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Iraq
Obama envoy sees long road ahead in war with Islamic State
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Islamic State beheads another Brit, threatens American aid worker
The Islamic State carried through on its threat to execute British aid worker Alan Henning, and said former US Army Ranger Peter Edward Kassig is next.
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Islamic State releases pictures of training camp in Kirkuk
The Islamic State operates training camps in Kirkuk and Ninewa province in Iraq, and Raqqah, Abu Kamal, Dier al Zour, Hasakah, and Manjib in Syria.
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Islamic State
PKK leader Ocalan threatens to end peace talks with Turkey if Islamic State massacres Kurds
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Iraq
In war on Islamic State, what would victory look like?
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Islamic State
Iraqi Kurds fight ISIS with aged weapons
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Iraq
Pope Convenes Mideast Envoys Amid Islamic State Threat
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Iraq
Pamphlet argues Baghdadi’s legitimacy as head of caliphate
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Australia
Tony Abbott ready for Australia to join fight against Islamic State despite measured response
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Christians
Inside Islamic State: Sex slaves, child fighters, mass executions
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Chechen unit from Islamic State reportedly fighting at Kobane
Omar al Shishani’s Al Aqsa Brigade is often spearheading the Islamic State’s advance in key areas of Syria.
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Islamic State seizes Hit, assaults Iraqi military headquarters in Anbar
The Islamic State raised the black flag of jihad in Hit and attacked military headquarters in Ramadi and at Al Asad Airbase in the latest phase of its offensive to consolidate control of Anbar province.
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Iraq
Islamic State committing ‘staggering’ crimes in Iraq: UN report
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Pro-al Qaeda ideologues propose truce between Islamic State, rivals
Jihadist ideologues, including several who have backed al Qaeda against the Islamic State, have proposed a truce between the rival factions in Syria. The initiative is similar to the calls made by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, both of which have urged the jihadists to unite against the “Crusader” West.
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Belgium
Europe Tries to Stop Flow of Citizens Joining Jihad
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian rebels unhappy with coalition airstrikes
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Islamic State
Are Turkish troops trapped at Syrian tomb?
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CIA
US civilian casualty standard eased in Iraq, Syria
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Iraq
Border crisis: Refugees leave everything behind to flee the Islamic State
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Islamic State advances near Kobane
The two-week-old offensive is reaching closer to the Kurdish city of Kobane in northern Syria.
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Iraq
Political temperature rises in Baghdad amid Islamic State threat
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Afghanistan
EU antiterrorism chief Gilles de Kerchove on IS threat
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AQAP official calls on rival factions in Syria to unite against West
Nasser bin Ali al Ansi, an AQAP leader, is featured in a new video calling on rival jihadists in Iraq and Syria to unite against their common enemies. Al Ansi says the jihadists should form a “coalition” to strike America.
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CIA
Balkans launch fight against jihadist recruitment
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Iraq
Islamic State selling Iraq’s artifacts in black market: UNESCO
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Al Nusrah Front
Will Lebanon swap prisoners with Islamic State, Al Nusrah?
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Islamic State
Jordan on high alert for possible IS retaliation
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Iraq
Special Report: Islamic State uses grain to tighten grip in Iraq
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Austria
Schoolgirl jihadis: the female Islamists leaving home to join Islamic State fighters
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Islamic State photos detail rout of Iraqi Army at Camp Saqlawiya
The Islamic State seized or destroyed at least one M1 Abrams tank, four M113 armored personnel carriers, 15 Iraqi Army Humvees, a BMP infantry fighting vehicle, and other trucks.
