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August 11, 2016

Airstrikes on ISIS-held city in Syria kill at least 20 civilians, activists say

Syrian activists said airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa on Thursday killed at least 20 civilians, as neighboring Turkey called for greater cooperation with Russia against the extremist group.

August 11, 2016

Canada terror suspect prepared martyrdom video before he was killed

A Canadian man previously banned from associating with Islamic State extremists prepared a martyrdom video and was about to commit a terrorist attack but was killed after he detonated his explosive device in a taxi and was shot at by officers who say they thwarted the suicide bomb plot after being tipped off by the FBI, police said Thursday.

August 10, 2016

Muslim Woman Devotes Her Life to Helping Christians Displaced by ISIS

Many are familiar with "The Vicar of Baghdad," Canon Andrew White, the head of one of the most prominent relief charities helping thousands of Christians displaced by ISIS, but many don't know that much of the work White gets credit for is actually carried out by a Muslim woman.

August 10, 2016

US-backed Libyan militias take over ISIS headquarters in Sirte

US-backed Libyan forces said on Wednesday they have taken over the Islamic State group's headquarters in Sirte, the militants' final bastion in Libya, breaking a weeks-long stalemate with the help of US airstrikes.

August 10, 2016

Nearly 45,000 ISIS-linked fighters killed in past 2 years, US military official says

More than two years after the U.S. launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in the Middle East, the commander overseeing the joint campaign said Wednesday as many as 45,000 ISIS-linked fighters had been killed.

August 10, 2016

German raid targets Islamist preachers suspected of recruiting for ISIS

Police in Germany on Wedndesday launched anti-terror raids against Islamist preachers suspected of trying to recruit men to fight for ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

August 9, 2016

Notorious Iraq militia leader once held by US threatens Americans on the battlefield

The powerful commander of an Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq -- whom the U.S. freed after the kidnapping deaths of four American soldiers in 2007 -- has hinted that his fighters could blend in with Iraqi forces to kill Americans on the battlefield in Mosul.

August 9, 2016

Germany arrests suspected ISIS militant amid probe of soccer attack threat

A 24-year-old Syrian refugee has been detained by Germany police amid fears he was planning an attack later this month, officials and local media said Tuesday.

August 8, 2016

'Extremely radicalized' French teenage girl supported ISIS, prosecutors say

Paris prosecutors say a counterterrorism judge is questioning a 16-year-old French girl who allegedly supports the Islamic State group and is suspected of trying to perpetrate an attack.

August 8, 2016

ISIS claims to have captured trove of U.S. military gear

ISIS fighters in Afghanistan claimed to have recently seized a trove of sensitive U.S. military equipment – including communications gear, a rocket launcher and the ID card of a U.S. soldier –but it remains unclear how the items came into the terror group’s possession.