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Taliban Provincial Governor Vows To Fight ISIS
As a Taliban commander, he spent years battling the former Afghan government. Now, with his hardline movement back in power, Mullah Neda Mohammad vows to continue fighting against rival jihadists, the ISIS group.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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French Forces Kill Or Capture 'About 10' Jihadists In Mali
French forces killed or captured around 10 members of a jihadist movement in heavy fighting at the weekend in northern Mali, the French defence ministry said on Tuesday.
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Tunisia Group Claims Beheading of Teen Shepherd for Islamic State
A jihadist group claimed the beheading of a young Tunisian shepherd on behalf of Islamic State, accusing him of having informed the army about their movements in the central province of Sidi Bouzid, in a video posted on the Internet Sunday.
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World Leaders at G20 Raise Alarm Over Foreign Jihadists After Paris Attack
World leaders raised the alarm over an escalating international movement of "foreign terrorist fighters" in a draft statement drawn up Sunday at a summit in Turkey after the Paris assaults claimed by Islamic State jihadists.
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Cameroon Deploys 2,000 Extra Troops to Fight Boko Haram
Cameroon will send about 2,000 military reinforcements to the north to fight Boko Haram, the Nigerian jihadist movement behind bloody cross-border raids and suicide bombings, state television said today.
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Malian Troops Kill Jihadists on Ivory Coast Border: Defence Source
Malian troops killed several jihadists near the country's southern border with Ivory Coast and destroyed the insurgents' camp in a forest straddling the frontier, a Malian army officer said Thursday.
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Ansar Dine Claims Mali Attacks, Threatens Ivory Coast and Mauritania
Jihadist group Ansar Dine today claimed responsibility for two weekend attacks in Mali near the borders with Mauritania and Ivory Coast, and threatened to strike both countries.
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Islamic State Jihadists Behead 12 Syria Rebels
Islamic State group jihadists beheaded 12 men from rival Syrian rebel movements accused of fighting against them, in a video released today.
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Mali's Tuareg Rebels Prepare to Sign Landmark Peace Deal
Mali's Tuareg-led rebel alliance prepared today to sign a landmark deal to end years of unrest in a nation riven by ethnic divisions and in the grip of a jihadist insurgency.
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Egypt Quashes Hamas Terror Blacklisting: Court Official
An Egyptian court today quashed a February decision by another tribunal branding the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas a "terrorist" group, a court official said.
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Allies Back Iraq Plan Against Islamic State, Baghdad Seeks More Help
Western and Arab states carrying out air strikes on Islamic State fighters backed on Tuesday Iraq's plan to retake territory from the jihadist movement after being accused by the Iraqi premier of not doing enough to help Baghdad push back the insurgents.
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Palestinians Push Back Islamic State in Damascus Camp, Says Monitor
Palestinian fighters and Syrian rebels retook control today of large parts of a refugee camp in Damascus that had been seized by Islamic State group jihadists, a monitoring group said.
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More Than 30 Jihadist Groups Support Islamic State, Monitoring Centre Says
More than 20 jihadist groups have pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State movement and 10 others have voiced their support for the extremist organisation, according to US monitoring body IntelCenter.
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Winning the Internet War is Key in IS Fight: Experts
The Internet has become a crucial battleground in the fight against jihadist propaganda and Western nations need to step up their game, according to participants in a Washington meeting on countering radical groups.
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Taliban Provincial Governor Vows To Fight ISIS
As a Taliban commander, he spent years battling the former Afghan government. Now, with his hardline movement back in power, Mullah Neda Mohammad vows to continue fighting against rival jihadists, the ISIS group.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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French Forces Kill Or Capture 'About 10' Jihadists In Mali
French forces killed or captured around 10 members of a jihadist movement in heavy fighting at the weekend in northern Mali, the French defence ministry said on Tuesday.
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Tunisia Group Claims Beheading of Teen Shepherd for Islamic State
A jihadist group claimed the beheading of a young Tunisian shepherd on behalf of Islamic State, accusing him of having informed the army about their movements in the central province of Sidi Bouzid, in a video posted on the Internet Sunday.
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World Leaders at G20 Raise Alarm Over Foreign Jihadists After Paris Attack
World leaders raised the alarm over an escalating international movement of "foreign terrorist fighters" in a draft statement drawn up Sunday at a summit in Turkey after the Paris assaults claimed by Islamic State jihadists.
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Cameroon Deploys 2,000 Extra Troops to Fight Boko Haram
Cameroon will send about 2,000 military reinforcements to the north to fight Boko Haram, the Nigerian jihadist movement behind bloody cross-border raids and suicide bombings, state television said today.
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Malian Troops Kill Jihadists on Ivory Coast Border: Defence Source
Malian troops killed several jihadists near the country's southern border with Ivory Coast and destroyed the insurgents' camp in a forest straddling the frontier, a Malian army officer said Thursday.
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Ansar Dine Claims Mali Attacks, Threatens Ivory Coast and Mauritania
Jihadist group Ansar Dine today claimed responsibility for two weekend attacks in Mali near the borders with Mauritania and Ivory Coast, and threatened to strike both countries.
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Islamic State Jihadists Behead 12 Syria Rebels
Islamic State group jihadists beheaded 12 men from rival Syrian rebel movements accused of fighting against them, in a video released today.
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Mali's Tuareg Rebels Prepare to Sign Landmark Peace Deal
Mali's Tuareg-led rebel alliance prepared today to sign a landmark deal to end years of unrest in a nation riven by ethnic divisions and in the grip of a jihadist insurgency.
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Egypt Quashes Hamas Terror Blacklisting: Court Official
An Egyptian court today quashed a February decision by another tribunal branding the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas a "terrorist" group, a court official said.
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Allies Back Iraq Plan Against Islamic State, Baghdad Seeks More Help
Western and Arab states carrying out air strikes on Islamic State fighters backed on Tuesday Iraq's plan to retake territory from the jihadist movement after being accused by the Iraqi premier of not doing enough to help Baghdad push back the insurgents.
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Palestinians Push Back Islamic State in Damascus Camp, Says Monitor
Palestinian fighters and Syrian rebels retook control today of large parts of a refugee camp in Damascus that had been seized by Islamic State group jihadists, a monitoring group said.
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More Than 30 Jihadist Groups Support Islamic State, Monitoring Centre Says
More than 20 jihadist groups have pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State movement and 10 others have voiced their support for the extremist organisation, according to US monitoring body IntelCenter.
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Winning the Internet War is Key in IS Fight: Experts
The Internet has become a crucial battleground in the fight against jihadist propaganda and Western nations need to step up their game, according to participants in a Washington meeting on countering radical groups.
