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May- 2018 -2 MayAmericas
Pentagon prepares new policy for transferring terrorism detainees to Gitmo
The U.S. Department of Defense has developed new guidance on critera for transferring detainees to the military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Pentagon spokesperson said
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2 MayAfrica
Mali Tuaregs blame ISIS-linked group for third deadly attack on civilians in a week
Jihadists killed 17 civilians in an attack of “inexplicable horror” in northern Mali near the border with Niger, local militia groups said
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1 MayMiddle East
SDF to restart offensive operations against ISIS in the MERV and on Syria-Iraq border
The Syrian Democratic Forces announced its Operation Jazeera Storm would return to offensive operations against Islamic State in eastern Syria to the border with Iraq
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1 MayAfrica
Suicide bombers kill dozens in northeast Nigerian market and mosque
Dozens of people were killed when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a mosque and a market in Mubi, northeast Nigeria, residents said.
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Apr- 2018 -30 AprilAsia Pacific
ISIS claims deadly double suicide bombing in Kabul
At least 25 people were killed when two suicide blasts ripped through central Kabul early Monday, Afghanistan's health ministry has confirmed.
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29 AprilMiddle East
Iraq sentences 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining ISIS
Iraq on Sunday sentenced 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining ISIS, the latest in a series of heavy verdicts against foreign women
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23 AprilEurope
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 years over Brussels shootout
A Belgian court sentenced the sole surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, to 20 years in prison over a bloody gun battle with police in Brussels days before his capture in 2016.
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22 AprilEurope
Nine killed in Dagestan counter-terror raid
Nine people suspected of plotting an attack in Russia were killed in a shootout with security forces in Dagestan, the country's National Anti-Terror Committee has said.
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20 AprilAmericas
Judge rules US can’t transfer suspected American ISIS fighter to Saudi Arabia
A US federal judge ruled that the US military cannot hand over a dual citizen (known as John Doe) suspected of fighting with ISIS to a third country against his will.
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19 AprilMiddle East
Iraq carries out first cross-border air raid in Syria, targeting ISIS
Iraq's air force carried out the first cross-border airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office announced
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