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Kuwait admits it needs to do more against IS funding
Oct 24, 2016 (AFP)
Kuwait still needs to do more to combat the financing of jihadists, a top Kuwaiti official said Monday at a meeting aimed at choking off funding for the Islamic...
Russia tells US-led coalition not to 'drive terrorists' from Iraq to Syria
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Russia warned the US-led coalition Wednesday against driving jihadists from Iraq to Syria, in the offensive to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist g...
For IS jihadists, losing Mosul spells caliphate doom
Oct 18, 2016 (AFP)
It was in Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nuri that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the Islamic State group's "caliphate" and its recapture would finally end that drea...
Best-selling Guantanamo inmate released to Mauritania: Pentagon
Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)
A longtime Guantanamo Bay prisoner who wrote a best-selling book about his experiences in the controversial military prison has been released to his home countr...
IS propaganda arm weakened by military setbacks: study
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
The IS group's propaganda machine, largely credited with effectively attracting fresh recruits, has been weakened by military setbacks in Iraq and Syria, a US s...
'Nano-kebab' fabric breaks down chemical warfare agents
Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers have created a fabric material containing nanoscale fibers that are capable of degrading chemical warfare agents (CWAs). Uniform coatings of metal-o...
US eyes trove of intelligence after Mosul fight
Sep 29, 2016 (AFP)
The Pentagon hopes to obtain a raft of intelligence on the Islamic State group, including its foreign networks, during its planned offensive to retake Mosul fro...
Pentagon helping Southeast Asian allies tackle IS
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
The United States is helping Southeast Asian allies do more to prevent the Islamic State group from gaining a greater foothold in the area, senior Pentagon offi...
Chemical agent possibly found on rocket fired at US troops in Iraq
Sep 21, 2016 (AFP)
A rocket fired by Islamic State jihadists at US forces in Iraq may have carried a chemical agent, a US defense official said Wednesday. No one was injured in Tu...
French terror investigators grapple with Telegram app
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
Smartphone app Telegram, favoured by the Islamic State group thanks to the encrypted messaging it offers, is proving a headache for French anti-terror investiga...
IS spokesman al-Adnani confirmed killed in US air strike
Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)
The Pentagon on Monday confirmed that a US air strike killed Islamic State leader and spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani in northern Syria last month. "The strike ...
Skeptical Pentagon weighs cooperation with Russia
Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)
A deeply skeptical Pentagon was weighing plans Monday for limited collaboration with longtime foe Russia in Syria, but officials stressed any cooperation depend...
Ticking time bomb of foreign fighters returning from Syria
Sep 09, 2016 (AFP)
With the Islamic State group on the back foot after a string of military defeats, foreign volunteers for the jihadist group are returning home and creating a ma...
Australia threat is real, after lone wolf attacks urged
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
The threat of a terror attack in Australia is "real", Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said after the so-called Islamic State group urged followers to target Syd...
Britain jails radical cleric Choudary for IS support
Sep 06, 2016 (AFP)
Radical cleric Anjem Choudary, long a thorn in the side of British authorities, was jailed in London Tuesday for five-and-a-half years after being convicted of ...
Cities, towns and territory retaken from IS
Sep 06, 2016 (AFP)
Islamic State jihadists have given up their last positions along the Turkish-Syrian border, depriving the group of important transit points for recruits and sup...
Putin says 'some alignment' with US on Syria after Obama talks
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that there had been some "alignment" with US counterpart Barack Obama over Syria after talks in China, insisting th...
France warns IS fighters could flee Libya to Tunisia, Egypt
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
Islamic State group fighters could flee to Egypt or Tunisia after being flushed from their former Libyan stronghold of Sirte, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves ...
Australia to widen scope of targets in IS air war
Sep 01, 2016 (AFP)
Australia is to start targeting jihadist support and logistics resources in Iraq and Syria, as it broadens the scope of its air war on the Islamic State group, ...
IS leaders killed in Iraq and Syria
Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)
US-led coalition air strikes have killed several senior figures in the Islamic State group since April in a heavy blow to the jihadist organisation. The latest ...
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