Islamic State

The threat from ISIS is closer to home than ever

The London Bridge attack shows that while ISIS has been weakened on the ground in Syria and Iraq, its capacity to launch terrorist attacks in the West is stronger than ever

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Morocco and Spain arrest 4 suspected ISIS supporters in joint raids

Moroccan police said they arrested three suspected supporters of Islamic State, in a joint operation with Spain

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Ireland to charge ex-Defence Forces member Lisa Smith with joining ISIS

Ireland's police force will charge a former member of the armed services, Lisa Smith, with terrorist offenses for traveling to join ISIS

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French prosecutors charge 14 people over 2015 Paris attacks

French prosecutors indicted 14 people and called for 20 suspects to go on trial over the 2015 ISIS attacks in Paris

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France’s military chief of staff rejects ISIS claim for deadly Mali helicopter crash

An ISWAP ambush did not cause a collision between two French army helicopters which left 13 soldiers dead in Mali, General Francois Lecointre said

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Denmark offers to lead NATO training mission in Iraq

Denmark's government offered to lead the NATO mission to train Iraqi forces, saying it was prepared to send 200 personnel to Iraq next year

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Coalition drives to build Iraqi Kurdistan’s Peshmerga into a self-sustaining force

Personnel from seven European Coalition nations will soon transition from direct training to mentoring the Kurdistan region’s iconic Peshmerga force

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Iraqi air force drops Paveway II laser-guided bombs on ISIS positions near Tikrit

Iraqi Air Force F-16 fight jets dropped GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bombs on Islamic State positions in northern Iraq

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Denmark strips 2 ISIS adherents of citizenship under new law

Two dual Danish nationals who joined ISIS in Syria have been stripped of their citizenship under a new law applied for the first time

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Mali helicopter collision kills 13 French soldiers with Operation Barkhane

Thirteen soldiers from France's anti-terrorist Barkhane force in Mali were killed after two helicopters collided during an operation in the country's north

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