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Apr- 2018 -18 AprilMiddle East
Iraq sentences French woman to life in prison for ISIS ties
An Iraqi court sentenced a French national, Djamila Boutoutaou, to life in prison for joining ISIS, and condemned to death six other foreign women.
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15 AprilAsia Pacific
Afghan and US special operations forces raid in Darzab kills 22 ISKP fighters
Afghan special forces backed by U.S. troops killed 22 Islamic State – Khorasan Province fighters in a nightime raid in Darzab district, Jowzjan province on Wednesday, April 11
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13 AprilCommentary
Why won’t Secretary Mattis say the US controls Syrian oilfields?
US Senator Bob Corker said he doesn’t think enough has been made of the US airstrike in Syria that killed hundreds of Russians. Jared Szuba argues he’s right.
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9 AprilAsia Pacific
Indonesia: 9 years jail for ‘mastermind’ of 2017 Jakarta twin suicide bomb attack claimed by ISIS
An Indonesian court sentenced Kiki Muhammad Iqbal, the convicted mastermind of the 2017 deadly twin bombing in Jakarta claimed by ISIS, to nine years in prison.
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7 AprilAsia Pacific
Airstrike kills senior ISIS commander Qari Hekmat in northern Afghanistan
Qari Hekmat, the top commander of Islamic State – Khorasan Province in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan, was killed in an airstrike
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5 AprilAfrica
The US military’s Sahel exercise is fixing its gaze on ISIS and Boko Haram
The 2018 iteration of U.S. Special Operations Command Africa’s exercise Flintlock will focus on real-world threats to the Sahel from groups linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State, emphasizing operational activity
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3 AprilMiddle East
Trump wants to ‘get out’ of Syria, bring US troops back home
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants American troops to "get out" of Syria, even as some of his top officials stressed the need to stay for the long term.
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2 AprilAfrica
Boko Haram attacks on military base and villages in Nigeria leave at least 18 dead
At least 18 people were killed and dozens were wounded in coordinated Boko Haram attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the Nigerian city of Maiduguri
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2 AprilMiddle East
6 Turkish women sentenced to death for ISIS membership in Iraq
A Iraqi court sentenced six Turkish women to death and a seventh to life in prison for ISIS membership after they surrendered to Kurdish Peshmerga after fleeing Tal Afar
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Mar- 2018 -30 MarchMiddle East
ISIS claims eastern Libya suicide bombing that killed 8
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Libya that killed eight people, including civilians
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