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CONTROVERSY OVER ARABIC CLASSES IN FRENCH STATE SCHOOLS
FOCUS Some 55,000 pupils study Arabic at France's state schools. Most of them are the children of immigrants who want to stay in touch with the..... READ MORE›
IRAQ MOUNTS NEW BID TO RETAKE CITIES UNDER ISLAMIC STATE MILITANT CONTROL
Iraqi forces have launched a fresh offensive to retake cities controlled by the so-called Islamic State group... READ MORE›
TOP PHILIPPINE MILITANT WHO PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMIC STATE KILLED IN FIREFIGHT
Maguid was the leader of Ansar Khalifa Philippines, one of four groups that pledged allegiance to Islamic State in a YouTube video in 2015... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 36 IN BAGHDAD MARKET
He pledged support for helping displaced Iraqis return to the city of Mosul, where Iraqi forces are waging a massive offensive against the Islamic State... READ MORE›
MILITARY WEIGHS EXPANDED USE OF CYBER, SPACE WEAPONS AGAINST ISIL
Last May, Defense Secretary Ash Carter urged the military space community to join the fight against the Islamic State, though he declined to describe how... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE ATTACK ON IRAQ POLICE CHECKPOINT KILLS SEVEN, SHOWS GUERRILLA-STYLE CAPABILITY
Islamic State attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen as government forces in the north made... READ MORE›
INSIDE THE ECONOMIC WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE
The new tactics make it all but impossible for the Islamic State to repair the wells or extract oil through makeshift techniques, the officials said... READ MORE›
JORDAN CONDEMNS FIVE ISLAMIC STATE 'TERRORISM' CELL MEMBERS
AMMAN - A court in Amman on Wednesday sentenced to death five Jordanian members of a cell linked to the Islamic State group for terrorism... READ MORE›
ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR THE ISLAMIC STATE'S CAPITAL OF RAQQA
On the front lines of the fight for the Islamic State's capital of Raqqa, Syria... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED FIGHTERS APPROACH DAM HELD BY ISLAMIC STATE IN SYRIA
The SDF is the most effective ground force battling the Islamic State in Syria... READ MORE›
'SCHOOLS NEED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURSES' - WOMEN'S COUNCIL
The Irish education system is burying its head in the sand when it comes to domestic violence, a conference heard today... READ MORE›
WHY EXTREMISTS DESTROY ANCIENT TREASURES
Syrian troops captured Palmyra from Islamic State fighters on Sunday after three weeks of intense fighting... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES FORCE ISLAMIC STATE RETREAT IN PALMYRA
Islamic State fighters had gained control of some oil and gas fields around the city during their advance which started on Thursday, the monitor said... READ MORE›
SYRIAN TROOPS PULL OUT AS ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS SWEEP BACK INTO ANCIENT PALMYRA
The group still controls large portions of Syria, including much of the vast eastern desert where Palmyra is located... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RETAKES PARTS OF SYRIAA??S HISTORIC PALMYRA
The Islamic State gets 25 percent of its revenue from oil, the Center for the Analysis of Terrorism, a private research group, estimates... READ MORE›
AFTER THE ISLAMIC STATE, IRAQ AT RISK OF A NEW BATTLE FOR DISPUTED TERRITORY
He said locals saw what happened in Mosul, where Iraqi troops surrendered the city to the Islamic State... READ MORE›
RECORD AIRSTRIKE HITS OVER 100 ISIL OIL TRUCKS GATHERED IN SYRIA
Revenue from oil and other sources has dropped as a result of the airstrikes and the Islamic State's loss of territoryA in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
FOUND AT AN ISLAMIC STATE TRAINING CAMP
An Iraqi counterterrorism officer looks at a list of city rules on the wall of an Islamic State training center... READ MORE›
MANY ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITS WHO HAVE RETURNED TO EUROPE REMAIN COMMITTED TO MILITANT IDEOLOGY, REPORT SAYS
The Islamic State has since turned more repressive toward its own members, executing European recruits for attempting to flee Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
FRANCE CLAIMS ISLAMIC STATE LINKS TO 'IMMINENT' TERROR PLOT UNCOVERED
Also found were documents professing allegiance to the Islamic State, he said... READ MORE›
TRIAL OF ISLAMIC STATE SUSPECTS SHOWS TURKISH SECURITY FLAWS BEFORE BOMBINGS
President Tayyip Erdogan portrays Turkey as a barrier to Islamic State reaching Europe from Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
AUTHORITIES: TIMES SQUARE CITED IN ISLAMIC STATE GROUP CASE
The Islamic State group claimed credit for the attack... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE USED FAKE TANKS TO CONFUSE AIRSTRIKES
The mock-ups were found in a warehouse in the village of Bawiza, north of Mosul, along with real armored vehicles and explosives, Iraqi army spokesman Lt... READ MORE›
IN LIBYA, UNITED STATES LAYS PLANS TO HUNT DOWN ESCAPED ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS
