Tag: Islamic State
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Planes carrying 19 Australians linked to the Islamic State land in Melbourne and Sydney
Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria landed in Melbourne and Sydney yesterday, despite Australia’s government warning ... -
Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow
As the rest of the world rushes to harness the power of artificial intelligence, militant groups also are experimenting with the technology, even if they aren’t ... -
Islamic State | Creating a nation of fear
When the Islamic State fighters burst into the Iraqi village of Eski Mosul, Sheikh Abdullah Ibrahim knew his wife was in trouble. Buthaina Ibrahim was an outspoken human rights ... -
ISLAMIC STATE OFFENSIVE | Syrian rights groups call on world to save Kobani
Several Syrian human rights groups called on the world to save the embattled Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani from falling into the hands of the Islamic ... -
ISLAMIC STATE OFFENSIVE | Turkish troops head to Syria border as options weighed
Turkey sent busloads of troops to its border with Syria and considered military options as an Islamic State onslaught against Syrian Kurds drew Turkey deeper into ... -
US AIRSTRIKES | Obama: US ‘underestimated’ Islamic State threat
President Barack Obama acknowledged that U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated the threat from Islamic State militants in the Middle East and overestimated the ability and will of ... -
US AIRSTRIKES | ISIS oil sites hit in Syria
U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group overnight and early yesterday, killing nearly 20 people as the militants released ... -
JORDAN | Court acquits radical cleric Abu Qatada of terrorism charges
A Jordanian court yesterday acquitted radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada — known for his fiery pro-al-Qaida speeches — of involvement in a plot to target Israeli ... -
KHORASAN GROUP | Obama opens a new front against al-Qaida
The U.S. decision to strike the Khorasan Group to stop a possible terror attack represents a significant expansion of the largely secret war against core al-Qaida, ... -
AUSTRALIA | Abbott warns jihadists they face prison
Australia’s prime minister warned yesterday that Australians who fight with the Islamic State group in the Middle East will be “jailed for a very long time” ... -
US, Arab allies hit IS strongholds in Syria, Iraq
Combined U.S.-Arab airstrikes hit Islamic State group military strongholds in Syria and Iraq, and a simultaneous U.S. strike targeted an al-Qaida cell said to be plotting ... -
TURKEY | Some 130,000 Syrian refugees flee IS
Some 130,000 Syrian refugees have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants, Turkey’s deputy prime minister said yesterday, ... -
UK | Wife of latest hostage issues plea to militants
The wife of a British aid worker held hostage by the Islamic State group has issued a statement pleading for the militants to release him and ... -
INDONESIA | 4 suspected militants are China Uighurs
Four suspected Islamic militants arrested in Indonesia over the weekend are members of China’s ethnic Uighur minority community and were trying to meet Indonesia’s most wanted extremist, authorities ... -
ISLAMIC STATE TERRORISM | Beheading spurs coalition conference
Newly outraged by the beheading of yet another Western hostage, diplomats from around the world are in Paris pressing for a coherent global strategy to combat ... -
ANALYSIS | Islamic State group’s war chest is growing daily
Islamic State militants, who once relied on wealthy Persian Gulf donors for money, have become a self-sustaining financial juggernaut, earning more than USD3 million a ... -
USA | Obama relying on Mideast allies to counter Islamic State
President Barack Obama is relying on Middle East allies including Saudi Arabia as linchpins in escalating the offensive against Islamic State extremists with airstrikes on both ... -
USA | Obama outlining mission to fight Islamic militants
President Barack Obama plans to outline in an address to Americans an expanded military and political effort to combat Islamic militants in Syria and Iraq, and ... -
IRAQ | Germany sends 16,000 rifles to stem Islamic State
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is sending 16,000 assault rifles, plus anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles, to Iraqi Kurds fighting Islamic State militants, lifting a German taboo ... -
UN diplomats examine Islamic State alleged crimes
Iraq’s government asked the U.N.’s top human rights body yesterday to investigate alleged crimes against civilians committed by the Islamic State group in its rampage across ... -
TERRORISM | Report: Islamic State attracting SE Asian fighters
Islamic State is attracting a growing number of militants from Southeast Asia to fight in Iraq and Syria, raising the risk they will return to ... -
IRAQ | INTERVENTION: Thwarting Islamic State militants a ‘long-term project’
President Barack Obama justified the U.S. military’s return to fighting in Iraq Saturday by saying America must act now to prevent genocide, protect its diplomats and provide ...
