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IS Praises Jihadist Attacks In Philippines, Iran
A spokesman for the Islamic State group praised jihadist attacks in the Philippines and Iran, in an audio recording...
Journey To Statehood Still Long For Iraq Kurds
Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week's announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major...
US Immigration Sweep Targets Iraqi Christians In Detroit
Iraqi Christians in the US are expressing alarm over the arrests of Chaldean immigrants in the Detroit area for...
Trump Promises Press Conference On Islamic State Fight
US President Donald Trump on Monday promised to reveal details of his long-awaited plan for fighting the Islamic State...
Singapore Mother Arrested For Offering To Marry IS Fighter
A 22-year-old Singaporean woman who was planning to go to Syria with her child and marry an Islamic State fighter has...
Down To the River For Youths From Iraq’s Embattled Mosul
With bare tree branches as diving boards, they take off and plunge into Iraq's Khazir River, a rare moment of respite...
Iran Tracks Down and Kills IS Suspects After Attacks
Iran has tracked down and killed several suspected jihadists including the alleged mastermind of twin attacks in Tehran...
Merkel’s G20-Africa Meet Aims To Reduce Poverty, Migrant Influx
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday meet African leaders in Berlin on initiatives aiming to reduce the...
Kuwait Gives Jihadist Life For Attack On US Troops
A Kuwaiti court on Sunday sentenced a professed member of the Islamic State group to life in prison for an attack on US...
Jordan Kills Five Approaching Border From Syria
Jordanian border guards have killed five people as they approached the country's border from war-torn Syria, the army...
US-Backed Syria Force Advances In Raqa, Battles For Base
US-backed Syrian fighters said they had seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a...
US-Backed Force Says Seized First Western District In Raqa
US-backed Syrian fighters captured their first western district of the Islamic State group's bastion Raqa on Sunday,...
US-Backed Syria Force Fights For IS-Held Base Near Raqa
US-backed fighters battled on Sunday to dislodge jihadists from a key military base north of Raqa city, the heart of...
Tired, Traumatised Mosul Mothers Unable To Breastfeed
Wazira rocks her tiny baby pleadingly but he is inconsolable, crying for the milk his mother can neither produce...
Iraqi Girl Reunited With Family 3 Years After IS Abduction
The Ashti camp in Iraq's northern city of Arbil on Saturday celebrated the return of a girl whose abduction by...
Notre Dame Attacker A Self-Radicalised Novice
An Algerian man who attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral was a loner with a deep interest in...
Iraq Paramilitaries Make Fresh Progress West of Mosul
Iraq's paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi forces said Saturday that they had retaken all areas west of Mosul from the...
Iran Opposes Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote
Iran voiced its opposition on Saturday to an announcement by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that it will organise a...
Syria Army Says It Holds Fifth of Key Desert Territory
Syrian pro-government forces now hold more than a fifth of the country's strategic desert, the army said Saturday,...