Tag: Jihadists
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…