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Isis faces major assaults on two fronts in Iraq, Syria
This could prove to be some of the biggest operations to roll back Isis’s caliphate since they proclaimed it.
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Iraqi army storms to edge of Islamic State-held Falluja
A Reuters TV crew about 1.5 km from the city’s edge said explosions & gunfire were ripping through Naimiya.
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Brother of Paris attacker on trial over militant training
Karim Mohamed-Aggad is among 7 who face up to 10 years for taking part in an Islamist recruitment network.
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Clashes between Isis, Syria rebels kill dozens near Turkey
Islamic State militants have kept up an offensive that has led to rapid territorial gains…
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‘Islamic State has Euro 2016 in its sights’
Germany's domestic intelligence agency says Isis militants have the football tournament in their sights.
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Kenya police arrest 2 for planning Islamic State-linked attack
The country has faced a series of attacks in the past few years in which hundreds have died.
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US-backed Syrian alliance launches new attack near Isis capital
There has been no indication of when a full assault on Raqqa city might take place.
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Australian police raid properties connected to Islamic State sailing group
Australian counter-terrorism police carried out raids across Melbourne yesterday.
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Islamic State on the defensive, territory shrinking in Syria & Iraq
Isis controls the cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, and is proving a potent threat abroad.
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Turkish shelling, coalition air strike kills 45 IS militants in Syria
Turkish military and US-led coalition forces killed 45 Islamic State militants in shelling and an air strike.
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Western Libyan forces prepare attack on Islamic State stronghold
The operations room was set up by a UN-backed unity government, which arrived in Tripoli at the end of March.
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Senior Islamic State official in Iraq killed in air strike
The strike on 6 May killed Abu Wahib, the Islamic State’s chief military official in the Anbar province.
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Al-Qaeda chief tells jihadist fighters in Syria: Unite or die
Ayman al-Zawahri urged rival jihadist fighters in Syria to unite or risk death.
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Isis hackers threaten to leak secret British military information
A group calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division has threatened to leak secret intelligence.
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Obama plans 250 more US troops for Syria
The deployment, which will increase US forces to 300, aims to accelerate recent gains against Islamic State.
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French defence minister: Islamic State can be eradicated
The minister says the conditions necessary to eradicate Isis in Syria & Iraq are coming together.
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Syrian peace talks in quagmire as rebels prepare for more war
The truce was brokered by the US and Russia to pave the way for the first peace talks attended by rebels.
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US to send more troops to Iraq to tackle Islamic State
US defence officials have said Washington will deploy about 200 additional troops.
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Turkey strikes Islamic State in Syria after attacks on border town
The town is home to an estimated 110,000 Syrian refugees & is frequently targeted by artillery.
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Islamic State losing more ground in Iraq
One major worry, not enough money is being committed to rebuild the devastated provincial capital of Ramadi.
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Isis cell in #BrusselsAttacks originally planned new attack on France
Members of the group had already been involved in November’s atrocity which left 130 people dead in Paris.
