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IS video vows to 'shed blood like rivers' in China
Uighur fighter issued threat against China just before executing alleged informant
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Alliance of convenience among terror outfits in Pakistan matter of concern for US: Gen Nicholson
Commander says al Qaeda and Islamic State have transnational ambitions
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To secure Mosul, Iraq army makes desert push with US help
A division’s commander says the fight is not an easy one
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Saudi king to work with Indonesia to combat IS: envoy
Ambassador says Saudi Arabia and Indonesia will exchange data, experience on Islamic State
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Australia man arrested on charges of helping Islamic State develop missile technology
The man had been advising the militant group on how to develop the technical capability to detect guided missiles
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German police search Berlin properties linked to mosque visited by attacker
Tunisian asylum seeker who killed 12 people in a Christmas market in December
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Bangladesh militants to hang for Japanese farmer's murder
Four of the sentenced were present in the court amid heavy security but one defendant was sentenced in absentia
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Natural sinkhole transformed into 'place of death' by IS in Iraq
Victims judged guilty for their association with the Iraqi state were executed at site, says eyewitness
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Indonesian police say bomber 'possibly' linked to Islamic State network
There were no reports of injuries from the explosion near a government office in the West Java city
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Iraqi forces push deeper into western Mosul as civilians flee
The new offensive comes after government forces and allies finished clearing Islamic State from eastern Mosul
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Iraqi forces push into first districts of western Mosul
Military says counter-terrorism forces manage to fully control the Ghozlani army base on Friday
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Two Turkish soldiers killed in Al-Bab attack
The attack comes hours after a suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels outside the Syrian town
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Islamic State car blast kills dozens in northwest Syria
The blast hit a security checkpoint, killing 41 people including 35 civilians
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Pentagon plan to defeat Islamic State to look beyond Iraq, Syria
Says US military estimates that Islamic State has drawn 45,000 foreign fighters from over 100 nations around the world
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Two Da'ish militants killed in Manghopir raid, police claim
Suspects allegedly involved in murder of DSP Faiz Ali Shigri
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Another spate of terrorism
There is little doubt that these attacks originated from, and were controlled by, handlers from across our borders
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Iraqi security forces storm Mosul airport, military base
Forces started a major operation early this morning to dislodge Islamic State terrorists
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Iraq forces attack Islamic State-held Mosul airport
They started closing in on the airport four days ago
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Ex-Iraqi soldier tried in German court for taking photo with beheaded IS militant
According to prosecutors, he posed for photo to 'humiliate dead' and is liable for two counts of war crimes
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Turkey detains 35 suspected Islamic State members in Istanbul
Police carried out simultaneous raids in 41 locations across the city
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British Islamic State bomber was ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee: report
He was arrested by US troops in early 2002 and sent to Guantanamo, where he experienced degrading treatment
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Trump critic McCain meets Saudi king
Visit comes two days before a new round of UN-brokered talks in Geneva aimed at ending six years of fighting
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Islamic State claims suicide attack by British bomber near Mosul
Statement did not say when the bombing occurred
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Islamic State rapes, tortures Sunni Arab women too: HRW
Hanan, 26, says she was raped every day for a month without a blindfold, always in front of her children
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Iraq launches offensive on last Islamic State stronghold in Mosul
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announces the start of the offensive in the northern city
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Turkey detains 26 people after car bomb blamed on PKK
The explosion struck the district of Viransehir on Friday night, killing a 10-year-old and a neighbourhood watch guard
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US-led coalition says IS command centre destroyed in Mosul medical complex
The strike followed reports militants are storing weapons in hospitals, schools, mosques and churches
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Red Cross urges release of two staff abducted in Afghanistan
The attacks underscore how aid workers in the country have increasingly become casualties
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'A' For Apple, 'B' For Bomb: In Mosul orphanage, IS groomed child soldiers
As the weeks pass they appear to absorb the group's ultra-hardline ideology
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Over 100 militants killed in nationwide security crackdown following Sehwan blast
Number of terrorists also apprehended, says ISPR
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Huge Baghdad car bomb kills at least 52
Global terror group Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack
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72 dead as suicide bomber strikes inside Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan
Bomber struck inside the compound, where a large number of devotees were performing dhamal; IS claims responsibility
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Displaced people of Syria's ‘beehive’ villages dream of return
The plight of Syria's rural districts has received less attention than that of its bomb-shattered cities
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Turkey arrests Frenchman suspected of helping plan New Year nightclub attack
Islamic State claimed the nightclub attack and said it was revenge for Turkish intervention in Syria
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Rebel groups clash in north-west Syria
Groups like Jund al-Aqsa and Fateh al-Sham fell out despite having previously aligned with each other
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Erdogan says Turkish army close to taking Islamic State-held town
The last round of talks in Astana was sponsored by regime allies Russia and Iran, along with Turkey, and Russia
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Erdogan says Turkish operation in Syria will continue to Raqqa
Turkey has long advocated a "safe zone" for civilians in northern Syria cleared of Islamic State
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Iran says holds eight foreigners planning attacks
Iranian security forces have repeatedly announced arrests of Islamic State fighters and sympathizers
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Iran allowing Syria-bound Russian planes to use airspace
Russian move to abruptly halt the deployment was criticised by both the US and Iranian lawmakers
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IS executes five Egyptians accused of aiding army
In October 2015, IS claimed the downing of a plane carrying Russian tourists home
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Syrian Arab women battle IS, social stigma
Syrian Kurds and Arabs have been fighting IS since late 2015, with air support and other backing from US-led coalition
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Islamic State-linked group claims rocket attack on Israeli resort
Sinai province group says it fired ‘a number of Grad rockets against gatherings of Zionist occupiers’
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Turkey detains some 400 Islamic State suspects in nationwide raids: reports
The operation around the country saw suspects detained from Sanliurfa, Ankara and Bursa
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Yemen tribesmen kill 13 Qaeda fighters
The militants had reemerged during the night and sought to take control of public buildings
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Sold by Islamic State, bought by strangers: Yazidi child reunited with family
A video clip of the moment they were parted shows Ayman clinging to Umm Ahmed and crying
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Saudi soldier killed in Yemen border shootout
The gun battle came as forces loyal to Yemeni President pressed an assault against the rebels
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Indonesian women seeking to become IS suicide bombers: study
Increasing female involvement is linked to the appeal of IS but also to the growing sophistication of social media
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Turkey tourism income slumps after attacks, coup
In 2016 income from tourism fell by 29.7 percent compared to the previous year.
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Iraq parliament votes in favour of travel ban on US
Parliament calls for 'responding in kind' if the American side does not withdraw its decision
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Clashes on Yemen west coast claim over 100 lives
Bodies of 19 dead soldiers were taken to the southern port city of Aden