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Malaysia says Islamic State may shift operations to Southeast Asia

Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 03:26 PM

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian minister warned on Wednesday that the Islamic State militant group may shift its base of operations to Southeast Asia after the death of its leader, according to a media report. Read more »

Trump welcomes dog who helped catch Islamic State leader

Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 07:27 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed an unusual guest to the White House on Monday - Conan, the military service dog who helped hunt down Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.   Read more »

French city opens famed Christmas market year after attack

Béatrice Roman-amat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 23 05:20 AM

STRASBOURG, France—The celebrated Christmas market in France's eastern city of Strasbourg opened for another festive season on Friday, with shopkeepers and visitors vowing not to be cowed by an attack last year by a radical Islamist gunman that killed 5 people. Read more »

OPINION: The President wasn’t joking—Marawi rehab monitors bare painful truth about slow pace of recovery

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 08 11:08 PM

At the height of the 5-month war in Marawi City between government forces and groups influenced by the Islamic State, Saripada Pacasum Jr. was a “white helmet” first responder. Read more »

Baghdadi's wife revealed Islamic State group secrets after capture

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 05:40 PM

She was said to be the "first wife" of the IS leader, who was killed in a US special forces raid in Syria last month. Read more »

17 people killed in Tajikistan clash blamed on Islamic State jihadists

Akbar Borisov, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 06:37 PM

Seventeen people were killed in Tajikistan on Wednesday in an attack on a border post that officials blamed on Islamic State group jihadists who had crossed over from Afghanistan. Read more »

Death of Islamic State leader 'not fatal' to terrorist network: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 08:19 PM

The death of Islamic State (IS) leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was 'not a fatal blow' to the militant network that terrorized multiple countries since 2014, an analyst said. Read more »

Islamic State confirms leader Baghdadi is dead, appoints successor

Reuters
Posted at Nov 01 12:14 AM

The Islamic State militant group confirmed on Thursday its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed, the group's news agency Amaq said in an audiotape following a US weekend raid. Read more »

'Hero' dog that chased killed Islamic State leader to get White House homecoming

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 31 10:14 PM

The "hero" dog wounded in the US commando raid that culminated in the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is getting a White House homecoming next week, President Donald Trump said Thursday. Read more »

Killing the leader may not be enough to stamp out Islamic State

Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 29 04:47 PM

BAGHDAD - The killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is of considerable importance, experts believe, but the underlying reasons for his jihadist group's existence remain and attacks in the Middle East and beyond are not likely to stop. Read more »

Saudi says Baghdadi 'distorted' image of Islam

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 10:10 PM

Saudi Arabia said Monday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had distorted the image of Islam, and hailed his killing by US special forces in northwestern Syria. Read more »

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader known for his brutality, is dead at 48

Rukmini Callimachi and Falih Hassan, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 28 05:30 PM

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the cunning and enigmatic black-clad leader of the Islamic State group, who transformed a flagging insurgency into a global terrorist network that drew tens of thousands of recruits from 100 countries, has died at 48. Read more »

Baghdadi's death 'good news' but it's not the end of IS: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 03:39 PM

"The [death of the] leader of one group does not mean the extinction of that band of terrorists," said Presidential Spokesman Sal Panelo.  Read more »

Helicopter fire on IS-linked fighters kills 9 in NW Syria: monitor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 03:22 PM

Helicopter gunfire early Sunday killed nine people near a northwestern Syrian village where "groups linked to the Islamic State group" were present, said a Britain-based war monitor with sources inside Syria. Read more »

Islamic State leader targeted by US forces; Trump plans 'major' statement

Phil Stewart and Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 01:36 PM

The US military conducted an operation against elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday, a US official said, as US President Donald Trump prepared to make a "major statement" at the White House on Sunday morning. Read more »

Islamic State head Baghdadi believed dead after US strike: US media

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 28 08:09 AM

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to be dead after a US military raid in Syria's Idlib region, US media reported early Sunday. Read more »

‘What is going to happen to us?’ Inside ISIS prison, children ask their fate

Ben Hubbard, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 27 10:16 AM

Upstairs, jammed into two cells with little sunlight, are more than 150 children — ages roughly 9 to 14 — from a range of countries. Their parents brought them to Syria and ended up dead or detained. The children have been here for months and have no idea where their relatives are or what the future holds. Read more »

Kurdish fighters leave besieged Syria town

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 20 11:41 PM

Dozens of Kurdish fighters left a Turkish-besieged town in northern Syria Sunday, in what appeared to be the start of a wider withdrawal under a ceasefire deal. Read more »

At least 28 killed in mosque blast in Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 09:25 PM

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State group are active in Nangarhar province. Read more »

Singapore hands down first conviction for terror financing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 03:34 PM

SINGAPORE - A Singaporean man became the first of the country's citizens to be jailed for financing terrorism after he was convicted of sending money to a radical Islamist preacher. Read more »