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ISIS Admits Its Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Is Dead

ISIS has finally admitted its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, according to reports in Iraq. The terror group is...

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Tunisia Tries 21 Over Deadly Bardo Attack

A trial opened in Tunisia on Tuesday over the 2015 attack on the Bardo museum that killed 21 foreign tourists and a...

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IS Chief Reported Dead After Jihadists Lose Mosul

Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported dead on Tuesday, a day after Iraq declared it had driven...

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Boko Haram Executes Eight For Defying ‘Sharia Police’

Boko Haram have publicly executed eight villagers in northeast Nigeria who opposed the enforcement of its hardline form...

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Mosul’s Once-Thriving Old City Now A Grey Wasteland

Once the beating heart of Iraq's second-largest metropolis, the Old City of Mosul is now a broken wreck, its winding...

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Syria Monitor Says IS Chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Dead

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Tuesday it had information from top Islamic State group...

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UN Rights Chief Urges Justice and Healing After Mosul

UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for accountability and dialogue to heal the trauma of Mosul after...

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Amnesty Calls For Commission To Probe Mosul Crimes

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for a commission to investigate crimes against civilians in Mosul by all sides...

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Trump Congratulates Iraqi PM On Mosul ‘victory’

President Donald Trump on Monday hailed the "victory" of Iraqi forces over the Islamic State group in the northern city...

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India Begins Search For Missing Citizens After Mosul Victory

India on Monday announced it will send a top minister to Iraq in an effort locate dozens of its missing citizens after...

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Iraqi Troops Clearing Last IS Militants

Iraqi security forces are clearing the final pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul....

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Iraqi Forces Push To Clear Last Pockets of IS In Mosul

Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after the...

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Iraqi Forces Fight To Clear Last Jihadists From Mosul

Iraqi forces engaged in "heavy" fighting with the Islamic State group on Monday as they battled to clear the last...

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UK Warns More To Do To Combat IS After Mosul Victory

Britain's Defence Minister Michael Fallon praised Iraq on Sunday for defeating the Islamic State group in Mosul but...

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World Jihad’s Low-Profile Boss

Discreet in his youth and invisible as the world's most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose through the ranks quietly...

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Mosul Loss Huge, But Not Deadly, Blow To ‘caliphate’

Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the...

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Iraq’s Second City and Cultural Jewel

Mosul, wrested from the Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday, is Iraq's second city and one of its cultural jewels....

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The Islamic State Group In Iraq, Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Sunday in the "liberated" city of Mosul, the Islamic State...

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Exhausted and Mourning, Families Emerge From Mosul Ruins

With the battle to retake Iraq's Mosul from the Islamic State group drawing to an end, dozens of women and their...