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Libyan Forces Edge Forward Against ISIS Holdouts In Sirte
Libyan forces resumed their advance on Thursday against ISIS militants holding out in a few streets in their former stronghold of Sirte, saying they had captured 25 houses and a stash of arms.
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Anti-ISIS Coalition Has Killed 20 Operators Plotting External Attacks: Ashton Carter
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today the coalition fighting ISIS had killed more than 20 of the militant group's operatives who were conspiring to carry out external attacks.
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34 Groups Now Allied To ISIS Extremists: UN Chief
Thirty-four militant groups from around the world had reportedly pledged allegiance to the ISIS terror group as of mid-December - and that number will only grow in 2016, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Friday.
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In Conservative Pakistani City, a 'Saudi Girl' Who Stood Out
Tashfeen Malik, a suspect in the California attacks, studied at a Pakistani university but spent most of her life in Saudi Arabia. The timing and circumstances of her shift into militancy, however, remain a mystery.
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David Cameron Urges Use of 'Daesh' for ISIS
Prime Minister David Cameron is likely to ask parliament to vote on today to approve British air strikes against ISIS militants in Syria after months of wrangling over whether enough opposition Labour lawmakers would back military action.
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Islamic State Second-in-Command Died in US Air Strike: White House
The second-in-command of the Islamic State militant group was killed during a U.S. air strike in Iraq on Tuesday, the White House said on Friday, dealing a blow to the group that has sought to form a caliphate in the Middle East.
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US Sends 6 Jets, 300 Personnel to Turkey Base in Islamic State Fight
The United States sent six F-16 jets and about 300 personnel to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Sunday, the US military said, after Ankara agreed last month to allow American planes to launch air strikes against Islamic State militants from there.
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70 Dead as Islamic State Militants Attack North Sinai in Egypt
Islamic State insurgents attacked several military checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai today in a co-ordinated assault in which at least 70 combatants and civilians were killed - one of the biggest militant attacks in Egypt's modern history.
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Islamic State Militants Are Plotting 'Terrible' UK Attacks: David Cameron
Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Monday that Islamic State militants based in Syria and Iraq were planning specific attacks against Britain and posed an existential threat to the West.
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Iraqi Forces Regain Ground From Islamic State Near Palmyra
Iraqi forces recaptured territory from advancing Islamic State militants near the recently-fallen city of Ramadi on Sunday, while in Syria the government said the Islamists had killed hundreds of people since capturing the town of Palmyra.
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Libyan Forces Edge Forward Against ISIS Holdouts In Sirte
Libyan forces resumed their advance on Thursday against ISIS militants holding out in a few streets in their former stronghold of Sirte, saying they had captured 25 houses and a stash of arms.
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Anti-ISIS Coalition Has Killed 20 Operators Plotting External Attacks: Ashton Carter
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today the coalition fighting ISIS had killed more than 20 of the militant group's operatives who were conspiring to carry out external attacks.
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34 Groups Now Allied To ISIS Extremists: UN Chief
Thirty-four militant groups from around the world had reportedly pledged allegiance to the ISIS terror group as of mid-December - and that number will only grow in 2016, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Friday.
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In Conservative Pakistani City, a 'Saudi Girl' Who Stood Out
Tashfeen Malik, a suspect in the California attacks, studied at a Pakistani university but spent most of her life in Saudi Arabia. The timing and circumstances of her shift into militancy, however, remain a mystery.
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David Cameron Urges Use of 'Daesh' for ISIS
Prime Minister David Cameron is likely to ask parliament to vote on today to approve British air strikes against ISIS militants in Syria after months of wrangling over whether enough opposition Labour lawmakers would back military action.
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Islamic State Second-in-Command Died in US Air Strike: White House
The second-in-command of the Islamic State militant group was killed during a U.S. air strike in Iraq on Tuesday, the White House said on Friday, dealing a blow to the group that has sought to form a caliphate in the Middle East.
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US Sends 6 Jets, 300 Personnel to Turkey Base in Islamic State Fight
The United States sent six F-16 jets and about 300 personnel to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Sunday, the US military said, after Ankara agreed last month to allow American planes to launch air strikes against Islamic State militants from there.
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70 Dead as Islamic State Militants Attack North Sinai in Egypt
Islamic State insurgents attacked several military checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai today in a co-ordinated assault in which at least 70 combatants and civilians were killed - one of the biggest militant attacks in Egypt's modern history.
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Islamic State Militants Are Plotting 'Terrible' UK Attacks: David Cameron
Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Monday that Islamic State militants based in Syria and Iraq were planning specific attacks against Britain and posed an existential threat to the West.
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Iraqi Forces Regain Ground From Islamic State Near Palmyra
Iraqi forces recaptured territory from advancing Islamic State militants near the recently-fallen city of Ramadi on Sunday, while in Syria the government said the Islamists had killed hundreds of people since capturing the town of Palmyra.
