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Syria: Deadly IS blast rocks Kurdish city of Qamishli
Июль 27, 2016
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Syria: Deadly IS blast rocks Kurdish city of Qamishli

Forty-four people have been killed in a massive bombing in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in north-east Syria, Syrian state TV reports. The blast was caused by a truck bomb which struck near a Kurdish security headquarters, according to a UK-based monitoring group. So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind...

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Ansbach explosion: Bomber pledged allegiance to IS
Июль 26, 2016
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Ansbach explosion: Bomber pledged allegiance to IS

The Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday made a video pledging allegiance to the leader of so-called Islamic State, Bavarian authorities say. The man threatened a "revenge attack" on Germans in the video, they said. Germany's federal prosecutor's office has taken on the case due to...

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France church attack: Priest killed by two ‘IS soldiers’
Июль 26, 2016
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France church attack: Priest killed by two ‘IS soldiers’

A priest has been killed in an attack by two armed men on his church in a suburb of Rouen in northern France. The attackers entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during Mass, taking the priest, Fr Jacques Hamel, 84, and four other people hostage. Police later surrounded the church and French TV said shots were fired....

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Ansbach explosion: Bomber pledged allegiance to IS
Июль 26, 2016
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Ansbach explosion: Bomber pledged allegiance to IS

The Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday made a video pledging allegiance to the leader of so-called Islamic State, Bavaria's interior minister says. Joachim Hermann said two phones, multiple SIM cards and a laptop were found with the body of the 27-year-old asylum seeker or at his accommodation....

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Californian Who Tried Joining Islamic State Faces Sentencing
Июль 25, 2016
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Californian Who Tried Joining Islamic State Faces Sentencing

A California man who aspired to join the Islamic State group in Syria and lied to get a replacement American passport to head overseas could face two decades in prison Monday when he is set to be sentenced. Federal prosecutors are seeking a 20-year prison term for Adam Dandach, who pleaded guilty last year to attempting to...

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Kabul IS blast: Afghan capital buries victims of huge bombing
Июль 25, 2016
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Kabul IS blast: Afghan capital buries victims of huge bombing

Funerals have taken place in Kabul for victims of Saturday's suicide bomb attack claimed by so-called Islamic State (IS), which killed 80 people. Bodies were still being collected from morgues as the first burials were conducted in the west of the city. The bomber targeted a protest march by members of the Hazara minority,...

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IS Attack on Afghan Protest Kills at Least 80, Wounds 231
Июль 23, 2016
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IS Attack on Afghan Protest Kills at Least 80, Wounds 231

At least 80 people were killed and another 231 wounded in the Afghan capital on Saturday, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators, officials and witnesses said. In a statement issued by its news agency, Aamaq, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the...

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IS Group Claims Responsibility for Train Attack in Germany
Июль 19, 2016
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IS Group Claims Responsibility for Train Attack in Germany

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for an ax-and-knife attack on a German train that left at least five people injured, but authorities said it appears the 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who was shot and killed by police as he fled the scene appears to have self-radicalized and had no direct link to the...

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Syria conflict: Rebels launch attack in divided Aleppo
Июль 11, 2016
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Syria conflict: Rebels launch attack in divided Aleppo

Syrian rebel fighters have launched an assault on government-held districts of Aleppo, after troops cut their only route into the divided northern city. The rebel operation began at dawn on several fronts, with hundreds of shells being fired at western areas. State media said eight people were killed and dozens hurt by the...

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Iraq shrine attack: IS kills dozens in Balad
Июль 09, 2016
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Iraq shrine attack: IS kills dozens in Balad

Suicide bombers and gunmen have killed at least 35 people in an attack by so-called Islamic State (IS) at a Shia shrine in the Iraqi town of Balad. At least one bomber blew himself up outside the mausoleum of Sayid Mohammed bin Ali al-Hadi, which was then stormed by gunmen, reports say. Another bomber is said to have blown...

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Ex–National Guard Member Charged With Plotting to Help ISIS
Июль 05, 2016
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Ex–National Guard Member Charged With Plotting to Help ISIS

A former National Guard soldier has been charged with plotting to help ISIS and contemplating a Fort Hood–style attack against the U.S. military. Mohamed Jalloh, 26, of Sterling, Virginia, is expected to make an initial appearance Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Alexandria. Court records made public Tuesday indicate...

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Iraq takes ‘last IS bastion in Falluja’
Июнь 26, 2016
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Iraq takes ‘last IS bastion in Falluja’

The Iraqi army says it has seized the last strongholds of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in the city of Falluja. The head of the counterterrorism forces in the operation, Lt Gen Abdul-Wahad al-Saadi, said his troops had entered the northwestern Golan neighbourhood, the last area still under IS control. The city was...

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