"At least 11 people were killed and four were seriously wounded in Wednesday's attack at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, French President Francois Hollande told reporters." Source: At …
Yemen’s al-Qaida thrives on Sunni backlash to Shiite rebels
"Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen is surging in strength, finding new support and recruits among the country’s Sunni tribesmen, in a backlash to drone strikes and the rise to power of Shiite rebels who have …
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Bulgaria to Extradite Three Suspected Jihadis
"A Bulgarian court has ordered the extradition of three suspected members of a jihadist group to Spain, officials say. The announcement follows the arrest in December of two Moroccans and a Brazilian …
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Pakistan offers $100,000 bounty for Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah
"The government of Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Monday announced a bounty worth 10 million rupees (US$100,000) for information leading to the arrest or death of the Pakistani Taliban …
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Islamist group seizes Damascus suburb from rivals
"Islamist fighters seized a suburb east of Damascus on Sunday after driving out a smaller rival insurgent group in deadly clashes, a monitoring group said, the latest example of rebel infighting in …
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Six North Caucasus Insurgency Commanders Transfer Allegiance To Islamic State
"Sixteen months after his death, the continued viability of the Caucasus Emirate (IK) proclaimed by then Chechen Republic Ichkeria President Doku Umarov in the fall of 2007 is open to question. …
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US Envoy Warns No Short Term Solutions for Stopping Islamic State
"In an interview, US General John Allen, Washington's special envoy for countering the Islamic State, discusses why he believes the recent military campaign has reversed the terrorist group's momentum …
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Car bomb targeting Somali security forces kills four civilians
"A car bomb targeting security officials killed four civilians in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, a government official said." Source: Car bomb targeting Somali security forces kills four …
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Suicide Bomber Hits European Police in Kabul; One Dead
"A suicide car bomber struck near the headquarters of the European police training mission in Kabul on Monday, killing one Afghan civilian and wounding five others nearby, police and EUPOL …
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Islamist militants kill seven Malian soldiers in dawn attack
"Islamist gunmen killed at least seven Malian soldiers near the Mauritanian border, a local mayor said in Monday, in a dawn raid that illustrated continuing volatility two years after France helped …
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