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Mattis looks to diplomacy as IS crumbles in Syria
Nov 06, 2017 (AFP)
Speaking to reporters ahead of his arrival for talks in Finland on Monday, Mattis said intelligence assessments -- based primarily on the numbers of jihadists w...
Guantanamo judge orders US general's detention for contempt
Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)
The unprecedented action at Guantanamo's military commissions coincidentally came the same day President Donald Trump said he was considering sending the suspec...
Homeward bound? Europe mulls fate of jihadist families
Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)
Governments from London to Berlin have made no secret of their reluctance to take back nationals who went to fight in Iraq or Syria but now find themselves, as ...
Russia says its submarine fired missiles at IS base in Syria
Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)
"A missile strike with three Kalibr missiles destroyed a command post with large numbers of militants and armed vehicles and also a large weapons and ammunition...
Jihadists at large: 3 most wanted for Paris, Brussels attacks
Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)
Among the most wanted IS figures sought for their suspected involvement in the slaughter, three are at the top of the list -- though their whereabouts are unkno...
Second Niger team was out to kill or capture Islamic State leader
Oct 27, 2017 (UPI)
The ambush, in which four Americans and five Nigerian soldiers were killed, may have been orchestrated by the leader of IS in the Greater Sahara, Abu Walid al-S...
UN report blames gas attack on Syrian regime
Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)
The expert panel's report and tough remarks by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson overshadowed the announcement that UN-sponsored peace talks will resume next ...
ICRC warns states against 'dehumanisation' of IS fighters
Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)
The comments from the ICRC's deputy chief for the Near and Middle East, Patrick Hamilton, came less than two weeks after France's defence minister publicly stat...
African anti-jihad force makes first steps in troubled Sahel
Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)
The so-called "G5 Sahel" states are some of the world's poorest and least developed nations, comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. Spread a...
Tunnels reveal militants' rat-like tactics in Philippine war
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
Two days after the military declared an end to the five-month conflict in which more than 1,100 people died, scrawny feral dogs and swallows flying above the ru...
Boko Haram kills six Nigerian soldiers in raid
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
Jihadists in six pick-up trucks stormed the base in Sasawa village, some 45 kilometres (28 miles) from the Yobe state capital, Damaturu, at about 5:00 pm on Tue...
Alleged Islamist arrested and weapons seized in Berlin
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
The suspect, an unnamed 40-year-old German citizen, will come before a judge later in the day, the police and the public prosecutor said in a joint statement. T...
Syria chemical weapons attacks since 2011
Oct 24, 2017 (AFP)
Here is a recap of chemical strikes and related events since the conflict began in March 2011. - Damascus threatens - The Syrian government acknowledges in July...
Australia to train Philippines in urban warfare
Oct 24, 2017 (AFP)
Canberra has since September been helping Manila battle local supporters of the Islamic State group in the southern city of Marawi, deploying two AP-3C Orion ai...
A catalogue of IS massacres
Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)
- Syria - On August 27-28, 2014 the jihadists kill more than 160 soldiers after seizing their air base at Tabqa in the northern province of Raqa. On December 17...
Five-month battle with IS ends in Philippine city: defence chiefs
Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)
The conclusion of the conflict ended immediate fears that IS would establish a Southeast Asian base in the southern city of Marawi. But concerns remained about ...
UN urges Sri Lanka to start investigating war crimes
Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)
Pablo de Greiff, the UN special rapporteur on the promotion of justice and reparation, said Sri Lanka had been slow to deliver on its promise of justice for atr...
Egypt hits suspected militants smuggling arms from Libya
Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)
Army spokesman Tamer el-Rifai said in a statement that the air strikes on the western border were part of operations to track down "terrorists" who killed 16 po...
'Israeli strikes' kill 10 IS-linked Syria fighters: monitor
Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes hit the town of Sahm al-Jolan in the west of Daraa province. The monitor said 10 fighters...
Deadliest ever bombing highlights Somalia's weakness
Oct 22, 2017 (AFP)
With Somalia's security forces disorganised and riddled with corruption, and deepening suspicion between central and regional governments, the October 14 blast ...
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