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Rockets Hit Algeria gas plant in Attack Claimed By Al Qaeda
Rockets on Friday struck an Algerian gas plant run by foreign energy giants in an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda, three years after a deadly hostage crisis at another facility in the country.
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Al Qaeda Names Fighters Behind Attack On Burkina Capital
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Monday identified three fighters it says were responsible for attacks in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou over the weekend that killed 29 people.
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At Least 29 Killed In Jihadist Attack On Burkina Hotel
At least 29 people, many of them foreigners, were killed in an attack overnight on a top hotel in the capital of Burkina Faso, the latest country to be drawn into a regional jihadist battle against the West and its allies.
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French Forces Kill Or Capture 'About 10' Jihadists In Mali
French forces killed or captured around 10 members of a jihadist movement in heavy fighting at the weekend in northern Mali, the French defence ministry said on Tuesday.
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Mali Reimposes State Of Emergency For Year's End
Mali reimposed a nationwide state of emergency for the final 10 days of the year to head off any terror threats, after a deadly terrorist attack in the capital last month.
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Al Qaeda Video Shows 3 men Purportedly Confessing To Spying, 1 Shot Dead
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a video on Monday showing three men purportedly confessing to spying for the Mauritanian and French military and then one being taken out of a pick-up truck in the desert and shot in the head.
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Bamako Hotel Hostage Taking Was Joint Attack: Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako was a joint operation with another jihadist group, in an audio message posted Friday.
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Mali TV Shows Photos of Man and Woman Suspected in Hotel Attack
Authorities in Mali published the photographs today of a man and a woman they said helped plan an attack on a luxury hotel in which 19 people and two gunmen were killed, according to state television, which showed the pictures.
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3 China Executives Among Dead as President Condemns Mali Attack
Chinese President Xi Jinping today condemned the "cruel and savage" attack by Islamist militants on a hotel in Mali's capital that killed 19 people, including three Chinese executives of a state-run railway firm.
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Dispute Between Al-Qaida and the Islamic State Has Devolved to Name-Calling
In a new 26-minute-long video statement, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said the Islamic caliphate declared by the Islamic State was illegitimate, dismissively referring to that militant organization as "Baghdadi's' group," a reference to its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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12 Dead as Gunmen Attack Western Mali Town
Suspected Islamist fighters attacked a town in western Mali near the border with neighbouring Mauritania before dawn on Saturday, leaving 12 people dead, including three soldiers and nine attackers, the defence ministry said.
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Algeria Kills Head of Jihadists Behind Frenchman's Beheading: Media
An Algerian television network reported today that the army has killed the head of the Jund al-Khilafa jihadist group behind the beheading of a Frenchman in September
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Italian hostage held by Al-Qaeda freed after 14 months
An Italian hostage kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in February last year in Southern Algeria was released on Tuesday and is in a hotel in Burkina Faso, officials said. "Maria Sandra Mariani is free. I have just informed her relatives. I join them in their great satisfaction and relief at this magnificent news," Foreign Minister Giulio...
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Islamist site threatens strike 'at heart of Berlin'
A statement posted on Tuesday on an Islamist website used by Al Qaeda threatened a strike at the "heart of Berlin" unless Germany releases a jailed female militant.
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Rockets Hit Algeria gas plant in Attack Claimed By Al Qaeda
Rockets on Friday struck an Algerian gas plant run by foreign energy giants in an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda, three years after a deadly hostage crisis at another facility in the country.
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Al Qaeda Names Fighters Behind Attack On Burkina Capital
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Monday identified three fighters it says were responsible for attacks in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou over the weekend that killed 29 people.
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At Least 29 Killed In Jihadist Attack On Burkina Hotel
At least 29 people, many of them foreigners, were killed in an attack overnight on a top hotel in the capital of Burkina Faso, the latest country to be drawn into a regional jihadist battle against the West and its allies.
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French Forces Kill Or Capture 'About 10' Jihadists In Mali
French forces killed or captured around 10 members of a jihadist movement in heavy fighting at the weekend in northern Mali, the French defence ministry said on Tuesday.
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Mali Reimposes State Of Emergency For Year's End
Mali reimposed a nationwide state of emergency for the final 10 days of the year to head off any terror threats, after a deadly terrorist attack in the capital last month.
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Al Qaeda Video Shows 3 men Purportedly Confessing To Spying, 1 Shot Dead
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a video on Monday showing three men purportedly confessing to spying for the Mauritanian and French military and then one being taken out of a pick-up truck in the desert and shot in the head.
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Bamako Hotel Hostage Taking Was Joint Attack: Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako was a joint operation with another jihadist group, in an audio message posted Friday.
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Mali TV Shows Photos of Man and Woman Suspected in Hotel Attack
Authorities in Mali published the photographs today of a man and a woman they said helped plan an attack on a luxury hotel in which 19 people and two gunmen were killed, according to state television, which showed the pictures.
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3 China Executives Among Dead as President Condemns Mali Attack
Chinese President Xi Jinping today condemned the "cruel and savage" attack by Islamist militants on a hotel in Mali's capital that killed 19 people, including three Chinese executives of a state-run railway firm.
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Dispute Between Al-Qaida and the Islamic State Has Devolved to Name-Calling
In a new 26-minute-long video statement, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said the Islamic caliphate declared by the Islamic State was illegitimate, dismissively referring to that militant organization as "Baghdadi's' group," a reference to its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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12 Dead as Gunmen Attack Western Mali Town
Suspected Islamist fighters attacked a town in western Mali near the border with neighbouring Mauritania before dawn on Saturday, leaving 12 people dead, including three soldiers and nine attackers, the defence ministry said.
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Algeria Kills Head of Jihadists Behind Frenchman's Beheading: Media
An Algerian television network reported today that the army has killed the head of the Jund al-Khilafa jihadist group behind the beheading of a Frenchman in September
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Italian hostage held by Al-Qaeda freed after 14 months
An Italian hostage kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in February last year in Southern Algeria was released on Tuesday and is in a hotel in Burkina Faso, officials said. "Maria Sandra Mariani is free. I have just informed her relatives. I join them in their great satisfaction and relief at this magnificent news," Foreign Minister Giulio...
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Islamist site threatens strike 'at heart of Berlin'
A statement posted on Tuesday on an Islamist website used by Al Qaeda threatened a strike at the "heart of Berlin" unless Germany releases a jailed female militant.
