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Philippines military photos show children among ISIS foreign fighters killed in Marawi

Images of foreign fighters killed in Marawi provided by the Philippine military appear to show at least two children among 16 dead ISIS fighters

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Misinformation and intelligence failures: How the Philippines underestimates ISIS

The Philippines government and armed forces have played down the ISIS threat – sometimes intentionally – worsening an already deadly insurgency

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Afghanistan: Taliban gunman attacks high-level security meeting in Kandahar governor’s office

Three top officials were killed when a Taliban gunman attacked a high-level security meeting at the governor's office in Afghanistan's Kandahar province

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Five Czech soldiers injured in attack near Afghanistan’s Bagram base

Five Czech soldiers were injured in an attack in Afghanistan, two months after three others were killed, the Czech defence ministry said

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Iran claims 700 drone strikes against ISIS in Syria

Iran's IRGC has carried out 700 drone strikes against ISIS in Syria, its aerospace chief Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh said

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ISIS terror suspects planned Kosovo bomb attacks, assaults in France, Belgium

Bujar Behrami and other suspected ISIS jihadists have been charged in Pristina on suspicion of planning attacks in Kosovo, France and Belgium

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Taliban confirms talks with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar

A Taliban delegation met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar to discuss ending the Afghan conflict

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Afghanistan peace process must tackle Taliban discontent and the allure of ISIS

With the US in the early stages of peace talks with the Taliban, there is a growing urgency for Washington to adopt new military tactics against ISIS and a strong reintegration plan for Taliban fighters

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Multinational police network Atlas conducts 7 counter-terror exercises across Europe

Counter-terrorism police staged exercises across Europe to mark a cooperation deal between Europol and a network of special intervention teams

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YPG announces arrest of 3 ISIS foreign fighters in northern Syria

The YPG announced the arrest of three men it said were foreign fighters with ISIS, including Canadian recruiter Muhammad Ali, a German man and a Turkish national

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