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Hoda Muthana, 24, left the U.S. to join ISIS more than four years ago. She now wants to return to the country of her birth along with her son. A judge ruled Monday that she'll have to wait for her case to follow the normal litigation process while she li

Woman Who Left U.S. To Join ISIS Denied Request To Expedite Her Case To Return

Mar 05, 2019
A judge ruled there isn't sufficient evidence proving Hoda Muthana and her toddler face imminent harm in Syria. It's a setback for the ISIS bride who hoped to fight her citizenship claim from the U.S.
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U.S. Troops With Syrian Rebels Come Under Attack, But No Americans Injured

Feb 07, 2018
U.S. officials say the attack by Syrian pro-regime forces was unprovoked and the Americans launched airstrikes in self-defense. The U.S. military says a Syrian rebel soldier was wounded.
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A picture taken on Oct. 20, 2017, shows writing about the so-called Islamic State group on a wall in the recaptured Syrian town of Mayadeen. The Red Cross is urging lawful treatment of foreign fighters who traveled to Syria to join the extremists.

Red Cross Urges Fair And Lawful Treatment Of Captured ISIS Fighters

Oct 26, 2017
The remarks come days after a top U.S. envoy was quoted saying, "Our mission is to make sure that any foreign fighter who is here, who joined ISIS from a foreign country ... they will die here."
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A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces walks on a building near Raqqa's stadium Monday, as they cleared the last positions on the front line in the fight against ISIS.

ISIS Makes Last Stand At A Stadium In Raqqa, Its Doomed 'Capital'

Oct 17, 2017
As of Tuesday, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces control "more than 90 percent" of Raqqa, says U.S. Army Col. Ryan Dillon.
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Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Erik Kang is accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS on July 8 in Honolulu. Images taken from an FBI video and provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Hawaii show him kissing an ISIS flag (left) and holding it to his forehead.

U.S. Soldier In Hawaii Is Indicted On Charges Of Supporting ISIS

Jul 22, 2017
Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Erik Kang is accused of sharing secret information and supplying gear, such as a GoPro drone, to undercover FBI agents he believed were affiliated with ISIS.
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The Two-Way
A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb strikes ISIS-K cave and tunnel systems in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province, in a screenshot from video released by the Pentagon.

Giant Bomb Was 'Right Weapon' For Attack On ISIS, U.S. General Says

Apr 14, 2017
The nearly 22,000-pound bomb killed at least 36 fighters and destroyed "large quantities" of weapons when it struck a network of tunnels, an Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman says.
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An image posted online Saturday by supporters of the ISIS militant group purports to show a gun-mounted vehicle operated by the group firing at Syrian troops north of Palmyra in Homs Provence, Syria.

ISIS Renews Attacks On Palmyra In Attempt To Retake Historic City

Dec 11, 2016
Months after ISIS was pushed out of Palmyra, the extremist group is again fighting for the Syrian city in the face of heavy air strikes by Russia's military.
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Airstrike Kills Senior ISIS Leader Known As 'Dr. Wa'il,' U.S. Officials Say

Sep 16, 2016
Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook says the militant who oversaw production of terrorist propaganda videos showing torture and executions was killed near Raqqah, Syria.
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3 In Minnesota Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Commit Murder Overseas

Jun 03, 2016
All of the men are Somali-Americans who are in their early 20s; they now face maximum sentences of life in prison.
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Kurdish Regional Government Peshmergas attend a military training exercise conducted by U.S.-led coalition trainers at the Bnaslawa military training camp in Irbil, Iraq, in March.

U.S. Navy SEAL Is Killed In ISIS Attack In Northern Iraq

May 03, 2016
The SEAL died after ISIS fighters broke through Kurdish defensive lines with a complex attack involving car or truck bombs and subsequent infantry-style raids, Defense Department officials say.
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Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, seen here in a booking photo provided by the Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff's Department, was found guilty of conspiring to support ISIS.

Phoenix Man Convicted Of Supporting ISIS Over Attack In Texas

Mar 18, 2016
It's the first jury trial in the U.S. that involves a homeland attack in the name of ISIS, according to the Justice Department.
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Police found bales of uniforms and accessories in containers that had been labeled as holding secondhand clothes.

Thousands Of ISIS-Bound Uniforms Seized, Spanish Police Say

Mar 04, 2016
Police say the large shipment, which weighed more than 5 tons, was part of a "very active and effective business network" that had sent supplies and war materiel to ISIS.
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Kurdish Force Reports Rescuing Swedish Girl, 16, From ISIS In Mosul

Feb 23, 2016
Announcing the rescue Tuesday, the Kurdistan Region Security Council said that an ISIS operative in Sweden had persuaded the girl to travel to Syria and then to Mosul.
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U.S. airstrikes early Friday targeted an ISIS training camp near Sabratha, Libya, less than 50 miles west of Tripoli.

