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From fighting ‘Islamic State’ to rotting in Iraqi jail
Middle East
December 29, 2017
From fighting ‘Islamic State’ to rotting in Iraqi jail
Foreign fighters against “Islamic State” have been subjected to heavy mistreatment in Iraqi Kurdish prisons. Karlos Zurutuza and Ferrán Barber…
Cities in ruins after Islamic State, little cash to rebuild
Middle East
December 28, 2017
Cities in ruins after Islamic State, little cash to rebuild
For nearly 2½ miles along the western bank of the Tigris River, hardly a single building is intact. The warren…
Islamic State claims Kabul suicide bomb attack
Middle East
December 28, 2017
Islamic State claims Kabul suicide bomb attack
Islamic State claimed a suicide bomb attack carried out on Thursday on an office of the Afghan Voice news agency…
Australia to end airstrikes on ‘IS’ targets in Iraq and Syria
Middle East
December 22, 2017
Australia to end airstrikes on ‘IS’ targets in Iraq and Syria
Six Australian Super Hornet aircraft have been deployed for the last three years over Iraq and Syria as part of…
Mosul is a graveyard: Final IS battle kills 9,000 civilians
Middle East
December 21, 2017
Mosul is a graveyard: Final IS battle kills 9,000 civilians
The price Mosul’s residents paid in blood to see their city freed was 9,000 to 11,000 dead, a civilian casualty…
Report: ‘Islamic State’ fought with weapons made in the EU
Middle East
December 15, 2017
Report: ‘Islamic State’ fought with weapons made in the EU
More than a third of the weapons used by “Islamic State” in Iraq and Syria came from European Union states…
AU warns of returning ‘ISIS’ jihadists
World
December 12, 2017
AU warns of returning ‘ISIS’ jihadists
The African Union has said up to 6,000 Africans who fought for the so-called Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq…
Britons who join Islamic State should be hunted and killed: defence minister
World
December 7, 2017
Britons who join Islamic State should be hunted and killed: defence minister
Britons who have joined the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq should be hunted down and killed, Britain’s…
Turkish President says US moved IS militants from Raqqa to Egyptian desert
Egypt
December 6, 2017
Turkish President says US moved IS militants from Raqqa to Egyptian desert
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that militants of the Islamic State (IS) group who were based in its Syrian ‘capital’, Raqqa,…
Missing Yazidi women and children hiding in plain sight
Middle East
November 20, 2017
Missing Yazidi women and children hiding in plain sight
Almost half of the over 6,000 Yazidis kidnapped three years ago by the IS group have still not been found.…