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Politics & Power: New page being written in Middle East & world history has been likened to ‘fall of Berlin Wall’
Read full article: Politics & Power: New page being written in Middle East & world history has been likened to ‘fall of Berlin Wall’Political analyst Daniel Cronrath and News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton will discuss the ripple effects expected in the Middle East after the historic ouster of Syria's Bashar Assad that brought an end to his family's 50 years of brutal rule.
Here's how the US is countering the Islamic State group during Syria's upheaval
Read full article: Here's how the US is countering the Islamic State group during Syria's upheavalMassive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria are meant partly as a message to the group and a move to ensure that the insurgents don’t try to take advantage of the chaos following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government.
US airstrikes target multiple sites in Syria, killing up to 35 Islamic State militants
Read full article: US airstrikes target multiple sites in Syria, killing up to 35 Islamic State militantsU.S. Central Command says the U.S. military has struck a number of Islamic State group camps in central Syria, killing as many as 35 militants.
Iraqi forces kill Islamic State group commander and 8 other officials
Read full article: Iraqi forces kill Islamic State group commander and 8 other officialsIraq's prime minister says the Islamic State militant group’s leader in Iraq was killed in a military operation along with eight of the group’s other senior leaders.
German authorities arrest Libyan man suspected of planning attack on Israeli Embassy
Read full article: German authorities arrest Libyan man suspected of planning attack on Israeli EmbassyGerman authorities have arrested a Libyan national with suspected ties to the extremist Islamic State group who was allegedly planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin.
FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US
Read full article: FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the USThe FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S. That's according to a Justice Department announcement Tuesday.
IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year
Read full article: IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this yearThe Taliban say gunmen have killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan.
7 US troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead
Read full article: 7 US troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants deadThe United States military and Iraq have launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country’s western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American troops hurt.
Top UN official tells Security Council that Islamic State group, affiliates gaining power in Africa
Read full article: Top UN official tells Security Council that Islamic State group, affiliates gaining power in AfricaA top U.N. counterterrorism official has told the Security Council that a vast stretch of Africa could fall under the control of groups affiliated with the Islamic State group and affiliated terrorist groups.
Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows were inspired by Islamic State group, officials say
Read full article: Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows were inspired by Islamic State group, officials sayAustrian authorities say both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida.
Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary sentenced to life in prison for directing a terrorist group
Read full article: Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary sentenced to life in prison for directing a terrorist groupRadical British preacher Anjem Choudary has been sentenced to life in prison for directing a terrorist group.
With mosque attack in quiet Oman, a fragmented Islamic State group aims to show it can still strike
Read full article: With mosque attack in quiet Oman, a fragmented Islamic State group aims to show it can still strikeThis week's attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long spared militant violence.
In attack that shocks quiet Oman, gunmen kill 6 and wound dozens more at a Shiite mosque
Read full article: In attack that shocks quiet Oman, gunmen kill 6 and wound dozens more at a Shiite mosqueAuthorities in the Gulf Arab state of Oman say several gunmen burst into a Shiite mosque and opened fire, killing six people and wounding nearly 30 more.
Iraqi court sentences wife of slain Islamic State leader to death for crimes against Yazidi women
Read full article: Iraqi court sentences wife of slain Islamic State leader to death for crimes against Yazidi womenAn Iraqi court has issued a death sentence against one of the wives of the late brutal Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, alleging that she was complicit in crimes committed against Yazidi women captured by the militant group.
UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS
Read full article: UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of ISThe U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq.
Dagestan, in southern Russia, has a history of violence. Why does it keep happening?
Read full article: Dagestan, in southern Russia, has a history of violence. Why does it keep happening?Over the years, Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, located in the North Caucasus region, has been beset by extremist violence.
Russian forces storm a detention facility to rescue staff taken hostage, killing hostage-takers
Read full article: Russian forces storm a detention facility to rescue staff taken hostage, killing hostage-takersRussia's state-funded news channel RT has reported that security forces have stormed a detention center in the southern part of the country and killed inmates who had taken two staff members hostage.