U.S. Airstrike Targets ISIS Operative In Libya, Reportedly Killing At Least 40

Feb 19, 2016
Intelligence analysts are now trying to confirm whether their main target, Noureddine Chouchane, is among the dead. The senior operative is blamed for deadly terrorist attacks in Tunisia.
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People hold placards reading "We Are Not Afraid" during a rally held one day after the terrorist attack in Jakarta.

Indonesia Makes Arrests Over Deadly Attack In Jakarta

Jan 15, 2016
Police found an Islamic State flag at the site of the arrests, but it's not yet clear exactly how the suspects may have been linked to ISIS.
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British-Accented Man In New ISIS Video Is Suspected To Be A Former Salesman

Jan 05, 2016
The masked militant is believed to be Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah. Before converting to Islam and joining ISIS, he sold moon bounces in East London.
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ISIS New Year's Eve Bombing Plot Foiled in Turkey, Officials Say

Dec 30, 2015
The attackers were targeting Ankara, according to the chief prosecutor's office, two months after a pair of suicide blasts killed more than 100 people at a peace rally.
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Iraqi soldiers walk inside a government complex recaptured from ISIS fighters in central Ramadi, Iraq, Monday.

After Ramadi, A Look At What's Next In The Fight Against ISIS

Dec 29, 2015
Celebrating victory in Ramadi, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi says his troops will oust ISIS from Iraq entirely in 2016. But strongholds such as Mosul may be much harder to retake.
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A handout provided by the Monroe County (N.Y.) Sheriff's Office shows Mufid Elfgeeh's mug shot from 2014.

N.Y. Man Pleads Guilty To Recruiting For ISIS, Could Face 30-Year Prison Term

Dec 17, 2015
Officials say Mufid A. Elfgeeh used social media to send and receive information about terrorist groups and that he plotted to help two recruits travel from the U.S. to Syria.
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"You've got to respect how this guy keeps on saying stuff he surely doesn't actually believe himself and KNOWS are impossible and unconstitutional to actually do," writes a reader of the <em>Jakarta Post</em>, after presidential candidate Donald Trump sp

How Donald Trump's Muslim Comments Are Playing In Muslim Countries

Dec 08, 2015
One of the reactions from people in Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia and Turkey: "[Donald Trump] claims to 'make America great again' by going racist in a country of immigrants?!"
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Dozens of members of the media stand in front of the home of shooting suspects Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik on Friday.

FBI: San Bernardino Shooting Is Being Investigated As A Terrorist Act

Dec 04, 2015
David Bowdich of the FBI's Los Angeles office said at a news conference that "there's a number of pieces of evidence that has pushed us off the cliff."
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A map shows where ISIS recruits have been arrested in the U.S., by state. The map reflects 71 arrests; at least 56 people were arrested on terrorism charges in 2015 — the most since September of 2011.

'Unprecedented': What ISIS Looks Like In America

Dec 01, 2015
A new report glimpses life "inside the bubble of American ISIS sympathizers, a diverse and diffuse scene that the FBI estimates include hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals."
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Anti-terror police detain a man identified as Ahmet Dahmani, an alleged ISIS member, in Antalya, Turkey, Saturday. One of three people arrested, Dahmani is accused of scouting locations for last week's terror attacks in Paris.

Man Suspected Of Scouting Paris Attack Spots Is Arrested In Turkey

Nov 21, 2015
Ahmet Dahmani, 26, was arrested at a luxury hotel. Turkish police say two Syrian men were also arrested nearby, with fake passports in their possession.
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Municipal employees clean the exterior the Carillon cafe, one day after a terrorist attack hit Paris. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly violence.

ISIS Claims Responsibility For Bloody Attack On Paris

Nov 14, 2015
The attack would be the most sophisticated yet by ISIS, as the simultaneous assaults occurred at multiple locations during a busy time of day in a major European capital.
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A U.S. drone aircraft used a Hellfire missile to hit a target that was believed to include Mohammed Emwazi, known as "Jihadi John," seen here in an image made from a militant video that has been verified by SITE Intel Group.

U.S. 'Reasonably Certain' Terrorist 'Jihadi John' Was Killed In Drone Strike

Nov 13, 2015
"We know for a fact that the weapons system hit its intended target," Col. Steve Warren says. He adds that it will take time to make a formal declaration that the ISIS frontman was killed.

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