Somalia Al-Shabab: African Union Base Under Attack
Islamist militants have launched a gun and bomb attack on an African Union (AU) peacekeeper base in Somalia. Al Shabab ...
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Bomb Explodes Outside Somali Presidency
Two large explosions in Somalia’s capital city Mogadishu have killed at least 18 people and injured dozens. One attack took ...
Squeezed In Raqa, IS Jihadists Ramp Up Counter-Attacks
As Islamic State group fighters steadily lose chunks of their Syrian bastion Raqa to a US-backed force, the jihadists are ...
US-Backed Syria Force Ousts IS From Half of Raqa
A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said Wednesday, ...
Air Strikes Pummel Syria’s Raqa As US-Backed Forces Advance On IS
Heavy bombardment and fierce fighting shook the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa on Monday, as US-backed forces said they ...
West Mosul Residents Start Mammoth Task of Rebuilding
Near Mosul's war-ravaged historic heart, Maher Al-Nejmawi watches a worker repainting his long-abandoned stall. Residents of Iraq's second city are ...
Egypt Holds Funerals For At Least 21 Soldiers Killed In Sinai
Egypt held funerals on Saturday for at least 21 soldiers killed in an attack by the Islamic State group in ...
Mosul Becomes ‘graveyard’ For Foreign Jihadists
The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic ...
Anti-IS Forces Struggle To Gain Ground In Raqa
US-backed forces struggled to gain ground against the Islamic State group in Syria's Raqa on Friday, facing a wave of ...
US-Backed Forces In New Attack On IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-backed fighters have launched a renewed attack on Islamic State group jihadists inside their Syrian bastion Raqa, seeking to retake ...
Iraqi Rescuers In Perilous Search For Mosul Missing
With snipers lurking on rooftops and bombs hidden in the rubble, rescue workers are risking their lives in a desperate ...
Children Lead the Way As Raqa Families Escape Jihadists
Trapped in their homes in Raqa and running out of supplies, Ahmad Shaabu, his family and their neighbours were increasingly ...
Iraqis Hunt For Their Cars In Devastated Post-IS Mosul
Saliha Sultan searches in vain for the family car among mounds of charred car skeletons and mangled trucks blocking roads ...
IS Battles To Keep US-Backed Syria Force From Raqa Old City
Islamic State group jihadists waged fierce battles Tuesday in their Syrian stronghold Raqa in a bid to repel US-backed fighters ...
US Sanctions IS Members Accused of Making Chemical Arms
The United States on Monday slapped financial sanctions on two suspected Islamic State militants accused of manufacturing chemical weapons, the ...
How Syria’s Raqa Resisted IS Rule
Secret dates, dead-drops and "bullet-free" maths lessons: these are just some of the ways residents of the Islamic State group's ...
Anti-IS Coalition Trains Policemen In Syria’s Raqa
Dozens of young men gathered Tuesday in a school yard in northern Syria to take the oath at a police ...
Rescued ‘human Shields’ Tell of Mosul Horror
Fear and hunger are driving an ever-growing number of Iraqi civilians into a camp in Hammam al-Alil, where they share ...
US-Backed Forces Seize Syria’s Tabqa, Dam From IS
A US-backed alliance of Syrian Arab and Kurdish fighters on Wednesday captured the key city of Tabqa and its nearby ...
Route To Raqa Dotted With Discarded Veils, Burned Cars
Dozens of black veils dotted a freshly laid sand berm in northern Syria, ditched by women fleeing the Islamic State ...