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What Govt Says About Libya’s Report

Ghanaian ISIS Fighters -A report is rife that about 50 to 100 Ghanaians have joined the dreadful terrorist group,...

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UK Minister To Meet Silicon Valley Over Online Extremism

Britain's interior minister Amber Rudd will meet with tech leaders in California's Silicon Valley this week to try and...

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Squeezed In Raqa, IS Jihadists Ramp Up Counter-Attacks

As Islamic State group fighters steadily lose chunks of their Syrian bastion Raqa to a US-backed force, the jihadists...

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Indonesia, Australia Host Counter-Terrorism Meeting

Western governments are warning their citizens against travelling to nearly all of the southern third of the...

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Schoolgirls In Iraq’s Mosul Aim To Catch Up On Lost Years

Despite having fallen three years behind their peers elsewhere in Iraq, it's been mostly smiles all around for the...

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Despite De-Escalation Deal, Syrians Still Waiting For Aid

Nearly three months after Russia, Iran and Turkey reached a deal on de-escalating the war in Syria, hundreds of...

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In the Ruins of Mosul, A Hunt For the Missing

In Mosul, the missing are everywhere, their families hunting through the ruined Iraqi city for traces of lost husbands...

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US-Trained Iraqi Unit Carried Out Mosul Executions

An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said...

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US-Backed Syria Force Ousts IS From Half of Raqa

A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said...

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Syrian Civilians Fleeing IS In Raqa Turn To Smugglers

Civilians fleeing the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa are paying smugglers to lead them out of the city...

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Hong Kong Maids Lured By Islamic State Recruiters

Indonesian maids working in Hong Kong are being radicalised by extremists from the Islamic State group, a security...

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Saudi, Allies Unveil Qatar ‘terrorist’ Blacklist

Saudi Arabia and its allies unveiled a "terrorist" blacklist on Tuesday of 18 organisations and individuals suspected...

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Jihadist Takeover In Syria’s Idlib Raises Attack Prospect

The jihadist takeover of Syria's key Idlib province raises the prospect that the region could become the next target of...

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Cardinal Hails ‘rebirth’ of Iraqi Christian Town

A French cardinal hailed the "rebirth" of Iraq's devastated main Christian town of Qaraqosh on Monday, where residents...

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US-Led Coalition Says More To Do In Syria After IS Loses Raqa

The US-led coalition will have "a great deal more" to do in Syria even after defeating the Islamic State in its...

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Trump Slams NY Times For ‘foiling’ Bid To Capture IS Chief

President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked The New York Times and its "sick agenda," alleging that one of the paper's...

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Pentagon Chief Says He Thinks IS Leader Baghdadi Is Alive

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday that he believes Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive,...

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Mosul’s Christians Face Dilemma After Islamic State

The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to...

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UN Adds Syrian Armed Groups To Sanctions Blacklist

The UN Security Council on Thursday added two armed groups in Syria, two money exchange businesses and four individuals...