Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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Five Iranian Attackers Were In Mosul, Raqa With IS

The five men who carried out twin attacks in Tehran were Iranians who joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria...

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UN Reports Fresh IS Killings, Air Strike Deaths In Mosul

The UN rights office said Thursday it has credible reports that the Islamic State group has killed more than 230...

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Australian Muslims Demand Safe Spaces To Be ‘inflammatory’

An Australian Islamic council has called for taxpayer-funded "safe spaces" so young Muslims can express "inflammatory"...

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Long Battle Feared As Militants Hold On In Philippine City

With bomb-proof tunnels, anti-tank weapons hidden in mosques, human shields and a "mastery" of the terrain, Islamist...

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London and Internet Radicalised My Son

The Italian mother of London attacker Youssef Zaghba says she tried to prevent him being radicalised, "but he had...

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How Syria’s Raqa Resisted IS Rule

Secret dates, dead-drops and "bullet-free" maths lessons: these are just some of the ways residents of the Islamic...

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Five Facts On Targeted IS-Held Syrian City of Raqa

As US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces broke into the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa on Tuesday for the first...

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UN Accuses IS of Executing 163 Civilians In Mosul On June 1

The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday accused the Islamic State group of murdering 163 civilians to prevent...

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US-Led Strike Kills 21 Civilians Fleeing Syria’s Raqa

A US-led coalition air strike killed 21 civilians on Monday as they tried to escape the Islamic State group's Syrian...

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Up To 100,000 Children At Risk In Iraq’s Mosul

Up to 100,000 children are in danger as Iraqi forces battle to retake west Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group,...

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Duterte Offers Bounties For Militant Chiefs In Philippine City

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offered large bounties Monday for the leaders of Islamist fighters holding parts...

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Looters Target Empty Homes In Iraq’s Mosul

Men, women and children walk down a main road in west Mosul with arms full and carts loaded, but they are not among the...

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Jihadists Occupy Civilian Homes As Mosul Battle Rages

After jihadists turned the roof of his house into a sniper position, Owayid Mohammed and his family fled west Mosul in...

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Iraqi Forces Retake Area Near Syrian Border From IS

Iraqi forces retook an area near the Syrian border from the Islamic State group on Sunday as part of operations to...

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Indonesia Says 1,200 IS Operatives In Philippines

There are about 1,200 Islamic State (IS) group operatives in the Philippines, including foreigners of whom 40 are from...

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Dozens Flee Islamist Gunmen In War-Torn Philippine City

Dozens of people ran to freedom through a terrifying gauntlet of military air strikes and Islamist gunmen Saturday,...

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484 Civilians Killed In US-Led Fight Against IS

Attacks on Islamic State group targets by US-led coalition forces have killed 484 civilians since mid-2014, the US...

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Iraq Forces Announce Gains In West Mosul

Iraqi forces have recaptured around half of two neighbourhoods in west Mosul that are among the targets of a broad...

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Philippine Friendly Fire Airstrikes Kill 11 Troops

Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields killed 11 soldiers,...