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Italy Says Islamic State Could Attack Rome With Drones During Holy Year
Islamic State (IS) could attack Rome with drones during a Roman Catholic Holy Year beginning next month and air space over the capital will be closed to drones throughout the event, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Monday.
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Islamic State Says Frees Prisoners in Syrian City of Hasaka
Islamic State said today it had freed prisoners held at a jail in the city of Hasaka that it is fighting to seize from government forces.
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A Year Later, US Struggles to Stop Islamic State Onslaught
A year after Islamic State jihadists overran much of Iraq, the United States and its allies are struggling to turn the tide against the extremists and their self-declared 'caliphate'.
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Islamic State in Egypt Claims Soldier's Execution-Style Killing
Egyptian jihadists who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group have posted a video online appearing to show them shooting dead an Egyptian soldier and beheading another captive.
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Islamic State Holding 50 Civilians After Raid on Syria Village: Monitor
Jihadist fighters from the Islamic State group are holding hostage at least 50 civilians seized in a raid on a village in central Syria, a monitor said.
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Morocco Says Islamic State Cell Busted, Arms Seized
Morocco said on Sunday it dismantled a "terrorist cell" and seized weapons earmarked for a string of assassinations in a nationwide operation targeting supporters of the Islamic State jihadist group.
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Denmark Vows to Stay 'On Frontline' Against Islamic State Jihadists
Denmark's commitment to fighting Islamic State jihadists will not be swayed by attacks like the Charlie Hebdo massacre, the country's defence minister said Saturday at a rally to commemorate the Paris victims.
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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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Christians Hold Out in Syria's Aleppo Despite Jihadist Threat
Tens of thousands of Christians have fled Syria's war-wracked second city Aleppo but many others are determined to hold out despite their dread of Islamic State jihadists.
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Islamic State 'Most Brutal Threat Ever' to Region Says Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today warned that Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Iraq and Syria were one of the greatest ever threats to the region.
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Iraq Prime Minister Orders More Air Support for Embattled Province
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Saturday ordered more air support for the security forces and allied tribal fighters battling jihadists in the western province of Anbar.
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Nine Japanese Said to Have Joined Islamic State
Nine Japanese nationals have joined Islamic State, Japan's former air force chief, Toshio Tamogami, quoted a senior Israeli government official as saying, but the government's top spokesman said on Friday it had not confirmed the information.
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Italy Says Islamic State Could Attack Rome With Drones During Holy Year
Islamic State (IS) could attack Rome with drones during a Roman Catholic Holy Year beginning next month and air space over the capital will be closed to drones throughout the event, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Monday.
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Islamic State Says Frees Prisoners in Syrian City of Hasaka
Islamic State said today it had freed prisoners held at a jail in the city of Hasaka that it is fighting to seize from government forces.
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A Year Later, US Struggles to Stop Islamic State Onslaught
A year after Islamic State jihadists overran much of Iraq, the United States and its allies are struggling to turn the tide against the extremists and their self-declared 'caliphate'.
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Islamic State in Egypt Claims Soldier's Execution-Style Killing
Egyptian jihadists who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group have posted a video online appearing to show them shooting dead an Egyptian soldier and beheading another captive.
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Islamic State Holding 50 Civilians After Raid on Syria Village: Monitor
Jihadist fighters from the Islamic State group are holding hostage at least 50 civilians seized in a raid on a village in central Syria, a monitor said.
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Morocco Says Islamic State Cell Busted, Arms Seized
Morocco said on Sunday it dismantled a "terrorist cell" and seized weapons earmarked for a string of assassinations in a nationwide operation targeting supporters of the Islamic State jihadist group.
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Denmark Vows to Stay 'On Frontline' Against Islamic State Jihadists
Denmark's commitment to fighting Islamic State jihadists will not be swayed by attacks like the Charlie Hebdo massacre, the country's defence minister said Saturday at a rally to commemorate the Paris victims.
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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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Christians Hold Out in Syria's Aleppo Despite Jihadist Threat
Tens of thousands of Christians have fled Syria's war-wracked second city Aleppo but many others are determined to hold out despite their dread of Islamic State jihadists.
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Islamic State 'Most Brutal Threat Ever' to Region Says Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today warned that Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Iraq and Syria were one of the greatest ever threats to the region.
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Iraq Prime Minister Orders More Air Support for Embattled Province
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Saturday ordered more air support for the security forces and allied tribal fighters battling jihadists in the western province of Anbar.
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Nine Japanese Said to Have Joined Islamic State
Nine Japanese nationals have joined Islamic State, Japan's former air force chief, Toshio Tamogami, quoted a senior Israeli government official as saying, but the government's top spokesman said on Friday it had not confirmed the information.
