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Sweden tries sole surviving jihadist over Jordan pilot burnt to death
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» STOCKHOLM — A jihadist, jailed over the Paris and Brussels attacks in 2015 and 2016, goes on trial in Stockholm on Wednesday for his role in the 2014 capture and subsequent killing of a Jordanian pilot burned alive in Syria.
Irish court finds ex-soldier Lisa Smith guilty of joining IS
AFP, Published on 31/05/2022
» DUBLIN - Three judges at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Monday found former soldier Lisa Smith guilty of joining the so-called Islamic State group in Syria.
When war comes for our museums and heritage
News, Published on 23/05/2022
» Protecting cultural heritage during crises and wars is a big challenge, especially if conflict erupts suddenly and consumes a country with violence.
Islamic State leader believed dead in US military assault
Associated Press, Published on 27/10/2019
» WASHINGTON: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is believed dead after being targeted by a US military raid in Syria.
US 'Big Story of 2017' - with 9 runners-up
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2017
» NEW YORK: The wave of sexual misconduct allegations that toppled Hollywood power brokers, politicians, media icons and many others was the top news story of 2017, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of US editors and news directors.
9,000-plus died in battle with Islamic State for Mosul
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» MOSUL, Iraq: The price Mosul's residents paid in blood to see their city freed was between 9,000 and 11,000 dead, a civilian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than what has been previously reported. The number killed in the 9-month battle to liberate the city from the Islamic State marauders has not been acknowledged by the US-led coalition, the Iraqi government or the self-styled caliphate.
The rise of Islamic State: Is it over?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 15/12/2017
» Late last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin met the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Syria, allegedly to discuss a final peace settlement in the Syrian civil war. On Monday he was in Syria to announce a partial withdrawal of Russian troops from the country because they had inflicted a "total rout" on the jihadist militants of the Islamic State (IS). Is the war really over?
PM declares Iraq 'liberated' from IS
Published on 09/12/2017
» BAGHDAD: Iraq's prime minister has declared his country "liberated" from Islamic State and the terror group "evicted" after three years of brutal conflict.
Last IS-held town in Iraq falls
Published on 17/11/2017
» BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces on Friday retook the last town in the country held by the Islamic State group, more than three years after the militants stormed into nearly a third of Iraqi territory, a Defence Ministry spokesman said.
NY attack part of a 'leaderless jihad'
News, Published on 03/11/2017
» On Tuesday, a driver rammed a pickup truck through a crowded bike path in New York City, killing eight people and injuring 12 before he was shot by police.