan branch on Friday said it was behind an explosion that brought down electricity lines and plunged Kabul into darkness.
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ISIS Declares War On Rival Hamas With Video Execution
The extremist Islamic State group's branch in Egypt's Sinai peninsula has taken a simmering dispute with the Palestinian Hamas group based in nearby Gaza to new levels in a 22-minute video calling on its followers to attack the group and executing what it said was a collaborator.
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As Trump Prepared For Riyadh Visit, Saudis Block US On Terrorist Sanctions
Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich kingdom touted by President Donald Trump as a key ally in the fight against the Islamic State, has helped block a Trump administration proposal to impose sanctions against a Saudi branch of the terrorist group, documents show.
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ISIS Posts Pictures Of Egypt 'Spy' Beheadings
The Egyptian branch of the ISIS group has posted pictures online of what it says was the execution of two men caught spying for the army in the Sinai.
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Triple ISIS Suicide Attack Kills 11 Syrian Regime Fighters
Three suicide attacks by the ISIS killed 11 pro-regime fighters in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor today, a monitoring group said.
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Islamic State Determined to Produce Chemical Weapons: Officials
The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and US intelligence officials.
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Egypt's President Says Islamic State Jet Claim is 'Propaganda'
Egypt's president has dismissed claims that a Russian passenger jet was downed by a branch of Islamic State as propaganda, after the airline said the crash which killed all 224 people on board was due to "external" factors.
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Bahrain Charges 24 With Trying to Set Up Islamic State Branch in Kingdom
Twenty-four people face trial in Bahrain for trying to set up a branch of the Islamic State militant group and promoting the overthrow of the Gulf Arab state's monarchy, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
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Iran Revolutionary Guards Commander Killed in Syria
Islamic State group jihadists have killed a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Syria, the elite branch of the Iranian military said Friday.
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Islamic State Says It Executed Tunisian in Libya for Spying
The Libyan branch of the Islamic State group has released a video purportedly showing the execution of a Tunisian for spying on behalf of Libya's internationally recognised government.
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Islamic State Intelligence Was Recast as Rosy: Report
US military officials have rewritten intelligence reports to give a more optimistic assessment of the US-led campaign against the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the Daily Beast reported on Wednesday.
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Al-Qaeda Confirms Top Commander Killed in US Strike
Al-Qaeda confirmed that its second-in-command, head of its powerful Yemeni branch, was killed in a US drone strike, in the heaviest blow to the jihadist network since the death of Osama bin Laden.
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Islamic State's Saudi Arabia Branch Calls for Clearing Arabian Peninsula of Shi'ites
Saudi Arabia's branch of militant group Islamic State has said it wants to clear the Arabian Peninsula of Shi'ite Muslims and urged young men in the kingdom to join its cause, the US-based SITE monitoring centre has reported.
