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US-led coalition to meet on IS as suicide bomb kills 37
Middle East
June 2, 2015
US-led coalition to meet on IS as suicide bomb kills 37
US-led coalition members carrying out air raids against the Islamic State group were preparing to meet on Tuesday after a…
UPDATE: Islamic State suicide attack kills 38 Iraqi policemen
Middle East
June 1, 2015
UPDATE: Islamic State suicide attack kills 38 Iraqi policemen
Islamic State militants drove a tank rigged with explosives into a base south of the Iraqi city of Samarra on…
Official: Suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State in western Libyan city kills five
Middle East
June 1, 2015
Official: Suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State in western Libyan city kills five
ive people were killed and eight wounded in a suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State outside the Libyan city of…
Islamic State pushes back rival Syria insurgents near Turkey
Middle East
May 31, 2015
Islamic State pushes back rival Syria insurgents near Turkey
Islamic State fighters advanced against rival insurgents in northern Syria on Sunday, capturing areas close to a border crossing with…
Tripoli govt: IS seizes control of airport in Libya’s Sirte
Middle East
May 29, 2015
Tripoli govt: IS seizes control of airport in Libya’s Sirte
The Islamic State jihadist group has seized control of the airport in the city of Sirte after forces of a…
Islamic State photos purport to show unharmed Palmyra ruins
Middle East
May 28, 2015
Islamic State photos purport to show unharmed Palmyra ruins
Islamic State posted photographs online which it said were taken in the central Syrian city of Palmyra and appeared to…
Iraqi Shi’ite militia claim leadership of campaign against Islamic State
Middle East
May 26, 2015
Iraqi Shi’ite militia claim leadership of campaign against Islamic State
Iraq's Shi'ite militia announced on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western…
Islamic State faces battle in Iraq, bombs in Syria
Middle East
May 25, 2015
Islamic State faces battle in Iraq, bombs in Syria
Islamic State poured more fighters into Ramadi as security forces and Shi'ite paramilitaries prepared to retake the Iraqi city that…
CNN Interview: Jordan’s King Abdullah on Jordan’s economy, ISIS threat
Middle East
May 25, 2015
CNN Interview: Jordan’s King Abdullah on Jordan’s economy, ISIS threat
CNN’s John Defterios interviewed King Abdullah of Jordan today in Amman.
Iraq regains ground from Islamic State; mass deaths reported in Palmyra
Middle East
May 25, 2015
Iraq regains ground from Islamic State; mass deaths reported in Palmyra
Iraqi forces recaptured territory from advancing Islamic State militants near the recently-fallen city of Ramadi on Sunday, while in Syria…