US to boost military presence in Iraq for Mosul battle
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Wednesday that Washington would send more US… Read More
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Islamic State
Bombings kill at least 17 in Baghdad, says officials
BAGHDAD: Bombings targeting shopping areas in Shiite districts of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday killed… Read More
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Islamic State ‘dead set’ on using chemical weapons: Pentagon spokesman
WASHINGTON: Islamic State militants are "dead set" on using chemical arms and are likely to… Read More
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Turkey wants to join US-led operation against Islamic State in Raqqa: Erdogan
ISTANBUL: Turkey wants to join the United States in a military operation to push Islamic… Read More
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Islamic State gun, suicide bomb attacks kill 12 in Iraq’s Tikrit
SAMARRA, IRAQ: Militants killed 12 people in gun and bomb attacks on Saturday in the… Read More
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Syria’s Aleppo reels from air strikes, UN chief ‘appalled’
ALEPPO: UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he was "appalled by the chilling military escalation"… Read More
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US military confirms IS used chemical rocket to attack troops
WASHINGTON: The United States Military has confirmed that a rocket fired by Islamic State jihadists at US… Read More
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Iraqi forces ready by ‘early October’ for Mosul assault, says top US officer
WASHINGTON: Iraqi security forces will be ready by next month for an assault on the… Read More
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New York bomb suspect charged with attempted murder
NEW YORK: An Afghan-born American was charged Monday with attempted murder after being shot and… Read More
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Syrian warplane downed during operation against Islamic State: army
DAMASCUS: The Syrian military on Sunday said one of its war planes had been downed… Read More
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Four Islamic State militants arrested in Lahore, officials say
LAHORE: Pakistani authorities on Friday said they had arrested four Islamic State militants plotting attacks… Read More
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Coalition air strike kills senior Islamic State operative: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: A coalition air strike in Syria has killed a senior Islamic State operative considered… Read More
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UN pleads for Syria aid access after truce extended
NEW YORK: The United Nations urged Syria's government Thursday to allow immediate aid deliveries to… Read More
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Afghanistan must not allow use of its territory for attacks: Lodhi
UNITED NATIONS: Saying Pakistan continues to encounter threats from the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) and its allies… Read More
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Syria war death toll now more than 300,000: monitor
BEIRUT: More than 300,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since March 2011,… Read More
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UK jails radical preacher for ‘encouraging support for Islamic State’
LONDON: Anjem Choudhry, Britain's best-known Islamist preacher, was jailed on Tuesday for five years and… Read More
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String of bomb blasts hit across Syria, at least 48 killed
DAMASCUS, SYRIA: A string of bomb attacks hit across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria Monday,… Read More
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Islamic State says its spokesman killed in Syria: Amaq News
ALEPPO: Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, one of the militant group's longest-serving and most prominent… Read More
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Kerry says evidence of IS links to Bangladesh extremists
DHAKA, BANGLADESH: US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday there was evidence to link… Read More
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Suicide bombing kills 60 at Yemen army camp
ADEN: A suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen's second city… Read More
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