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Area under IS control ‘less than a percent of original’: US-led coalition

The militant proto-state proclaimed by IS in June 2014 straddled swathes of land in Syria and Iraq and was roughly the size of Britain.

Australia admits its airstrike on Mosul ‘might have killed’ civilians

A total of 30,008 strikes against IS were carried out between August 2014 and the end of August 2018, with the Mosul campaign being particularly intense.

Russia dismisses Islamic State responsibility claim for deadly blast

No proof was provided to back the Islamic State's assertion

Islamic State ‘living its final moments’: US-backed forces

A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said the SDF were making “great progress ... but the fight continues”.

Australia strips citizenship from alleged Islamic State recruiter Neil Prakash

SYDNEY: The Australian government has stripped citizenship from a man it believes is a top recruiter for Islamic State, Australia’s home affairs minister said...

How Trump’s phone call changed the war

ANKARA/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling US troops from Syria has stunned Turkey and...

Hundreds taken by IS from refugee camp in Syria

BEIRUT: Hundreds of people were taken by the militant Islamic State group fighters from a displacement camp in east Syria during a jihadist counter-attack...

Saudi forces arrest armed ‘extremist’ after gunfight: ministry

RIYADH: Saudi forces have arrested a heavily armed "extremist" after wounding him in an exchange of gunfire in the kingdom's central heartland, the interior...

No evidence Islamic State responsible for Toronto attack: Police

TORONTO: Canadian police said on Wednesday that they had no evidence so far to support claims by the Islamic State militant group that it...

3 Afghans beheaded, school torched in suspected IS attack

JALALABAD: Unidentified gunmen beheaded three men and torched a boys’ school in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan late on Saturday, in an attack officials...

Iraqis vote in first election since defeating Islamic State

BAGHDAD/FALLUJA: Iraqis voted in the first election on Saturday since defeating Islamic State, but few people expect its new leaders to stabilize a country...

US-led anti-IS coalition admits 28 more civilian deaths

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq acknowledged the deaths of another 28 civilians, increasing the overall toll of non-fighters killed to at least 883.

UAE to fund $50.4 million project to rebuild Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque

UAE will finance a $50.4 million project to rebuild Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, famous for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, that was blown up by Islamic State militants last year.

What’s left of ‘Islamic State’ in Syria?

BEIRUT: The Islamic State jihadist group, whose self-proclaimed "caliphate" disintegrated last year, still controls pockets of territory in Syria. The organisation's fighters even took control...

Teacher tried to create ‘army of children’ to launch terror attacks in London

LONDON: A British supporter of Islamic State was found guilty on Friday of trying to recruit children he was teaching into an“army” of jihadists...

Iraqi court sentences 16 Turkish women to death for joining IS

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for joining Islamic State, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday. Iraq is...

Britain warns of Islamic State attacks in South Africa after couple kidnapped

JOHANNESBURG: Britain has warned of a threat of attacks on foreigners in South Africa after two British nationals were kidnapped in a small town...

Turkey kills at least 260 Kurdish, Islamic State fighters in Syria offensive

ANKARA/BEIRUT: Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of...

US ‘launches airstrike’ after apparent insider attack

KABUL: US Forces carried out an airstrike on an Afghan government militia after an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan sources have told...

Defeated militarily in 2017, IS remains a global threat

PARIS: The year 2017 saw significant destruction to the Islamic State (IS), which lost almost all of its self-proclaimed "Caliphate" in Iraq and Syria,...
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