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Analysts Warn Israel's Leader-Targeting Strategy In Iran May Backfire
Israel has killed one senior Iranian leader after another in airstrikes as it seeks to topple the Islamic Republic. But its past experience of targeting senior militants shows the strategy has limits and can sometimes backfire.
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US Strikes Targeted ISIS, Lakurawa Jihadists: Nigeria
US strikes in Nigeria this week targeted Islamic State militants from the Sahel who were in the country to work with the Lakurawa jihadist group and "bandit" gangs, a spokesman for the Nigerian president told AFP Saturday.
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Top Commander Of Hamas' Ally 'Islamic Jihad' Killed In Airstrike: Israel
Israel's army said it had killed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad's top commander for the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
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ISIS Is No Longer A Threat, Says Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that the Islamic State (IS) militant group no longer poses a threat to Iraq and dialogue to end the US-led international coalition to fight the IS group continues.
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Turkey Arrests Over 100 Suspected Members Of Islamic State
Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group this week, authorities said Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organisation.
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Yemen's Houthis Claim Attack On 4 Ships At Israel Port For "Violating Ban"
Yemen's Houthis said early on Sunday that they had conducted a joint military operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq militant group, targeting four ships at Israel's northern Haifa port.
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Turkey Arrests 29 People With Suspected ISIS Ties, Planning Attacks
Turkish authorities have detained 29 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across nine provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.
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Hamas Ally Shares Video Of Elderly Hostage, To Be Released If Demands Met
The armed wing of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in Gaza released a video on Thursday showing an elderly woman and a young boy who were among around 240 hostages seized by militant gunmen who attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
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Boys' Dorm Set On Fire, Girls Cut With Machetes In Deadliest Uganda Attack
Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country's worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said Saturday.
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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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Australian Woman Gets Bail After Arrest For Joining ISIS
An Australian court granted conditional bail on Friday to a woman arrested on charges of entering and remaining in areas of Syria held by the militant group Islamic State.
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Ericsson Faces SEC Probe Over 2019 Investigation Report Revealing Iraq Bribery Case
Ericsson stated that the US SEC has recently opened an investigation concerning the matters described in the company's 2019 Iraq investigation report. The company disclosed in February that it may have made payments to the Islamic State militant group in Iraq. Ericsson said it is fully cooperating with the SEC over the probe.
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45-Year-Old Software Developer In US Lived Double Life As Hezbollah "Sleeper Agent": Report
A New Jersey software developer, Alexei Saab, lived a double life as a "sleeper agent" in an Islamic militant group, Hezbollah, and scouted terror targets in New York City, federal prosecutors said on Monday during the start of his trial.
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ISIS "Beatle" Found Guilty Of All Charges In US Hostage Beheadings
A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty in US court of terrorism offenses on Thursday.
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Taliban Adding Suicide Bombers To Army Ranks
The Taliban will officially recruit suicide bombers to become part of the army as the militant group tries to contain its biggest security threat from rival Islamic State since forming government in Afghanistan four months ago.
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Analysts Warn Israel's Leader-Targeting Strategy In Iran May Backfire
Israel has killed one senior Iranian leader after another in airstrikes as it seeks to topple the Islamic Republic. But its past experience of targeting senior militants shows the strategy has limits and can sometimes backfire.
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US Strikes Targeted ISIS, Lakurawa Jihadists: Nigeria
US strikes in Nigeria this week targeted Islamic State militants from the Sahel who were in the country to work with the Lakurawa jihadist group and "bandit" gangs, a spokesman for the Nigerian president told AFP Saturday.
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Top Commander Of Hamas' Ally 'Islamic Jihad' Killed In Airstrike: Israel
Israel's army said it had killed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad's top commander for the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
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ISIS Is No Longer A Threat, Says Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that the Islamic State (IS) militant group no longer poses a threat to Iraq and dialogue to end the US-led international coalition to fight the IS group continues.
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Turkey Arrests Over 100 Suspected Members Of Islamic State
Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group this week, authorities said Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organisation.
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Yemen's Houthis Claim Attack On 4 Ships At Israel Port For "Violating Ban"
Yemen's Houthis said early on Sunday that they had conducted a joint military operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq militant group, targeting four ships at Israel's northern Haifa port.
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Turkey Arrests 29 People With Suspected ISIS Ties, Planning Attacks
Turkish authorities have detained 29 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across nine provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.
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Hamas Ally Shares Video Of Elderly Hostage, To Be Released If Demands Met
The armed wing of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in Gaza released a video on Thursday showing an elderly woman and a young boy who were among around 240 hostages seized by militant gunmen who attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
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Boys' Dorm Set On Fire, Girls Cut With Machetes In Deadliest Uganda Attack
Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country's worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said Saturday.
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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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Australian Woman Gets Bail After Arrest For Joining ISIS
An Australian court granted conditional bail on Friday to a woman arrested on charges of entering and remaining in areas of Syria held by the militant group Islamic State.
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Ericsson Faces SEC Probe Over 2019 Investigation Report Revealing Iraq Bribery Case
Ericsson stated that the US SEC has recently opened an investigation concerning the matters described in the company's 2019 Iraq investigation report. The company disclosed in February that it may have made payments to the Islamic State militant group in Iraq. Ericsson said it is fully cooperating with the SEC over the probe.
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45-Year-Old Software Developer In US Lived Double Life As Hezbollah "Sleeper Agent": Report
A New Jersey software developer, Alexei Saab, lived a double life as a "sleeper agent" in an Islamic militant group, Hezbollah, and scouted terror targets in New York City, federal prosecutors said on Monday during the start of his trial.
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ISIS "Beatle" Found Guilty Of All Charges In US Hostage Beheadings
A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty in US court of terrorism offenses on Thursday.
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Taliban Adding Suicide Bombers To Army Ranks
The Taliban will officially recruit suicide bombers to become part of the army as the militant group tries to contain its biggest security threat from rival Islamic State since forming government in Afghanistan four months ago.
