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Terror in Uganda: what's driving the Islamic State-linked rebels

The Islamic State Central Africa Province recently attacked and killed two foreign tourists and a citizen in a Ugandan nature park. Located in the country’s west near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Queen Elizabeth National Park is about 400km from the Ugandan capital Kampala.

The Conversation

Teenager who threatened ‘lone wolf’ terror attack is found with explosives, police say

The 16-year-old male is said to have proclaimed his allegiance to the Islamic State on social media and pledged to carry out terror activities ‘against the enemies of Allah’

The Independent UK

Paris knife attacker 'swore allegiance to IS' terrorist group, suffered from mental issues

The man who stabbed a tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in Paris swore allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video posted to social media, French anti-terrorist prosecutors said Sunday.

France 24

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Are Islamist flags being waved in pro-Palestine protests? Not exactly

Images of protesters brandishing black and white banners during marches across Europe in support of the Palestinian people have been circulating online. Some accounts were quick to point out that these same flags have been brandished by al Qaeda, the Taliban and the Islamic State group. It turns out that…

France 24

Kurdistan leader cements decades-old ties in visit to Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday received Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in the north of Iraq – where France still has troops as part of its fight against the Islamic State. Paris has supported Kurdistan since the early 1990s.

Radio France Internationale

Wray warns of increased terrorist threat, says U.S. is in a 'dangerous period'

Senior American officials say Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel has created a new dynamic with dangerous implications at home and abroad.

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The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza

The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza’s dense urban neighborhoods is bringing back searing memories of the deadly battles the U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria

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Macron calls for 'international coalition' to fight Hamas

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for Gaza militants Hamas to be added to the targets of an international coalition against the Islamic State armed group, during a visit to Israel and the West Bank.

Radio France Internationale

Pentagon to send military advisers and air defense systems to Israel

Assistance comes ahead of Israel’s anticipated ground assault into Gaza but advisers will not engage in fighting, says US official

The Guardian - US

French prosecutor says alleged attacker in school stabbing declared allegiance to Islamic State

France’s anti-terror prosecutor says a suspected Islamic extremist declared allegiance to the Islamic State group before fatally stabbing a teacher in school attack last week

The Independent UK

How popular music videos drove the fight against the Islamic State

Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the Islamic State (IS) declared the formation of an Islamic Caliphate after they captured the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014.

The Conversation

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

After two years in power, the Taliban are entrenched as rulers of Afghanistan, facing no significant opposition that could topple them

The Independent UK

France repatriates 35 women and children from Syrian jihadist camps

Ten women and 25 children held prisoner in camps in north eastern Syria have been brought back to France in the fourth such repatriation of the families of jihadists.

Radio France Internationale

Islamic State flag should be cut from ban list, Canberra group argues

The words of the Islamic state flag are used by Muslims on a daily basis.

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Mosul faced mass heritage destruction by the Islamic State. We asked residents what they thought about rebuilding

After the Islamic State captured the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in mid-2014, they unleashed a wave of devastating human suffering and unprecedented heritage destruction.

Dynamite News

Gujarat anti-terror unit arrest 5, with links to Islamic State, from Porbandar

The Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Gujarat Police have arrested five persons, including a woman from Porbandar, with alleged links to proscribed international terror outfit the Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISKP) an affiliate of the Islamic State. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

UN investigators compiling evidence on chemical weapons use by Islamic State extremists in Iraq

U.N. investigators are compiling evidence on the development and use of chemical weapons by Islamic State extremists in Iraq after they seized about a third of the country in 2014

France 24

Cannes 2023: 'Four Daughters' looks at reasons why two sisters joined Islamic State group

In today's Cannes Film Festival round-up, actors and real people re-enact the past to understand why two young sisters left Tunisia and their family to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria. "Four Daughters" comes from Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, who is one of the seven female directors…

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Africa's Sahel needs international support to fight militants, UN says

Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their inroads, and a senior UN official warned Tuesday that without greater international support and regional…

The Independent UK

Prosecutors reveal link between terror defendant in Virginia and Islamic State 'empress' from Kansas

Prosecutors say a northern Virginia man arrested last week on terrorism charges has a husband-wife relationship with another American who was dubbed by prosecutors as an “empress of ISIS” for her work to establish an all-female Islamic State battalion

The Independent UK

Erdogan says Turkish forces killed IS chief in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group during an operation in Syria

The Hindu

The Kerala Story an attempt to spread hate propaganda, says Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan lashed out at the movie The Kerala Story in a Facebook post, calling it a product of the Sangh Parivar’s factory of lies.

Reuters

Britain adds two designations under its Islamic State sanctions regime

The British government said on Thursday it had imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on two Afghan individuals under its Islamic State and Al Qaeda sanctions regime.

Daily Mirror

Taliban kills ISIS chief who murdered 13 US troops and 170 Afghans in bombing

US officials said on Tuesday he was killed during a series of battles early this month in southern Afghanistan between the Taliban and the Islamic State group's affiliate

Reuters

U.S. says its forces kill a senior Islamic State leader in Syria

The U.S. military killed a senior Islamic State leader in Syria on Monday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday, another blow to a group that was driven from its self-declared caliphate years ago but is still widely deemed a threat.

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