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Belgian police alerted to IS fighters en route to Europe
Middle East

Belgian police alerted to IS fighters en route to Europe

Belgian police have received an anti-terror alert warning that a group of Islamic State fighters recently left Syria en route…
Sympathy for the Devil: Lunch in the holy town of the Yazidis
World

Sympathy for the Devil: Lunch in the holy town of the Yazidis

The sun is beating down on us. The ruins are shining through the gaps in the bushes on the hillside.…
Egypt strongly condemns nightclub shooting in Florida
Egypt

Egypt strongly condemns nightclub shooting in Florida

Egypt has strongly condemned Sunday's “terrorist attack” in the state of Florida in the US, which claimed the lives of…
US, Iraqi officials can’t confirm report Islamic State leader wounded
Middle East

US, Iraqi officials can’t confirm report Islamic State leader wounded

U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Friday they could not confirm a report by an Iraqi TV channel that Islamic…
Iraqi PM Abadi stakes leadership, IS campaign, on Falluja battle
Middle East

Iraqi PM Abadi stakes leadership, IS campaign, on Falluja battle

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi expects two victories from the battle underway in Falluja, an Islamic States stronghold near Baghdad.…
Libyan forces fight Islamic State in Sirte, predict they will seize city soon
Middle East

Libyan forces fight Islamic State in Sirte, predict they will seize city soon

Forces aligned with Libya's unity government were engaged in fierce clashes with Islamic State on Thursday in the group's stronghold…
US-backed fighters, mostly Kurds, advance against IS in north Syria
Middle East

US-backed fighters, mostly Kurds, advance against IS in north Syria

US-backed Syrian fighters advanced against Islamic State in the last tract of territory the group holds near the Turkish border…
Forces backed by Libya’s unity government seek to encircle Islamic State-held Sirte
Middle East

Forces backed by Libya’s unity government seek to encircle Islamic State-held Sirte

Forces loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed unity government say they aim to encircle Sirte, Islamic State's stronghold in Libya, having moved…
US servicemen seen on frontline of new Kurdish offensive in Iraq
World

US servicemen seen on frontline of new Kurdish offensive in Iraq

U.S. servicemen were seen by a Reuters correspondent near the frontline of an offensive launched on Sunday by Kurdish Peshmerga…
Islamic State drives Syria rebels from near Turkish border
Middle East

Islamic State drives Syria rebels from near Turkish border

Islamic State fighters captured territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border on Friday and inched closer to a town…
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