Nigeria on Thursday called for one of its commanders to be put in charge of a new regional fighting force until Boko Haram was crushed,
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Category: TERRORISM
ISIS Captures 88 Eritrean Christians In Libya
The ISIS terror group kidnapped 88 Eritrean Christians from a people-smugglers’ caravan in Libya last week, a U.S. defense official confirmed Monday. The defense official
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Military top brass meet in Nigeria on Boko Haram
Nigeria – Military top brass from Nigeria and surrounding countries met on Tuesday to thrash out plans to take on Boko Haram, as new Nigerian
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BOKO HARAM: Once bustling Niger border town in lockdown over Boko Haram
Diffa, Niger – A soldier in fatigues furiously pedals his bicycle through the alleyways of Diffa, puffing away after the biggest town in southeast Niger
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Gambia declares colonialism, slavery as crime against humanity, genocide
The National Assembly of The Gambia Friday May 29 adopted a motion declaring colonialism and slavery as crimes against humanity and genocide during an extra-ordinary
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Nigeria army repels Boko Haram as new president starts term
Maiduguri Nigeria – Nigeria’s military on Saturday repelled a Boko Haram attack on the key northeastern city of Maiduguri, a day after President Muhammadu Buhari
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No exit: For female jihadis, Syria is one-way journey
FRANCE — When three British schoolgirls trundled across the Syrian border; when a pregnant 14-year-old ran away from her Alpine home for the second time;
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Boko Haram hacks 10 to death in NE Nigeria: local official
Kano Nigeria – Boko Haram fighters hacked to death 10 people in a remote village in northeast Nigeria, a local government official told AFP. Maina
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Islamic State raises flag over citadel in Syria’s Palmyra: supporters
Islamic State fighters have raised their flag over an ancient citadel in Syria’s historic city of Palmyra, pictures posted online overnight by the group’s supporters
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ISIS controls 50 percent of Syria after takeover of Palmyra, activists say
The Islamic State terror group now controls over half of Syrian territory after seizing the village and archaeological site of Palmyra Thursday, activists monitoring Syria’s
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ISIS captures part of ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, home to UNESCO World Heritage Site
Fighters from the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized around a third of the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday
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New nuclear threat? North Korea claims it has miniaturized warheads
North Korea claimed Wednesday that it has manufactured nuclear warheads small enough to fit on the head of a missile, an announcement that is likely
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Bomb outside Afghan Justice Ministry kills five, wounds dozens
A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding dozens as civil
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ISIS claims to have taken Ramadi, Pentagon admits terror group ‘has the advantage’
The Islamic State terror group claimed that it had seized control of the city of Ramadi Sunday in what would be the biggest loss for
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Night raid in Syria: The special forces operation that killed Islamic State’s money man
Under the night sky, a fleet of Black Hawk helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft carrying Army Delta Force commandos took off from Iraq and slipped across
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