US forces capture IS members in Syria raid
US forces have captured three Islamic State group members during a helicopter and ground raid in eastern Syria, the US ...
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Rescued former ‘IS bride’ faces Australian court
An Australian woman rescued from a squalid Syrian detention camp faced court Friday on charges linked to her former husband’s ...
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Islamic State group gunmen kill nine Iraqi police officers
Islamic State group jihadists said Sunday they had carried out an attack in northern Iraq killing nine police officers, setting ...
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US woman who led female IS battalion gets 20 years in prison
By Chris Lefkow An American woman who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, leading an all-female ...
Read moreWoman on trial over rare brutal ‘jihadist’ attack in Switzerland
In a rare case of alleged Islamist “terrorism” in Switzerland, a woman will go on trial next week over a ...
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Islamic State ‘Beatle’ faces life sentence for US hostage deaths
A member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles," is to be sentenced in a US ...
Read moreAlleged British IS ‘Beatle’ charged after arrest in UK
London—A British man accused of being part of an Islamic State (IS) kidnap-and-murder cell known as the “Beatles” has been ...
Read moreParis 2015 attacker accepts life sentence
The sole surviving member of an Islamic State group cell that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015 has not ...
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Islamic State claims Kabul Sikh temple attack
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan that killed one community member and ...
Read moreUS-led coalition: Senior IS official detained in Syria
A senior official from the so-called Islamic State group was captured in a raid in Syria on Thursday, the US-led ...
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