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US Woman Pleads Guilty to Leading Islamic State Battalion
An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded guilty in a case that a prosecutor called a first-of-its-kind in the United States. Allison Fluke-Ekren broke down sobbing after admitting in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The charge...
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Who Is the ISIS Leader Killed in the U.S. Raid? Here's What to Know
The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos
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Biden on Syria Raid: US ‘Successfully Removed Major Terrorist Threat to the World'
President Joe Biden commended U.S. special forces who carried out an overnight raid in northwestern Syria that killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.
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US Special Ops Kills ISIS Leader in Syrian Raid
President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday that U.S special operations forces conducted a large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria, killing ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi .
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Biden: ISIS Leader Dies in Suicide Blast During US Raid in Syria
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died by exploding a bomb that killed himself and members of his family, including women and children, as U.S. forces closed in.
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Islamic State Claims Mosque Bombing in South Afghanistan
The Islamic State group says its members are responsible for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan
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Taliban Say They Won't Work With US to Contain Islamic State
The Taliban have ruled out cooperation with the U.S. to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan
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Bomb at Kabul Mosque Kills 5 Civilians, Taliban Say
The Taliban say at least five civilians have been killed by a bomb blast at the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul
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Indonesia's Most Wanted Militant Killed in Jungle Shootout
Indonesia’s military says security forces have killed the country’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group.
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Afghan Survivors of Errant US Drone Strike Seek Probe
A survivor of an errant U,S
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France Kills ISIS Leader Behind Deaths of US Troops, Aid Workers
According to Macron’s office, al-Sahrawi personally ordered the killing of six French aid workers and their Nigerien colleagues last year, and his group was behind a 2017 attack that killed U.S. and Niger military personnel.
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Al-Qaida Chief Appears in Video Marking 9/11 Anniversary
Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has appeared in a video marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, attacks, months after rumors spread that he was dead.
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White House: US Has Capacity to Evacuate Remaining Americans
Top Biden administration officials say the United States has the capacity to evacuate the approximately 300 U.S. citizens remaining in Afghanistan who want to leave before President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline
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US Says Drone Kills IS Bombers Targeting Kabul Airport
U.S. officials say a drone strike has blown up a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate before they could attack Kabul’s international airport
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Biden Vows to Finish Kabul Evacuation, Avenge US Deaths
President Joe Biden says the United States will complete its evacuation of Americans and others from Kabul, despite the attack that killed at least 13 U.S. service members and many Afghan civilians.
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Explainer: How Dangerous Is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that President Joe Biden blames for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport got its start six years ago with several hundred fighters who regarded the Taliban as too moderate
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US Warns That Islamic State Extremists Still a World Threat
As the Biden administration rapidly completes the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State are meeting to plot future steps against the extremist group
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Where IS Ruled, Pope Calls on Christians to Forgive, Rebuild
Pope Francis has urged Iraq’s Christians to forgive the injustices committed against them by Islamic extremists
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New York Times: ‘Caliphate' Podcast Didn't Meet Standards
The New York Times says it was wrong to trust the story of a Canadian man whose claims of witnessing and participating in atrocities as a member of the Islamic State was a central part of its award-winning 2018 podcast “Caliphate.”
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Trial in France for Extremist Foiled by 3 Americans on Train
An Islamic State operative has gone on trial in France on terror charges for shooting a passenger and carrying an arsenal of weapons aboard a high-speed train in 2015