Islamic State

ISIS says senior Sinai leader in killed in Egypt army air strike

Islamic State announced the death of one of its leaders in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where a source said 15 jihadists were also killed

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Boko Haram kills commander over plan to release 300 hostages and surrender

Boko Haram commander Ali Gaga was killed by his comrades in Islamic State West Africa Province over an alleged plan to surrender and release hostages to the Nigerian military

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Dutch terror suspects may have planned 100-kg fertilizer bomb, investigators say

Investigators in the Netherlands said they found a large quantity of bomb-making materials including fertilizer likely for a car bomb

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Lebanon detains Palestinian man over ISIS-directed poisoning plots

Lebanon's security forces said they detained a Palestinian refugee allegedly linked to Islamic State over two poisoning plots

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Denmark police charge 2 in investigation into shipping drones to ISIS

Denmark police arrested and charged two people as part of a case linked to attempts to send drones to Islamic State in Syria

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Nigeria troops thwart Boko Haram attack on military base in Borno state

Nigerian troops repelled another attempt by Boko Haram to overrun a military base in northeast Nigeria, military and civilian sources said

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Speaking to and about extremists

De-radicalization practitioners need to be aware of the pitfalls of their language in the counter-narrative versus alternative narrative dichotomy

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Sudan takes custody of woman accused of belonging to ISIS in Syria

Syria's Kurds said they handed over a Sudanese woman accused of belonging to Islamic State and her baby to a Sudanese diplomat

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Boko Haram kills 9 in attacks on villages in Nigeria’s Borno state

Nine people were killed and nine others injured when Boko Haram fighters raided two villages near Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, the civilian militia said

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Iraq sentences senior ISIS leader to death

An Iraq court sentenced to death senior ISIS leader Ismail Alwaan al-Ithawi, also known as Abu Zeid al-Iraqi, who was in charge of the group's fatwas and education curriculum

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