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Islamic State claims attack in Afghanistan, provides no evidence: statement
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Islamic State claims attack in Afghanistan, provides no evidence: statement

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack near a Shi’ite mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat…
Syria rebels prepare to quit enclave on Damascus doorstep
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Syria rebels prepare to quit enclave on Damascus doorstep

yrian rebels and civilians prepared on Saturday to evacuate the penultimate opposition-held pocket of Eastern Ghouta, as the government moved…
French hero officer who swapped himself for hostage dies
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French hero officer who swapped himself for hostage dies

A French police officer who offered himself up to an Islamic extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage died of…
Iraq holds more than 19,000 on Islamic State, militant links
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Iraq holds more than 19,000 on Islamic State, militant links

Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or other terror-related…
Syria monitors: IS militants seize Damascus neighborhood
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Syria monitors: IS militants seize Damascus neighborhood

The Syrian government sent reinforcements to a southern neighborhood in Damascus on Tuesday after losing it to Islamic State militants…
Iraq recovers bodies of 38 Indians abducted by IS in 2014
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Iraq recovers bodies of 38 Indians abducted by IS in 2014

Iraqi authorities have discovered a mass grave with the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers abducted when Islamic State militants…
Military reviews rules for helmet cams after Niger attack
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Military reviews rules for helmet cams after Niger attack

US military leaders are considering new guidelines for the use of helmet cameras on the battlefield after Islamic State-linked fighters…
Iraqi-Canadian man pleads guilty to role in deadly attack on US base
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Iraqi-Canadian man pleads guilty to role in deadly attack on US base

An Iraqi-Canadian man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a US charge that he helped orchestrate the April 2009 truck bombing…
Turkey detains 12 in anti-IS raids after US embassy closure
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Turkey detains 12 in anti-IS raids after US embassy closure

Turkey on Monday launched a crackdown on the Islamic State extremist group and boosted security in Ankara after the US…
Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death over IS ties
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Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death over IS ties

A court in Iraq sentenced 16 Turkish women to death on Sunday after they were found guilty of belonging to…
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