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Number of people joining ISIS is decreasing: Kazakh political scientist Yerlan Karin According to Kazakhstan’s political scientist Yerlan Karin, the number of fighters that the ISIS or Daish, its Arabic acronym, is luring has been decreasing.

30 July 2015 19:06

UNESCO chief warns about jihadist 'culture cleansing' The head of the UN cultural organisation called for a campaign against the "culture cleansing" being carried out by Islamic State jihadists.

02 July 2015 12:33

Iraq PM 'retires' army chief of staff: spokesman Iraqi premier Haider al-Abadi has "retired" the army's chief of staff, the most senior officer removed since jihadists overran large parts of the country last year.

30 June 2015 12:55

Obama poised to send more troops to train Iraqis President Barack Obama appears poised to approve the deployment of hundreds more US training personnel to Iraq, in a bid to reverse gains by the Islamic State group.

10 June 2015 13:09

Obama says US not losing against Islamic State US President Barack Obama has described the loss of key Iraqi territory to Islamic State as a tactical setback, while insisting the war against the jihadist group is not being lost.

22 May 2015 10:34

UN peacekeepers must protect cultural sites: UNESCO chief UN culture chief Irina Bokova urged the Security Council to task peacekeepers with protecting cultural sites and to help prosecute those who destroy historical treasures.

28 April 2015 12:39

Obama hails progress in fight against Islamic State in Iraq President Barack Obama hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the White House and hailed the US-backed Iraqi forces' progress against the IS group.

15 April 2015 15:25

Iraq PM says 'next battle' is retaking Anbar Iraq's premier said that the country's "next battle" is to retake Anbar province from the Islamic State jihadist group.

09 April 2015 12:49

US to hold Iraqi forces to account in Tikrit: official The United States is closely monitoring Iraqi forces in Tikrit amid allegations of human rights abuses committed by Baghdad's troops.

03 April 2015 13:15

UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Baghdad for talks United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Baghdad on Monday for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and other top officials.

30 March 2015 14:57

Glamour over gloom as Baghdad hosts fashion show Leggy models in striking designer clothes strutted down a catwalk in front of Iraq's high society for the first edition of the Baghdad Fashion Show.

14 March 2015 11:28

UNESCO demands crisis meet over Iraq heritage destruction The head of the United Nations' cultural agency demanded an emergency meeting of the world body's Security Council.

27 February 2015 10:14

UN Security Council seeks to choke off Islamic State funds The UN Security Council is set to adopt a resolution aimed at choking off millions of dollars in earnings from oil sales.

13 February 2015 01:02

Bulgarian expert presents portrait of extremist from Kazakhstan Member of the International Association for the Study of Terrorism presents findings of рук study into the roots of extremism in Kazakhstan.

12 January 2015 12:04

Kazakhstani journalists lay flowers near French Consulate in memory of colleagues from Charlie Hebdo Kazakhstani journalists have laid flowers near the French Consulate in Almaty to honor the victims of the terrorist attack at the French Charlie Hebdo newspaper.

08 January 2015 16:48

Iraq PM calls for 'tribal revolution' against IS Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for a "tribal revolution" against the Islamic State group.

06 January 2015 11:34

Iraq asks Australian PM for more military aid Iraqi Prime Ministe asked Australian counterpart Tony Abott to step up military assistance to aid Baghdad's fight against the Islamic State jihadist group.

05 January 2015 13:03

Kazakh man among Islamic State executioners Professor at the University of Sofia and an expert in the field of counter-terrorism Tatiana Dronzina says that one of the fighters in the video of mass execution of Iraqi soldiers is a Kazakhstani national. She believes the problem has acquired such proportions, it is important to conduct targeted information campaigns showing truthfully the crimes of the organization, thereby stripping it of any possible connections to heroism and martyrdom they use for promotion of their lifestyles.

23 December 2014 13:40

300 Kazakhstanis joined Islamic State, half of them - women National Security Committee of Kazakhstan has announced that 300 Kazakhstan nationals joined the ranks of the Islamic State. Half of them are women.

20 November 2014 17:41

Pentagon can't confirm fate of IS leader A Pentagon official suggested that lower-level figures of the Islamic State group may have been hit.

11 November 2014 15:08

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