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Iraq air force strikes IS targets in Syria
Feb 24, 2017 (AFP)
The Iraqi air force struck members of the Islamic State group inside neighbouring Syria on Friday, officials said, adding that the targeted militants were respo...
Syria rebels say Al-Bab captured from IS jihadists
Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said Thursday they had fully captured the town of Al-Bab from the Islamic State group, marking a key defeat for the jihadists after...
IS forcing children, disabled into suicide cars: US general
Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)
Islamic State jihadists are forcing children and disabled people into explosives-laden trucks and making them drive at Iraqi security forces in Mosul, a general...
British IS bomber was ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee: report
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
A suicide bomber from the Islamic State group was a British citizen detained at Guantanamo Bay, a family member told The Times newspaper on Wednesday. The Briti...
IS won't be defeated unless corruption tackled: report
Feb 21, 2017 (AFP)
Western governments need to step up their efforts to combat corruption if they are to defeat jihadists such as the Islamic State group and Boko Haram, Transpare...
Bashiqa brings back the booze to clear IS hangover
Feb 18, 2017 (AFP)
Surrounded by the ruins of pastel-coloured buildings still bearing slogans glorifying the Islamic State's "caliphate", Wissam Ghanem is having a slow day sellin...
IS leaders leaving Syria's Raqa, Pentagon says
Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)
Leaders of the Islamic State group are leaving their Syrian stronghold of Raqa, fleeing in the face of the Arab-Kurd offensive backed by the international coali...
IS fighter first to be stripped of Australian citizenship
Feb 12, 2017 (AFP)
An Islamic State fighter has become the first Australian to be stripped of his citizenship under anti-terrorism laws, authorities and reports said. Khaled Sharr...
Leidos contracted for counter-WMD support
Feb 09, 2017 (UPI)
Leidos received a contract from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency to support countermeasure training against weapons of mass destruction. Under the agree...
IS bastion in Syria soon to be isolated: coalition
Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)
Islamic State's self-proclaimed capital, the Syrian city of Raqa, will soon be isolated from the rest of the world, a spokesman for the US-led coalition fightin...
Trump to visit Centcom, with sights on battling Islamic State
Feb 06, 2017 (AFP)
President Donald Trump travels to US Central Command on Monday, meeting officers who will form the tip of the spear in implementing his new strategy to defeat t...
Trump visits Centcom, with sights on battling Islamic State
Feb 06, 2017 (AFP)
President Donald Trump on Monday paid his first visit to US Central Command, meeting officers who will form the tip of the spear in implementing his new strateg...
Tunisia gets 6 US combat helicopters to fight 'terror'
Feb 04, 2017 (AFP)
Tunisia's armed forces have taken delivery of six US-made military helicopters from a total order of 24 for use in its fight against "terror", the government an...
Jordan hits IS in Syria two years after pilot burned alive
Feb 04, 2017 (AFP)
Jordan said on Saturday its warplanes have bombed Islamic State group positions in southern Syria two years after one of its pilots was captured and killed by t...
Pentagon publishes, then pulls, video from Yemen raid
Feb 03, 2017 (AFP)
A US commando raid in Yemen that was beset with problems triggered fresh controversy Friday after the Pentagon published a jihadist video meant to highlight the...
Pentagon report says intel not falsified in anti-IS fight
Feb 01, 2017 (AFP)
Leaders at the US military's Central Command did not falsify intelligence relating to the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, a Pentagon re...
Trump gives generals 30 days for new anti-IS strategy
Jan 29, 2017 (AFP)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday giving the US military 30 days to devise a plan to "defeat" the Islamic State group. The plan makes go...
Militants still holding 25 hostages in Philippines: defence chief
Jan 23, 2017 (AFP)
The Philippine defence chief said Monday that 25 hostages are still being held by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines but urged that no ransom be paid...
Lebanon foils bomber in busy Beirut district: security sources
Jan 21, 2017 (AFP)
Lebanese soldiers arrested a would-be suicide bomber inside a crowded cafe in one of the busiest neighbourhoods in the capital Beirut on Saturday night, securit...
Denmark allows its soldiers to pursue IS in Syria
Jan 20, 2017 (AFP)
Danish troops fighting in Iraq will now be able to cross into Syria as part of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group, officials said on Friday. T...
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