Tag: Jihadists
Jihadists kill 37 in Niger, gun “down anything moving “
The attack is the fifth in the area in as many months, claiming more than 150 lives
U.S. blacklists five Jihadists in Mozambique, Mali
Sidang Hitta and Salem Ould al-Hasan, senior leaders of Mali-based al Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, also were designated
Jihadists kill all male Christians in two Nigerien towns, women flee
Jihadists in Niger Republic have killed all the male Christians in Fantio and Dolbel, two towns in the Tillabéri region…
Islamic Jihadists kill 70 villagers in Niger Republic
At least 70 civilians were killed in simultaneous attacks on two villages by suspected Islamist militants in Niger Republic ,…
Mali makes contact with Jihadists
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has for the first time acknowledged contacts with jihadists , an option the government has…
Terrorists attack Mali military base, kill 53 soldiers
Terrorists have killed 53 soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks on a Mali military outpost
Jihadists strike in Burkina Faso again, 20 feared killed
Twenty people were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists on a gold-mining site in northern Burkina Faso
No influx of jihadists in Sokoto – Police
The Police Command in Sokoto state on Saturday dispelled rumours of influx of Juhadists in the state
Jihadist group Ansar Dine claims deadly attack on UN base in Mali
The jihadist group Ansar Dine (Defenders of the Faith) told AFP it was responsible for Saturday’s attack on a United…
Jihadists held for plotting attacks in Morocco, France
Morocco said Thursday it has arrested two jihadists who were planning to attack banks and multinational companies in the North…
French Muslims hit back at pressure to denounce jihadists
Imams and ordinary Muslims in France have reacted with fury to the beheading of a fellow citizen by jihadists, but…
Obama to speak as US strikes kills 120 jihadists
President Barack Obama will make his first public comments on US and allied strikes on jihadists in Syria at 10…
Body of Lebanon man kidnapped by jihadists handed to family
The body of a Lebanese civilian kidnapped and killed by jihadists has been handed over to his family in Arsal,…
Saudi king warns West will be jihadists’ next target
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has warned that the West will be the next target of the jihadists sweeping through…
US to track jihadists in Syria with spy planes
The United States is poised to send spy planes into Syria to track Islamic State jihadists whose advances have sparked…
Americans among 12,000 foreign fighters in Syria
Some 12,000 foreign jihadists from 50 countries, including Americans, have gone to fight in Syria since the conflict began, the…
Obama warns of jihadist ‘cancer’ as US reveals failed rescue
US President Barack Obama demanded Wednesday the world take action against the “cancer” of jihadist extremism in Iraq, as Washington…
Jihadists kill dozens in northern Iraq ‘massacre’
Jihadists carried out a “massacre” in the northern Iraqi village of Kocho, killing dozens of people, most of them members…
Iraq jihadists seize another town from Kurdish forces
Jihadists raised their black flag in Iraq’s northern town of Sinjar Sunday in a second straight day of advances against…
Syria troops kill at least 50 jihadists near Lebanon
Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters have killed at least 50 jihadists from the Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front groups…
France ready to facilitate asylum for Iraq’s Christians
France said Monday it was ready to help facilitate asylum for Christians in Iraq displaced by a jihadist onslaught, saying…
Jihadists seize Syria army base, behead soldiers
Islamic State fighters have seized a Syrian army base in the northern province of Raqa, killing scores of troops and…
Jihadists kill at least 50 Syria troops in ambush
Jihadists from the Islamic State group killed at least 50 Syrian soldiers in an ambush on Friday, summarily executing most…
France nabs three suspected jihadists
Two men and a woman have been arrested in a dawn raid in southern France on suspicion of recruiting fighters…
Jihadists claim Baghdad blasts as Iraq rallies behind Christians
The Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for deadly Baghdad bombings, as the Christians they drove out of Mosul grieved…
US teen charged with trying to help jihadists
A United States teenager who agreed to marry a fighter from the militant network that is threatening to overrun Iraq…
Syria air raids kill 16 in Deir Ezzor
Air raids killed 16 people in Syria’s Deir Ezzor province Saturday, most of them people gathered at a mourning tent…
Jihadists seize another Iraqi city
Jihadists overran Iraq’s second city of Mosul, the surrounding Nineveh province and parts of Kirkuk on Tuesday, in a major…
Jihadists seize Iraq’s Nineveh province
Jihadists Tuesday seized Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, whose capital Mosul is the country’s second-largest city, in a major blow…
Niger admits terrorists escape from Niamey Prison
Several “terrorists” were among 22 inmates who escaped a prison in the Niger capital Niamey during unrest in which three…