Even if the United States can hunt down escaped militants outside Sirte, it's unlikely to signal an end to the Islamic State's most powerful affiliate... READ MORE›
IRAQIS FIND EVIDENCE OF TORTURE BY ISLAMIC STATE IN MASS GRAVE NEAR MOSUL
Iraqis expect that many more clandestine burial sites will be found in the coming weeks as Iraqi forces take more territory from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
GERMAN POLICE ARREST FIVE MEN FOR RECRUITING ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS
BERLIN -- German police on Tuesday morning arrested five men accused of recruiting members for the Islamic State terror organization... READ MORE›
CHINA PRIVATE SCHOOLS CAN' T PROFIT FROM JUNIOR EDUCATION
China has banned private schools from making money from the nine-year compulsory education system... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SENDS CAR BOMBS AGAINST U.S.-BACKED FORCES ADVANCING ON RAQQA
The Amaq news agency, the extremist group's media arm, claimed that the Islamic State launched 120 such assaults across Syria, Iraq and Libya in October... READ MORE›
JAPANESE JOURNALIST HELD IN IRAQ SAYS HE WAS ISLAMIC STATE INTERPRETER
Tsuneoka was detained this week for alleged connections with the Islamic State group... READ MORE›
PARIS SPARKS CONTROVERSY WITH RECALL OF 'SHOCKING' DICTIONARY ON THE BODY
The dictionary, by French artist Katy Couprie, was published in 2012 and creatively defines 801 feelings and parts of the human body through 376 illustrations and descriptions... READ MORE›
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SCHOOLS IN FINLAND WILL NO LONGER TEACH 'SUBJECTS'
Finland schools Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system... READ MORE›
ATTACKS MAY PROMPT TOUGHER STANCE BY US
Iran is fighting the Islamic State, but is hardly an ally of the United States... READ MORE›
WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF TURKEY'S BORDER WITH SYRIA NEAR EMBATTLED KOBANE
The Kobane battle has raged in full view of the Turkish frontier, testing whether a US-led coalition can halt Islamic State's advance... READ MORE›
INSIDE THE SURREAL WORLD OF THE ISLAMIC STATEA??S PROPAGANDA MACHINE
A sympathetic colleague gave Abu Hajer the paperwork he needed to pass Islamic State checkpoints on the way out of Syria, he said... READ MORE›
HOW THE UNITED STATES HELPED CREATE THE ISLAMIC STATE
The Bush administration's patent favoritism toward Shiite religious parties and marginalization of the Sunni Arabs had created a powerful constituency for the Islamic State in Iraq... READ MORE›
UN RESOLUTION URGES COUNTRIES TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE
On Friday, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, announced a summit meeting designed to draw pledges from countries to resettle Syrians... READ MORE›
LEADER OF ISLAMIC STATE USED AMERICAN HOSTAGE AS SEXUAL SLAVE
Systematic abuse Mueller's mistreatment is the latest evidence of the Islamic State's systematic abuse of women on a significant scale... READ MORE›
THE ISLAMIC STATE'S HORRIFYING PRACTICE OF SEX SLAVERY, EXPLAINED
The islamic state's horrifying practice of sex slavery explained... READ MORE›
KURDISH FIGHTERS RETAKE IRAQI CITY OF SINJAR FROM ISIS
And pesh merga officials said, they intercepted radio traffic from the Islamic State fighters suggesting that their forces were deserting... READ MORE›
'NOW WE HAVE OUR FREEDOM': IN EASTERN MOSUL, FINALLY, A DAY WITHOUT ISLAMIC STATE
Iraqi soldiers were seeing firsthand what life in Mosul had been like under Islamic State rule imposed in 2014... READ MORE›
THE ISLAMIC STATE LIKES AMERICA'S DUMB' GUN LAWS, DEFECTOR SAYS
That's how the Islamic State viewed America's lax gun laws, according to one former recruit who traveled to Syria to join them... READ MORE›
FREE MEALS READY TO BE SERVED IN INFANT SCHOOLS
A small minority of schools will have to provide cold meals as their kitchens are not ready... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE DEFECTIONS MOUNT AS DEATH TOLL RISES, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS
Top military officials estimate that the campaign has killed 23,000 Islamic State fighters, raising their death toll by 3,000 since mid-October... READ MORE›
U.S. PLANS TO CAPTURE THE ISLAMIC STATEA??S CAPITAL ALREADY GO AWRY
Members of a Syrian armed group hold positions in the frontline against the Islamic State group outside Ain Issa, in the countryside of Raqqa province... READ MORE›
FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SINCE OFFICIAL END OF COMBAT IN 2011
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
'OUR KIDS SPEAK POLISH LIKE A FOREIGN PERSON'
The schools teach Polish, as well as the history and geography of Poland, to the children... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE THREATENS TO TOPPLE HAMAS IN GAZA STRIP IN VIDEO STATEMENT
Video issued from Isis stronghold in Syria is rare public challenge to Hamas, which has been cracking down on jihadis who oppose its truces with Israel... READ MORE›
REVEALED WORLD S TOP 10 SAFEST AIRLINES TRAVEL NEWS