Minnesota man who joined Islamic State group is sentenced to 10 years in prison
Read full article: Minnesota man who joined Islamic State group is sentenced to 10 years in prisonA Minnesota man who once fought for the Islamic State group in Syria after becoming radicalized expressed remorse and wept in court as he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
AP sources: 8 people with possible Islamic State ties arrested in US on immigration violations
Read full article: AP sources: 8 people with possible Islamic State ties arrested in US on immigration violationsEight individuals from Tajikistan with suspected ties to the Islamic State group have been arrested in the United States in recent days.
Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots
Read full article: Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riotsA Turkish court has sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 years in prison over deadly riots that broke out in 2014 after Islamic State group militants besieged the Syrian border town of Kobani.
US repatriates 11 citizens from notorious camp for relatives of Islamic State militants in Syria
Read full article: US repatriates 11 citizens from notorious camp for relatives of Islamic State militants in SyriaThe United States has repatriated 11 of its citizens from sprawling camps in northeastern Syria that house tens of thousands of family members of suspected Islamic State militants.
Sentencing postponed for Minnesota man who regrets joining Islamic State group
Read full article: Sentencing postponed for Minnesota man who regrets joining Islamic State groupA Minnesota man who once fought for the Islamic State group in Syria but now expresses remorse and has been cooperating with authorities will have to wait to learn how much prison time he faces.
Mali says it killed extremist commander who took part in one of worst attacks on US forces in Africa
Read full article: Mali says it killed extremist commander who took part in one of worst attacks on US forces in AfricaMali's army says a senior Islamic State group commander wanted in connection with one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. forces in Africa has been killed.
Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria
Read full article: Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central SyriaAn opposition war monitor and a pro-government media outlet say an attack on pro-government fighters by suspected members of the Islamic State group in central Syria killed 22 pro-government fighters.
Human rights group alleges widespread torture, abuse of detainees accused of IS affiliation in Syria
Read full article: Human rights group alleges widespread torture, abuse of detainees accused of IS affiliation in SyriaAmnesty International says it has documented widespread abuses, including torture and deprivation of medical care, in detention facilities holding thousands of suspected Islamic State members and their relatives in northeast Syria.
Man pleads not guilty to terrorism charge in alleged church attack plan in support of Islamic State
Read full article: Man pleads not guilty to terrorism charge in alleged church attack plan in support of Islamic StateAn 18-year-old man accused of planning to attack churches in a northern Idaho city in support of the Islamic State group has pleaded not guilty to a federal terrorism charge.
Idaho man faces federal terrorism charge. Prosecutors say he planned a church attack to support IS
Read full article: Idaho man faces federal terrorism charge. Prosecutors say he planned a church attack to support ISAuthorities say an 18-year-old man planned to attack churches in a northern Idaho city using a metal pipe, butane fuel, a machete and potentially his father’s guns.
The death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalized
Read full article: The death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalizedRussian authorities say that the death toll in last week’s Moscow concert hall attack has risen to 143.
Russian massacre suspects' homeland is plagued by poverty and religious strife
Read full article: Russian massacre suspects' homeland is plagued by poverty and religious strifeThe four men charged with the massacre at a Moscow theater have been identified by the Russian government as citizens of Tajikistan.
Putin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be found
Read full article: Putin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be foundRussian President Vladimir Putin has said that the gunmen who raided a suburban Moscow concert hall and killed 139 people were “radical Islamists.”.
Concert hall attack dents Putin's tough image. He tries to use it to rally support for Ukraine war
Read full article: Concert hall attack dents Putin's tough image. He tries to use it to rally support for Ukraine warThe attack on a Moscow-area concert hall that killed scores of people has dealt a major blow to President Vladimir Putin's image as a tough guy who is able to defend Russia from all threats.
What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow massacre
Read full article: What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow massacreAn Islamic State group affiliate has claimed responsibility for an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people.
US-backed Syrian force that defeated IS 5 years ago warns group still poses international threat
Read full article: US-backed Syrian force that defeated IS 5 years ago warns group still poses international threatThe U.S.-backed force that defeated the Islamic State group in Syria five years ago is warning that the extremists still pose grave dangers throughout the world.
Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine. Kyiv denies involvement
Read full article: Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine. Kyiv denies involvementThe suburban Moscow concert hall where gunmen opened fire on concertgoers was a blackened, smoldering ruin as the death toll in the attack surpassed 130 and Russian authorities arrested four suspects.
Biden to host Iraqi leader with talks underway on winding down coalition against the Islamic State
Read full article: Biden to host Iraqi leader with talks underway on winding down coalition against the Islamic StateThe White House says President Joe Biden plans to host Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani next month.
The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the Istanbul church attack that killed one person
Read full article: The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the Istanbul church attack that killed one personThe Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during Mass that killed one person.
US warned Iran that ISIS-K was preparing attack ahead of deadly Kerman blasts, a US official says
Read full article: US warned Iran that ISIS-K was preparing attack ahead of deadly Kerman blasts, a US official saysThe U.S. government privately warned Iran that the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan was preparing to carry out a terrorist attack before bombings in Kerman earlier this month killed 95 people.
A minibus explodes in Kabul, killing at least 2 civilians and wounding 14 others
Read full article: A minibus explodes in Kabul, killing at least 2 civilians and wounding 14 othersA Taliban official says a minibus has exploded in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others.
Iran mourns those slain in Islamic State-claimed suicide blasts as death toll rises to 89
Read full article: Iran mourns those slain in Islamic State-claimed suicide blasts as death toll rises to 89Iranian officials have tried to link Israel and the U.S. to an Islamic State group-claimed suicide bombing while speaking to a mass funeral for some of the 89 people killed in the attack.
Islamic State group claims responsibility for Iran suicide bombings killing at least 84 people
Read full article: Islamic State group claims responsibility for Iran suicide bombings killing at least 84 peopleThe Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings targeting a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 U.S. drone strike.
Airstrike in central Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader as regional tensions escalate
Read full article: Airstrike in central Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader as regional tensions escalateOfficials say an airstrike on the logistical support headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad has killed a high-ranking militia commander.
The FBI director warns about threats to Americans from those inspired by the Hamas attack on Israel
Read full article: The FBI director warns about threats to Americans from those inspired by the Hamas attack on IsraelFBI Director Christopher Wray is warning that Hamas’ rampage inside Israel could inspire violence in the U.S. He told lawmakers on Tuesday that multiple foreign extremist groups have called for attacks against Americans and the West in recent weeks.
The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza
Read full article: The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade GazaThe prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza’s dense urban neighborhoods is bringing back searing memories of the deadly battles the U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
Death toll from Pakistan bombing rises to 54 as suspicion falls on local Islamic State group chapter
Read full article: Death toll from Pakistan bombing rises to 54 as suspicion falls on local Islamic State group chapterThe death toll from a bombing in southwestern Pakistan as people celebrated the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday has risen to 54 after two wounded patients died in hospitals overnight.
Dozens dead after blast in southwestern Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet
Read full article: Dozens dead after blast in southwestern Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophetAuthorities in Pakistan say at least 52 people were killed and nearly 70 wounded after a suspected bomber blew himself up in a crowd of people celebrating the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday in the southwest of the country.
US military captures key Islamic State militant during helicopter raid in Syria
Read full article: US military captures key Islamic State militant during helicopter raid in SyriaThe U.S. military says it has captured an operator for the Islamic State extremist group during a helicopter raid in northern Syria.
Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats
Read full article: Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threatsIraq is stepping up repatriation of its citizens from a camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of people, mostly wives and children of Islamic State fighters but also supporters of the militant group.
US military calls for end of fighting in east Syria and warns it could lead to IS resurgence
Read full article: US military calls for end of fighting in east Syria and warns it could lead to IS resurgenceThe United States military called for an end to days of fighting between rival U.S.-backed groups in east Syria, warning it may help the resurgence of the Islamic State group.
