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Obama calls on allies to defeat Islamic State

Barack Obama outlined plans for a broad international coalition to defeat Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria.

Obama calls on allies to defeat Islamic State
A mother's appeal as fears mount for Syria hostages

The mother of a US hostage who has been threatened with death by jihadist leaded for his life amid mounting fears for Americans captured in Syria.

A mother's appeal as fears mount for Syria hostages
Facing new flight, Turkish Kurds in Iraq long for home

Families who once fled a Turkish crackdown on Kurdish rebels in the 1990s after escaping from brutal jihadists, longing to return home.

Facing new flight, Turkish Kurds in Iraq long for home
Parents of US journalist Foley praise their 'fearless' son

Friends, relatives and colleagues have paid tribute to American journalist James Foley, executed by Islamic State jihadists.

Parents of US journalist Foley praise their 'fearless' son
Female Kurdish reporter killed in Iraq conflict

A reporter working with Kurdish news agency Firat was killed Friday when jihadist fighters attacked a camp in Iraq.

Female Kurdish reporter killed in Iraq conflict
Iraqi jihadists order genital mutilation of all women

Jihadists in Iraq have ordered that all women between the ages of 11 and 46 must undergo female genital mutilation, which could affect up to four million women and girls in the war-ravaged country, a UN official said

Iraqi jihadists order genital mutilation of all women
Iraq Kurds claim oilfields as bombings kill 28

Iraq's Kurdish region claimed disputed northern oilfields on Friday in another blow to efforts to forge a united front against a jihadist-led onslaught, as twin bombings killed 28 people.

Iraq Kurds claim oilfields as bombings kill 28
Shi'ite Muslims take part in a candlelight protest against the ongoing conflict in Iraq. ©Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee
India nurses in Iraq conflict 'to be freed'

A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in Iraq are to be freed, one of them told AFP Friday, in a rare piece of positive news in a crisis threatening "Syria-like chaos".

India nurses in Iraq conflict 'to be freed'
60,000 flee inter-jihadist battle in east Syria: NGO

Around 60,000 people have fled towns in Deir Ezzor province of eastern Syria that have been the scene of fierce clashes between rival jihadists, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

60,000 flee inter-jihadist battle in east Syria: NGO
Islamist group calls for Hollande assassination

A jihadist group repeated its calls for French president Francois Hollande's assassination in revenge for the European nation's recent interventions in Africa, terrorist monitoring group SITE said.

Islamist group calls for Hollande assassination
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France indicts two women over 'Syria-bound' teenage girl

French prosecutors on Friday charged two women over the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl who is believed to have travelled to Syria to fight alongside jihadist rebels.

France indicts two women over 'Syria-bound' teenage girl
Assad: Syria not in civil war, but attacked by Qaeda

Bashar al-Assad insisted Wednesday that Syria is not gripped by civil war but has been attacked by tens of thousands of foreign jihadist fighters allied to Al-Qaeda.

Assad: Syria not in civil war, but attacked by Qaeda
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Jihadists claim rocket attack on Israel

A group of jihadist fighters said Tuesday they had fired a Grad rocket on the Israeli Red Sea town of Eilat in retaliation for an alleged Israeli air raid.

Jihadists claim rocket attack on Israel
Syria opposition 'deeply concerned' for Italian priest

Syria's main opposition group called Saturday for the immediate release of an Italian Jesuit priest who went to negotiate with jihadists and who is feared to have been taken prisoner.

Syria opposition 'deeply concerned' for Italian priest
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Militant makes jihad calls in Kazakh language

Site Intel Group has uploaded a with a militant, allegedly Kazakhstan-born, calling for jihad in Syria.

Militant makes jihad calls in Kazakh language
Abu Yahya al Libi, a Libyan-born top al Qaeda leader. ©REUTERS
Syria's Al-Nusra pledges allegiance to Al-Qaeda

The head of Syria's jihadist Al-Nusra Front has pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, but distanced his group from claims it has merged with Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Syria's Al-Nusra pledges allegiance to Al-Qaeda
Qaeda urges jihad against France in Mali: SITE

Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has called for jihad, or holy war, to thwart France's military intervention in Mali against Islamist rebels.

Qaeda urges jihad against France in Mali: SITE
Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim rocket fire into Israel

The armed wings of Gaza's ruling Hamas movement and the Islamic Jihad group announced Monday they had fired a series of rockets at Israel, a day after an Israeli air strike that injured 10 people.

Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim rocket fire into Israel
Silhouettes of Kazakhstan police officers. ©REUTERS
Islamic theologist confuted the statements on jihad against Kazakhstan police

A respective Islamic theologist sheikh Abu Munzir Ash Shanqiti has publicly confuted the fatwa on jihad against Kazakhstan police: expert.

Islamic theologist confuted the statements on jihad against Kazakhstan police
RPG-26 single-use grenade launcher in firing mode
Taraz jihadist could have bought grenade launcher in Kyrgyzstan

Jihadist Kariyev who killed 7 people in Taraz could have bought the grenade launcher in of one the neighboring countries, Kyrgyzstan in particular.

Taraz jihadist could have bought grenade launcher in Kyrgyzstan