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Islamic State Targeted in 38 Air Strikes By US-Led Coalition: Statement
The United States and its allies stepped up their campaign against Islamic State with 38 air strikes on targets belonging to the group in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, a joint command statement said on Sunday.
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A Year on, Islamic State 'Caliphate' Infamous for Brutality
In the year since it declared its "caliphate," the Islamic State group has become the world's most infamous jihadist organisation, attracting international franchises and spreading fear with acts of extreme violence.
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Men Forced to Grow Beards in Islamic State-Held Mosul
Islamic State has handed out leaflets in their stronghold of Mosul in recent weeks announcing that full beards become compulsory on June 1 and explaining why shaving is punishable.
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US-Led Air Strikes on IS May Have Killed Civilians, Says Pentagon
The US military is reviewing several incidents in which civilians may have been killed in coalition air strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, officials said Tuesday.
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Islamic State Jihadists Claim Execution of 8 People in Iraq
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has executed eight people, four of them policemen, in Iraq's Salaheddin province, according to a series of pictures posted online.
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Kosovo Makes Arrests in New Push to Stem Flow of Fighters to Syria, Iraq
Police in Kosovo arrested 15 people on Wednesday, including a number of imams, in the second major operation in weeks to stem the flow of young ethnic Albanians joining Islamist fighters in Iraq and Syria, a police source said.
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Islamic State Murder of British Hostage an 'Act of Pure Evil': David Cameron
The beheading of a British hostage by Islamic State militants was an "act of pure evil," Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday, vowing Britain will do all in its power to bring the killers to justice.
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John Kerry Seeks Cairo's Support for 'War' on Jihadists
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday Egypt was on the frontline against "terrorism" after he met its leadership to garner support to fight Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria.
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Kurds Unite to Oust Iraq Jihadists, Rescue Stranded Civilians
Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in north Iraq on Wednesday to try to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in mountains without food or water.
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Islamic State Targeted in 38 Air Strikes By US-Led Coalition: Statement
The United States and its allies stepped up their campaign against Islamic State with 38 air strikes on targets belonging to the group in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, a joint command statement said on Sunday.
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A Year on, Islamic State 'Caliphate' Infamous for Brutality
In the year since it declared its "caliphate," the Islamic State group has become the world's most infamous jihadist organisation, attracting international franchises and spreading fear with acts of extreme violence.
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Men Forced to Grow Beards in Islamic State-Held Mosul
Islamic State has handed out leaflets in their stronghold of Mosul in recent weeks announcing that full beards become compulsory on June 1 and explaining why shaving is punishable.
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US-Led Air Strikes on IS May Have Killed Civilians, Says Pentagon
The US military is reviewing several incidents in which civilians may have been killed in coalition air strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, officials said Tuesday.
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Islamic State Jihadists Claim Execution of 8 People in Iraq
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has executed eight people, four of them policemen, in Iraq's Salaheddin province, according to a series of pictures posted online.
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Kosovo Makes Arrests in New Push to Stem Flow of Fighters to Syria, Iraq
Police in Kosovo arrested 15 people on Wednesday, including a number of imams, in the second major operation in weeks to stem the flow of young ethnic Albanians joining Islamist fighters in Iraq and Syria, a police source said.
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Islamic State Murder of British Hostage an 'Act of Pure Evil': David Cameron
The beheading of a British hostage by Islamic State militants was an "act of pure evil," Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday, vowing Britain will do all in its power to bring the killers to justice.
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John Kerry Seeks Cairo's Support for 'War' on Jihadists
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday Egypt was on the frontline against "terrorism" after he met its leadership to garner support to fight Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria.
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Kurds Unite to Oust Iraq Jihadists, Rescue Stranded Civilians
Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in north Iraq on Wednesday to try to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in mountains without food or water.
