Tags (19) : Islamic State jihadist group

Libya pro-govt forces attack last IS bastion in Sirte

Libya pro-govt forces attack last IS bastion in Sirte
Mahmud Turkia | 09/03/2016 | Politics
SIRTE, LIBYA, Mahmud Turkia- Forces loyal to Libya's unity government launched a new attack Saturday on diehards of the Islamic State jihadist group pinned down in the coastal city of Sirte. Backed by weeks of US air strikes, fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) have recaptured...
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US anti-IS envoy visits Kurdish, Arab fighters in Syria: sources

US anti-IS envoy visits Kurdish, Arab fighters in Syria: sources
AFP | 02/01/2016 | Politics
QAMISHLI, SYRIA- A delegation including senior US diplomat Brett McGurk met members of a Kurd-Arab alliance fighting the Islamic State jihadist group inside Syria, Kurdish sources said Sunday. The weekend visit to the war-torn country -- confirmed by a US official -- appeared to be the first by a...
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Tunisia loses third of tourism revenue over IS attacks

Tunisia loses third of tourism revenue over IS attacks
AFP | 01/29/2016 | News
TUNIS, TUNISIA- Tunisia lost more than a third of its tourism revenues last year after attacks targeting the vital sector claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, official figures showed Thursday. Two IS attacks last year killed 59 foreign tourists, badly shaking an industry that accounts for...
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Paris attacks show Syria war cannot be contained

Paris attacks show Syria war cannot be contained
Dave Clark | 11/15/2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Dave Clark- The murderous attacks on French civilians enjoying a night out in Paris were proof, were any needed, that the war in Syria and Iraq will not be contained there. The deaths and the propaganda victory from the Islamic State jihadist group will intensify pressure...
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IS executes 10 people accused of being gay in Syria

AFP | 09/21/2015 | News
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State jihadist group executed nine men and a boy it accused of being gay in central and northern Syria on Monday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the jihadists shot dead seven men in Rastan, a town in Homs province of central Syria,...
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US air strike kills 'IS number two': White House

US air strike kills 'IS number two': White House
AFP | 08/22/2015 | News
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The second-in-command of the Islamic State jihadist group has been killed in a US air strike in northern Iraq, the White House said Friday. The National Security Council identified the slain militant as Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Haji Mutaz, and said he was IS...
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Anti-IS coalition pledges 'no ransoms' for hostages

Anti-IS coalition pledges 'no ransoms' for hostages
AFP | 05/15/2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Members of a US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State jihadist group Thursday vowed to stick by global resolutions to refuse to pay ransoms for citizens held hostage by militants, US officials said. The pledge to abide by UN Security Council resolutions came after some...
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Inmates flee Iraq prison in break-out claimed by IS

Inmates flee Iraq prison in break-out claimed by IS
AFP | 05/10/2015 | Politics
BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Dozens of people were killed and 40 inmates escaped in a bloody prison break north of the Iraqi capital for which the Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility on Saturday. The interior ministry said six guards and 30 detainees were killed Friday while 40 inmates escaped...
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Lebanon forces arrest IS-linked cleric: security source

Lebanon forces arrest IS-linked cleric: security source
AFP | 05/04/2015 | Politics
TRIPOLI, LEBANON- Security forces on Sunday arrested a Lebanese man accused of being a cleric and recruiting agent for the extremist Islamic State jihadist group, a security source told AFP. "Ibrahim al-Barakat was arrested early on Sunday and is accused of being a religious jurist for Daesh in the...
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