Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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Indonesians Decry IS ‘lies’ After Fleeing Syria’s Raqa

When Leefa set out from Indonesia for the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, she says she thought she was...

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Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul

For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...

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Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul

For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...

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Five Men Suspected of Angola Plot Deny IS Allegiance

Five Angolan Muslims who have been in detention since December for spreading radical views online and allegedly...

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IS Chemical Attacks Down In Syria

The Islamic State group is launching fewer chemical weapons attacks in Syria as their Iraqi stronghold in Mosul, where...

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Terrified Civilians Hide From Gunfire In Mosul Pre-School

The bullets of jihadists rain down outside the Mosul kindergarten, where dozens of terrified Iraqi civilians are...

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Hundreds Sick, Two Dead In Food Poisoning At Mosul Displaced Camp

A mass food poisoning at a camp for displaced Iraqi civilians outside Mosul has left at least two dead and hundreds...

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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...

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US Sanctions IS Members Accused of Making Chemical Arms

The United States on Monday slapped financial sanctions on two suspected Islamic State militants accused of...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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Syria Army Reaches Iraq Border After US Tensions

Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a monitor...

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Iraq On Cusp of Mosul Victory Three Years After Major Defeat

Three years after the Islamic State group routed them in Mosul, Iraqi forces are now on the cusp of retaking the city...

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17 Civilians Killed In US-Led Coalition Strikes On Raqa, Suburbs

Smoke rises from buildings in the al-Meshleb neighbourhood of Raqa as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an...

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IS Is Reorganizing, Targeting Europe

Despite defeats in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group has reorganized and is now "more focused than ever" on...