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Egyptian security forces in Sinai. (AFP/ File)

August 30th, 2018 - 10:23 GMT

Egyptian Forces: 20 Takfiris Killed in Operation Sinai

The Egyptian Armed Forces announced their killing of 20 “dangerous takfiris” in 2018’s comprehensive Operation Sinai, with the stated aim of combating extremism.

Forces with the National Unity Government stand on a tank in Sirte, Libya, during a land-and-air campaign to retake the city from Daesh. (AFP/Stringer)

June 24th, 2016 - 11:24 GMT

Libya: National unity forces launch airstrike on Daesh in Sirte

The Taliban gain ground in Afghanistan as militants adopt new tactics. (AFP/File)

June 13th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Taliban skin man alive in Afghanistan in potential Daesh copycat attack

A file photo of Egyptian military vehicles rolling through a major street in Sinai. (AFP/File)

May 22nd, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Egyptian military conducts raids across Sinai, 51 militants killed

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May 14th, 2016 - 11:19 GMT

Dramatic video appears to show PKK shoot down Turkish helicopter

The Citadel Military College in South Carolina announced it would not permit a uniform exception for an incoming student who wears hijab. (The Citadel)

May 11th, 2016 - 08:41 GMT

US military college denies student’s request to wear hijab

A file photo shows Incirlik air base in southern Turkey. (AFP/File)

April 27th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Turkey to receive long-range missiles from US for Daesh fight

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrives at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 9, 2016. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Corey Hook)

April 10th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

US deploys B-52 bombers to Qatar in anti-Daesh fight

Kurdish Peshmerga forces enter the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar after pushing out Daesh. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

March 26th, 2016 - 10:22 GMT

Iraq’s Yazidis take on Daesh in Sinjar

A boat carrying refugees and migrants arrives on a Greek island, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey in February. (AFP/Aris Messinis)

March 22nd, 2016 - 03:06 GMT

The impact of humanitarian volunteers in Greece

A picture taken on March 18, 2016 shows a night-view of the coastal city of Latakia, the provincial capital of the heartland of Syrian president's Alawite sect. (AFP/Louai Beshara)

March 20th, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Syrian government forces advance against Daesh in Latakia

The bodies of two of at least three Israeli killed in the terror attack were due to be repatriated to Israel on Sunday. (AFP/File)

March 20th, 2016 - 07:30 GMT

Second Israeli killed in Istanbul bombing named as wounded return to Israel

Tairod Pugh, a 48-year-old air force veteran was arrested after attempting to travel to Syria to join Daesh. (File photo)

March 10th, 2016 - 08:30 GMT

US Air Force veteran convicted of attempting to join Daesh in Syria