The measures were devised to counter rampant conspiracy theories at French schools, the education minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, said at a news conference Thursday... READ MORE›
IN SYRIA AND IRAQ, THE ISLAMIC STATE IS IN RETREAT ON MULTIPLE FRONTS
Read more Operation launched against Islamic State near base where U.S. Marine killed Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world... READ MORE›
AFTER LOSSES IN SYRIA AND IRAQ, ISIS MOVES THE GOAL POSTS
To soften the symbolic blow, the Islamic State switched rhetorical gears, declaring that the real Dabiq battle would come some other time... READ MORE›
BATTLE TO BANISH ISLAMIC STATE FROM MOSUL COULD BECOME A MESS
Abuses against the Sunni population will fuel the perceptions that caused many civilians in Mosul to welcome Islamic State militants into their city in June 2014... READ MORE›
ELDERLY WOMAN CHALLENGES ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS, CALLING THEM 'DEVILS'
Video Elderly woman challenges Islamic State militants, calling them 'devils'... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SELLING SEX SLAVES, THE YOUNGER THE BETTER, CLAIMS UN OFFICIAL
For Islamic State fighters, the prices in Iraqi dinars for boys and girls aged one to nine are equal to about US165 230, Mrs Bangura said... READ MORE›
4CHAN ARE REPLACING ISLAMIC STATE FIGURES WITH DUCKS TO FIGHT IS
Islamic State meets rubber ducks, courtesy of 4chan... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS IN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE ISIL-HELD TOWN
Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar... READ MORE›
5 STORIES YOU SHOULD READ TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ISLAMIC STATE
Saddam Hussein's, by Liz Sly Yes, there has been a huge influx of foreign fighters joining the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
BROKEN SYSTEM ALLOWS ISIS TO PROFIT FROM LOOTED ANTIQUITIES
Few objects have turned up so far that can be traced to the Islamic State's plunder... READ MORE›
EVIDENCE OF A 'DIFFICULT FIGHT' AHEAD AS FORCES MOVE TOWARD ISIS-HELD MOSUL
Oct. 18, 2016 Smoke rises as people flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and members of the Islamic State terrorist group fleeing Mosul, Iraq... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA LAUNCHES A??ISLAMIC MILITARY ALLIANCEA?? TO COMBAT TERRORISM
All have had problems in varying degrees with extremism and terrorism, including but not limited to the Islamic State... READ MORE›
U.S. 'REASONABLY CERTAIN' THAT BRITISH ISLAMIC STATE MILITANT JIHADI JOHN KILLED IN STRIKE
Efforts to defeat Islamic State, including sending a small contingent of U.S... READ MORE›
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SYRIAN REBEL GROUPS SAY THEY WILL ATTEND ASTANA PEACE TALKS
In 2013, the Syrian military used chemical weapons in an attack against rebel-controlled areas of Damascus, killing nearly 1,500 civilians, including more than 400 children... READ MORE›
HOW OBAMA INVITED THE RUSSIAN 'HACK ATTACK'
Second was the uprising against the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria that led to a flurry of internal Obama administration policy proposals the president basically ignored... READ MORE›
OBAMA REMINDS AMERICANS ON 9/11 THAT DIVERSITY STRENGTHENS U.S. FABRIC
President Barack Obama on Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by calling on Americans to embrace the nation's character as a people... READ MORE›
SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR IS A MELEE OF FIGHTING FACTIONS AND ALLIES
Allies include Saudi Arabia and Turkey Enemies include Assad, Iran, Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State... READ MORE›
SENIOR IS-LEADER ADNANI 'KILLED IN SYRIA'
Islamic State holds territory in the province of Aleppo, but not in the city where rebels are fighting Syrian government forces... READ MORE›
WHAT IS ISIL? WHY OBAMA WON'T CALL ORLANDO SHOOTING 'RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM' OR THE ISLAMIC STATE 'ISIS'
Obama asked, before referring to the Islamic State group by another name... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. WEIGHS RAMPING UP DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL FORCES TO SYRIA
But there are mounting indications that the momentum in Iraq and Syria has shifted against Islamic State... READ MORE›
ANTI-IS COALITION FOCUSING ON SEALING TURKISH BORDER
Despite the differences between the forces arrayed against Islamic State, McGurk said the militants were feeling the heat... READ MORE›
FRENCH AIRSTRIKES TARGET ISIS SITES IN SYRIA
A United States-led coalition has been attacking ISIS in Syria with airstrikes since August 2014... READ MORE›
U.S. TARGETS ISLAMIC STATE'S BAGHDADI AS SPECIAL FORCES GEAR UP
U.s. targets islamic state's baghdadi as special forces gear up... READ MORE›
OBAMA, HOLLANDE MEET AS RUSSIAN JET DOWNING COMPLICATES CAMPAIGN
The two leaders met 11 days after terrorists tied to Islamic State killed 130 people in and around Paris... READ MORE›
AFTER PARIS, AMERICANS WANT U.S. TO DO MORE TO ATTACK ISLAMIC STATE
Exclusive After Paris, Americans want U.S. to do more to attack Islamic State - poll... READ MORE›