Islamic State

Amaq claims ‘Islamic State fighters’ carried out Sri Lanka attacks

Islamic State fighters carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed at least 310 people, according to ISIS's Amaq propaganda agency

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ISIS claims first attack in DR Congo, saying it killed soldiers near Uganda border

Islamic State claimed that it killed Congolese soldiers in an attack in Kamago near the Congo-Uganda border

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Nigeria: 52 Boko Haram fighters killed in attack on MNJTF in Cross Kauwa, Chad army says

Two Chadian soldiers and 52 Boko Haram fighters were killed in an attack on the Multinational Joint Task Force in Cross Kauwa in northeastern Nigeria

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Italy police arrest 2 men suspected of plotting ISIS attacks

Italian police arrested two men suspected of planning attacks in the name of Islamic State

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US airstrike kills senior ISIS Somalia official Abdulhakim Dhuqub, Africom says

US Africa Command said it carried out an airstrike against the ISIS affiliate in Somalia, killing senior official Abdulhakim Dhuqub

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Nigeria-Chad operation ‘kills 27 terrorists’ near Wulgo as ISIS claims multiple attacks

A joint Nigeria-Chad military operation against "Boko Haram terrorists" in the Wulgo area of Borno state as ISIS claimed multiple attacks in the Lake Chad area

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ISIS brands global attacks as ‘Vengeance for Sham’

Robert Postings looks at the first few days of Islamic State’s ‘Vengeance for Sham’ global campaign

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Climate change: an increasingly dangerous recruiting sergeant for insurgent groups

Extreme weather conditions from climate change are enabling insurgents to more-easily recruit and exert control on populations

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Niger gendarmes killed and hostages taken in latest Islamic State attack in Diffa

Several people were taken hostage and at least one police officer was killed during an attack in Diffa carried out by four Islamic State West Africa province militants

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Iraq offers to try ISIS adherents if Coalition pays millions in court costs

Iraq has offered the US-led Coalition to put hundreds of accused Islamic State members on trial in Baghdad in exchange for millions of dollars

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