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US-led coalition: Attack with 2 armed drones foiled in Iraq
Middle East

US-led coalition: Attack with 2 armed drones foiled in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Two explosives-laden drones targeting an Iraqi military base housing U.S. troops in western Anbar province were destroyed…
EXPLAINER: How could US drawdown in Iraq aid IS, Iran?
Features/Interviews

EXPLAINER: How could US drawdown in Iraq aid IS, Iran?

In a quest to root out Islamic State group hideouts over the summer, Iraqi forces on the ground cleared nearly…
Whistleblower says Facebook generating terror content
World

Whistleblower says Facebook generating terror content

Facebook is unwittingly auto-generating content for terror-linked groups that its artificial intelligence systems do not recognize as extremist, according to…
Dozens dead in IS attacks on southern Syria: monitor
Middle East

Dozens dead in IS attacks on southern Syria: monitor

A string of suicide attacks in Syria by the Islamic State group has killed at least 40 people, mostly pro-regime…
Islamic State claims air base attack in Egypt’s North Sinai
Egypt

Islamic State claims air base attack in Egypt’s North Sinai

Islamic State has claimed an attack on an Egyptian military airport that killed one officer and wounded two near the…
Security forces kill five militants in Sinai
Egypt

Security forces kill five militants in Sinai

The Egyptian Second Field Army – who are assigned with the task of securing North Sinai and Ismailia from an extremist…
New militant group claims responsibility for Egypt attack
Egypt

New militant group claims responsibility for Egypt attack

A previously unknown Egyptian militant group has claimed responsibility for last month’s ambush of a police raid outside of Cairo.…
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
Middle East

Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa

The Middle East may have turned a page with the defeat of the Islamic State group in its self-declared capital…
Clashes between troops and IS intensify in central Syria
Middle East

Clashes between troops and IS intensify in central Syria

Syrian government forces pressed their offensive in the province of Hama on Friday in a weekslong attack aimed at clearing…
Russia says Syria government seized most territory from IS
Middle East

Russia says Syria government seized most territory from IS

Russia’s military said Tuesday that Syrian troops have liberated about 85 percent of the war-torn country’s territory from militants, a…
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