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Iraq briefed on US special forces plan: Kerry
Middle East

Iraq briefed on US special forces plan: Kerry

The Iraqi government is fully briefed on US plans to deploy American special forces to Iraq and the two governments…
Syria Qaeda affiliate frees 16 Lebanese servicemen in swap: report
Middle East

Syria Qaeda affiliate frees 16 Lebanese servicemen in swap: report

Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate on Tuesday freed 16 Lebanese soldiers and police held for more than a year in exchange for…
Islamic State claims Yemen attack
Middle East

Islamic State claims Yemen attack

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on the army in the eastern region of Hadramawt on Friday that a…
Pentagon says Khorasan leader killed in Syria air strike
Middle East

Pentagon says Khorasan leader killed in Syria air strike

An air strike by the US-led coalition has killed Sanafi al-Nasr, a Saudi citizen and the leader of an Al-Qaeda…
Egypt acquits Al-Qaeda chief’s brother of terrorism plot
Egypt

Egypt acquits Al-Qaeda chief’s brother of terrorism plot

The Cairo Criminal Court acquitted on Thursday Mohamed al-Zawahiri, brother of Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, of charges of plotting terrorist…
Insurgents killed 56 government troops at captured air base: Syria monitor
Middle East

Insurgents killed 56 government troops at captured air base: Syria monitor

A group tracking the Syrian war said on Saturday that Islamist insurgents shot dead 56 members of Syrian government forces…
12 Somali soldiers killed in Shebab attack: officials
World

12 Somali soldiers killed in Shebab attack: officials

Twelve Somali government soldiers have been killed in an attack by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants, officials and witnesses said Saturday. The attack…
Philippines: Abu Sayyaf blamed for bus blast in south
World

Philippines: Abu Sayyaf blamed for bus blast in south

Philippine authorities have blamed a powerful bomb explosion that killed a girl and injured more than 30 other people in…
Al-Qaeda leader to ISIS: You’re wrong, but we can work together
Middle East

Al-Qaeda leader to ISIS: You’re wrong, but we can work together

After a prolonged spell of silence, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has come alive with a series of audio messages. And…
Official: Four Qaeda suspects killed by ‘US drone’ in Yemen
Middle East

Official: Four Qaeda suspects killed by ‘US drone’ in Yemen

Four suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed overnight in an apparent US drone strike in Mukalla, the southern Yemeni city that…
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