Tag: Islamic State group
Rebels leave beheaded bodies in streets of Mozambique town
JOHANNESBURG — Fierce fighting for control of Mozambique's strategic northern town of Palma left beheaded bodies strewn in the streets Monday, with heavily armed...
Kurdish-led Syria forces nab 9 in raid in IS-supporters camp
BEIRUT — Hundreds of Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria arrested on Sunday nine people, including suspected members of the Islamic State group, during a...
Morocco: 4 arrested for links to alleged IS attack plot
RABAT, Morocco — Special agents in eastern Morocco on Thursday arrested four suspected Islamic State-linked extremists who were allegedly assigned to attack a military...
Terrorism conviction of German rapper’s wife upheld by court
BERLIN — A top federal appeals court has upheld the terrorism conviction of the wife of a German-born rapper who joined the Islamic State...
Jihadists on motorbikes ambush Mali’s military, 33 killed
BAMAKO, Mali — About 100 suspected Islamic extremists on motorcycles ambushed the Malian military convoy in the country's volatile north, killing at least 33...
War’s timeline as Syrians mark 10 years since uprising began
BEIRUT — Syrians are marking 10 years since peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad’s government erupted in March 2011, touching off a popular uprising...
Afghan bomb kills at least 8; UN slams high civilian deaths
KABUL, Afghanistan — A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and injured 47 in Afghanistan's western Herat province, officials said Saturday.
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Iraqi woman who met the pope sees little chance for change
BAGHDAD — The story of Doha Sabah Abdallah's personal tragedy and loss deeply resonated with Pope Francis during his historic visit last weekend to...
US hits IS groups in Mozambique, Congo with terror sanctions
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday designated two Islamic State affiliates in Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo as “foreign terrorist organizations,”...
Sweden sentences woman for taking child to IS area in Syria
STOCKHOLM — A southern Swedish court on Monday sentenced a woman to three years in prison for taking her 2-year-old son to Syria in...
