Islamic state
Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people believed linked to Islamic State after Easter bombings
World
April 26, 2019
Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people believed linked to Islamic State after Easter bombings
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police are trying to track down 140 people believed linked to Islamic State, which has…
US-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa
Middle East
April 26, 2019
US-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians in the northern Syria city of Raqqa during months…
Iraq: Yazidis to accept children of IS rape into community
Middle East
April 26, 2019
Iraq: Yazidis to accept children of IS rape into community
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The children of Yazidi women raped by Islamic State men will be welcomed into the minority…
IS legacy of guilt weighs heavily on Iraqi widows, children
Middle East
April 25, 2019
IS legacy of guilt weighs heavily on Iraqi widows, children
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — When Ahmed Khalil ran out of work as a van driver in the Iraqi city of…
More civilians now killed by US, Afghan forces than by insurgents: UN
Middle East
April 24, 2019
More civilians now killed by US, Afghan forces than by insurgents: UN
Afghan civilians are for the first time being killed in greater numbers by US and pro-government forces than by the…
After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home
Middle East
April 23, 2019
After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home
AL-HOL, Syria (AP) — They came from around the world, four women drawn to the Islamic State group’s “caliphate.” They…
A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Middle East
April 22, 2019
A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Sleeper cells, prisons teeming with jihadists, camps crammed with their wives and children — perils abound in Syria, nearly a…
110 Kosovars, mostly children and women, returned from Syria
Middle East
April 21, 2019
110 Kosovars, mostly children and women, returned from Syria
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities announced Saturday they have brought back from Syria 110 Kosovar citizens, mostly women and…
Afghan communications ministry attacked, at least two gunmen killed
Middle East
April 20, 2019
Afghan communications ministry attacked, at least two gunmen killed
KABUL (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked the communications ministry in the center of Kabul on Saturday, interrupting months of relative calm…
Loud explosion, gunfire rock downtown Kabul in attack near ministry
Middle East
April 20, 2019
Loud explosion, gunfire rock downtown Kabul in attack near ministry
Suicide bombers and gunmen launched an attack near a government ministry in central Kabul on Saturday, officials said, in an…