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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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Turkey Arrests Over 100 Suspected Members Of Islamic State
Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group this week, authorities said Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organisation.
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Ericsson Faces SEC Probe Over 2019 Investigation Report Revealing Iraq Bribery Case
Ericsson stated that the US SEC has recently opened an investigation concerning the matters described in the company's 2019 Iraq investigation report. The company disclosed in February that it may have made payments to the Islamic State militant group in Iraq. Ericsson said it is fully cooperating with the SEC over the probe.
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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More Than 100 ISIS Prisoners Have Escaped In Syria: US Envoy
More than 100 prisoners of the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist movement have escaped in Syria in the chaos since Turkey's incursion, a senior US official said Wednesday.
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US Mulls Leaving Some Troops In Syria To Guard Oilfields, Says Pentagon
The Pentagon is considering keeping some U.S. troops near oilfields in northeastern Syria alongside Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to help deny oil to Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday.
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Woman, Son Walked 53 Hours, Passed By Corpses As They Fled From ISIS
The walk to freedom lasted 53 hours, and the little boy cried all the way. It wasn't their first escape attempt - she'd tried five times before to flee the Islamic State - but they would be shot on the spot if the militants caught them now.
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'Somebody Had To Tell These Stories': An Iraqi Woman's Ordeal As An ISIS Sex Slave
Islamic State militants have lost the last of their strongholds, but for Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad, a new battle is just beginning.
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Iran Was At The Forefront Of The Fight Against ISIS. Now It Has To Face The Militants At Home.
In recent months, the Islamic State has stepped up its efforts to target Iran, releasing a stream of propaganda, vowing more bloodshed and boosting recruitment among Iran's minority Sunnis, some of whom carried out the June attack.
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ISIS Is On The Offensive, May Have Just Picked Up A Surface-To-Air Missile System
The Islamic State's conquest of Palmyra appears to have netted the group a trove of weaponry, armor, ammunition and equipment that risks fueling a surge of gains by the militants in Syria at a time when attention has been diverted on the battle unfolding in Aleppo.
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ISIS Is Back In The Ancient Syrian City Of Palmyra
Islamic State militants fought their way back into the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on Saturday nine months after they were driven out by Syrian government forces, in a reminder that the group is still a force to be reckoned with despite major losses of territory elsewhere.
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Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
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ISIS Is Now Deploying Tanks Made Of Wood
As they battle to hold on to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Islamic State militants have added a new weapon to their arsenal: tanks made of wood.
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ISIS Is Kidnapping Thousands To Use As Human Shields
Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls.
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Islamic State Launches A Suspected Chemical Shell At US Troops In Iraq
ISIS militants are suspected of firing a shell loaded with a chemical agent during an attack on U.S. and Iraqi troops in northern Iraq Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.
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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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Turkey Arrests Over 100 Suspected Members Of Islamic State
Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group this week, authorities said Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organisation.
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Ericsson Faces SEC Probe Over 2019 Investigation Report Revealing Iraq Bribery Case
Ericsson stated that the US SEC has recently opened an investigation concerning the matters described in the company's 2019 Iraq investigation report. The company disclosed in February that it may have made payments to the Islamic State militant group in Iraq. Ericsson said it is fully cooperating with the SEC over the probe.
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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More Than 100 ISIS Prisoners Have Escaped In Syria: US Envoy
More than 100 prisoners of the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist movement have escaped in Syria in the chaos since Turkey's incursion, a senior US official said Wednesday.
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US Mulls Leaving Some Troops In Syria To Guard Oilfields, Says Pentagon
The Pentagon is considering keeping some U.S. troops near oilfields in northeastern Syria alongside Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to help deny oil to Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday.
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Woman, Son Walked 53 Hours, Passed By Corpses As They Fled From ISIS
The walk to freedom lasted 53 hours, and the little boy cried all the way. It wasn't their first escape attempt - she'd tried five times before to flee the Islamic State - but they would be shot on the spot if the militants caught them now.
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'Somebody Had To Tell These Stories': An Iraqi Woman's Ordeal As An ISIS Sex Slave
Islamic State militants have lost the last of their strongholds, but for Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad, a new battle is just beginning.
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Iran Was At The Forefront Of The Fight Against ISIS. Now It Has To Face The Militants At Home.
In recent months, the Islamic State has stepped up its efforts to target Iran, releasing a stream of propaganda, vowing more bloodshed and boosting recruitment among Iran's minority Sunnis, some of whom carried out the June attack.
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ISIS Is On The Offensive, May Have Just Picked Up A Surface-To-Air Missile System
The Islamic State's conquest of Palmyra appears to have netted the group a trove of weaponry, armor, ammunition and equipment that risks fueling a surge of gains by the militants in Syria at a time when attention has been diverted on the battle unfolding in Aleppo.
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ISIS Is Back In The Ancient Syrian City Of Palmyra
Islamic State militants fought their way back into the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on Saturday nine months after they were driven out by Syrian government forces, in a reminder that the group is still a force to be reckoned with despite major losses of territory elsewhere.
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Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
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ISIS Is Now Deploying Tanks Made Of Wood
As they battle to hold on to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Islamic State militants have added a new weapon to their arsenal: tanks made of wood.
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ISIS Is Kidnapping Thousands To Use As Human Shields
Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls.
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Islamic State Launches A Suspected Chemical Shell At US Troops In Iraq
ISIS militants are suspected of firing a shell loaded with a chemical agent during an attack on U.S. and Iraqi troops in northern Iraq Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.