Fighting in eastern Syria between US-backed fighters and Arab tribesmen kills 10
Read full article: Fighting in eastern Syria between US-backed fighters and Arab tribesmen kills 10Syrian opposition activists and pro-government media say Arab tribesmen have clashed with U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in several areas of eastern Syria, leaving at least 10 people dead and others wounded.
UN experts say Islamic State group almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in under a year
Read full article: UN experts say Islamic State group almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in under a yearIslamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in the West African country of Mali in less than a year.
Islamic State group still has thousands in Syria and Iraq and poses Afghan threat, UN experts say
Read full article: Islamic State group still has thousands in Syria and Iraq and poses Afghan threat, UN experts sayU.N. experts say the Islamic State group still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across its former stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its fighters pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today.
IS claims responsibility for an attack that killed 20 Syrian soldiers, and vows to keep fighting
Read full article: IS claims responsibility for an attack that killed 20 Syrian soldiers, and vows to keep fightingThe Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an ambush in eastern Syria that killed at least 20 government soldiers and wounded others.
Gunmen ambush a bus carrying Syrian soldiers, killing 20 in the country's east
Read full article: Gunmen ambush a bus carrying Syrian soldiers, killing 20 in the country's eastSyrian opposition activists say gunmen have ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the country’s east, killing at least 20 and wounding others.
Jury finds 6 people guilty of terrorist murder in 2016 Brussels extremist attacks that killed 32
Read full article: Jury finds 6 people guilty of terrorist murder in 2016 Brussels extremist attacks that killed 32Belgian media say a jury has found six people guilty of terrorist murder for extremist attacks in 2016 that killed 32 people.
UN expert decries the practice of taking boys from their mothers at detention camps in Syria
Read full article: UN expert decries the practice of taking boys from their mothers at detention camps in SyriaA U.N.-backed human rights advocate says hundreds of boys held in detention camps run by U.S.-backed forces in opposition-controlled northeastern Syria have been wrongly separated from their mothers on the “unproven” belief that they pose a security risk.
Netherlands and Belgium join international probe into crimes against Yazidis in Syria and Iraq
Read full article: Netherlands and Belgium join international probe into crimes against Yazidis in Syria and IraqThe European Union’s judicial cooperation agency says the Netherlands and Belgium have joined an international investigation into atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq.
US military says helicopter accident in northeastern Syria left 22 American troops injured
Read full article: US military says helicopter accident in northeastern Syria left 22 American troops injuredThe United States military says a helicopter accident in northeastern Syria over the weekend has left 22 U.S. service members injured to various degree.
Suicide bomb hits memorial service for Taliban official in northeast Afghanistan, killing 13 people
Read full article: Suicide bomb hits memorial service for Taliban official in northeast Afghanistan, killing 13 peopleA Taliban official says a bombing in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province killed at least 13 people during a memorial service.
UN investigators compiling evidence on chemical weapons use by Islamic State extremists in Iraq
Read full article: UN investigators compiling evidence on chemical weapons use by Islamic State extremists in IraqU.N. investigators are compiling evidence on the development and use of chemical weapons by Islamic State extremists in Iraq after they seized about a third of the country in 2014.
Teenagers from Islamic State families undergo rehabilitation in Syria, but future still uncertain
Read full article: Teenagers from Islamic State families undergo rehabilitation in Syria, but future still uncertainKurdish officials in northeast Syria have expanded a program to rehabilitate boys from the families of Islamic State group militants.
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
Read full article: Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airportU.S. officials say the Taliban have killed the Islamic State group militant who spearheaded the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
US military says senior IS commander killed in Syria
Read full article: US military says senior IS commander killed in SyriaThe United States military says a drone strike carried out by the U.S.-led coalition in northwestern Syria has killed a senior member of the Islamic State group who was in charge of planning attacks in Europe.
IS attacks on Syria truffle hunters are deadliest in a year
Read full article: IS attacks on Syria truffle hunters are deadliest in a yearIn recent days, the Islamic State group has carried out its deadliest attacks in more than year, killing dozens of civilians and security officers in the deserts of central Syria.
