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ISIL support/presence in Pakistan revealed

QUETTA: Balochistan government has written a letter to Pakistan’s Intelligence agencies and National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) warning them about Middle Eastern extremist group Islamic State (ISIL)’s activities in the province, ARY News reported.

Islamic State militants now world’s richest: experts

WASHINGTON: The Islamic State has become the world's wealthiest terror group, earning tens of millions of dollars a month from illegal oil sales and ransoms, officials said Thursday.

Turkey says US can use air bases for IS fight: US official

WASHINGTON: Turkey has granted the United States access to its air bases for the campaign against the Islamic State group, including a key installation near the Syrian border, a senior US defense official said Sunday.

Thousands likely to be massacred if ISIL takes Kobani: U.N.

GENEVA/MURSITPINAR: Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a U.N. envoy said on Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian Kurdish town in full view of Turkish tanks that have done nothing to intervene.

Marine is first U.S. death in operations against ISIL

WASHINGTON: A U.S. Marine who went into the sea from a V-22 Osprey during a flight mishap over the northern Gulf this week was the first American killed in U.S. military operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

US, allies hit ISIL targets in Syria

WASHINGTON: The United States and partner nations are carrying out the first air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, the Pentagon said on Monday, in ongoing operations that mark the opening of a new, far more complicated front in battle against the militants.

Islamist group kidnaps Frenchman in Algeria

The Caliphate Soldiers, a group linked to Islamic State militants, published a video on the Internet soon after the French ministry's announcement on Monday,...

Iranian official: Ready to join anti-ISIL coalition, but with nuclear flexibility

UNITED NATIONS: Iran is ready to work with the United States and its allies to stop Islamic State militants, but would like more flexibility on Iran's uranium enrichment program in exchange, senior Iranian officials told Reuters.

British journalist purportedly shown in ISIL propaganda video

BEIRUT: Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Thursday that they said shows British journalist John Cantlie in captivity saying he will soon reveal "facts" about the group to counter its portrayal in Western media.

US NSA chief tells Iraq’s tech-savvy ISIL: ‘I’m watching’

WASHINGTON: While U.S. military leaders appeared before Congress to outline their strategy to fight Islamic State militants on the battlefield, the National Security Agency chief said on Tuesday he was watching the media-savvy group's cyber capabilities.

Iran supreme leader rejects U.S. overture to fight ISIL

TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader said on Monday he had personally rejected an offer from the United States for talks to fight Islamic State, an apparent blow to Washington's efforts to build a military coalition to fight militants in both Iraq and Syria.

ISIL’s Twitter silence raises questions

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON: Islamic State's Twitter users, which have trumpeted the group's violent acts and world view on the social media service, have gone abruptly quiet in past days.

US President says will not allow ‘safe haven’ for ISIL militants

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama told Americans on Wednesday he would not hesitate to attack Islamic State militants in Syria and would allow them "no safe haven."

Pakistani militant Asim Umar given tough task as al-Qaeda’s South Asia chief

MULTAN/ISLAMABAD: Pakistani militant Asim Umar has been handed a very tough job.

ISIL issues video of beheading of U.S. hostage Steven Sotloff

A masked figure in the video seen by Reuters also issued a threat against a British hostage, a man the group named as David...

UN to send team to investigate ISIL crimes in Iraq

GENEVA: The United Nations agreed on Monday to send investigators to Iraq to examine crimes being committed by Islamic State militants on "an unimaginable scale", with a view to holding perpetrators to account.

U.S. planes strike militants, drop aid near Iraq’s Amerli

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: The United States carried out air strikes on Saturday against Islamic State fighters near the besieged Shi'ite town of Amerli in northern Iraq and airdropped humanitarian aid to civilians trapped there, the Pentagon said.

ISIL a ‘great’ threat to Britain’s security: Cameron

WASHINGTON: Britain raised its terrorism alert on Friday to the second-highest level with Prime Minister David Cameron saying the Islamic State (IS) group operating in Syria and Iraq posed the country's greatest ever security risk.

Obama asks for options to address ISIL threat

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he has not yet developed a broad strategy for confronting Islamic State in an acknowledgement that he has not decided whether to launch air strikes against the militant group in Syria.

ISIL executes soldiers, takes hostages at Syria base

BEIRUT: Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group hostage after capturing an air base in northeast Syria at the weekend, pictures posted on social media by supporters showed on Wednesday.
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