Ex-IS bride loses appeal to have her UK citizenship restored
Read full article: Ex-IS bride loses appeal to have her UK citizenship restoredA British woman whose U.K. citizenship was revoked after she traveled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group has lost an appeal in her fight to restore her citizenship.
Supreme Court weighs liability shield for internet giants
Read full article: Supreme Court weighs liability shield for internet giantsA lawsuit against YouTube from the family of an American college student who was killed by Islamic State gunmen in Paris in 2015 is at the center of a closely watched Supreme Court case being argued Tuesday.
Vienna court convicts 2020 gunman's alleged helpers
Read full article: Vienna court convicts 2020 gunman's alleged helpersAn Austrian court has convicted four men of terrorist offenses and participation in murder over their alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting in Vienna in 2020.
Libya: Mass grave with 18 bodies found in ex-IS stronghold
Read full article: Libya: Mass grave with 18 bodies found in ex-IS strongholdLibyan authorities say they have found 18 bodies buried in a mass grave in the central coastal city of Sirte, a former stronghold of the Islamic State group in the conflict-stricken North African nation.
8 in France convicted of roles in Bastille Day truck attack
Read full article: 8 in France convicted of roles in Bastille Day truck attackA French court has convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.
China urges citizens to leave Afghanistan after Kabul attack
Read full article: China urges citizens to leave Afghanistan after Kabul attackChina has advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country “as soon as possible,” following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants the previous day on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul.
EXPLAINER: What's at stake in Turkey's new Syria escalation
Read full article: EXPLAINER: What's at stake in Turkey's new Syria escalationKurdish forces and international players — after weeks of deadly Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria — are trying to gauge whether Ankara’s threats of a ground invasion are serious.
Syrian rebels did not know Iraqi militant killed was IS head
Read full article: Syrian rebels did not know Iraqi militant killed was IS headSyrian opposition activists and state media apparently did not know that an Iraqi militant who was killed in October in southern Syria was the leader of the Islamic State group.
Officials: IS militants kill 4 Iraqi soldiers in northwest
Read full article: Officials: IS militants kill 4 Iraqi soldiers in northwestSecurity sources and a local government official say Islamic State group militants attacked an Iraqi army position in the northwestern governorate of Kirkuk killing four soldiers.
Bodies of 2 girls found in Syria camp housing IS families
Read full article: Bodies of 2 girls found in Syria camp housing IS familiesA Syrian opposition war monitor and a local officials say the beheaded bodies of two Egyptian girls were found in a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group.
17 Australian women, children return from Syrian camp
Read full article: 17 Australian women, children return from Syrian campAustralia says four women and their 13 children who were held in a Syrian camp since the Islamic State group fell in 2019 have become only the second group of Australians to be repatriated from the war-torn country.
France's ex-president: Bastille Day attack was "terror act"
Read full article: France's ex-president: Bastille Day attack was "terror act"Former French President François Hollande has told a special terrorism court in Paris that the man who drove a truck into a crowded boardwalk in Nice on Bastille Day six years ago was responsible for “a terrorist act.”.
US kills 3 Islamic State leaders in 2 Syria operations
Read full article: US kills 3 Islamic State leaders in 2 Syria operationsU.S. officials say U.S. forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations in Syria Thursday, including a rare ground raid in a portion of the northeast that is controlled by the Syrian regime.
Death toll in last week's Kabul school blast climbs to 52
Read full article: Death toll in last week's Kabul school blast climbs to 52A tally compiled by The Associated Press shows that last week’s suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as many as 52 people, more than double the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials.
Alleged member of IS 'Beatles' charged in UK with terrorism
Read full article: Alleged member of IS 'Beatles' charged in UK with terrorismAn alleged member of an Islamic State hostage-taking cell nicknamed “The Beatles” has been charged with terrorism offenses in Britain on Thursday after being deported from Turkey.
Lone surviving attacker in Paris massacre guilty of murder
Read full article: Lone surviving attacker in Paris massacre guilty of murderThe only surviving attacker from the 2015 terrorist massacre at the Bataclan theater and other sites in Paris has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.