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10:25pm, 10th May, 2019

Taliban fighters double as reporters to wage Afghan digital war

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group's daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight fighting with U.S. and Afghan forces.

Islamic State recruit says many foreign fighters jailed or killed

3:49am, 11th April, 2019

World

Islamic State recruit says many foreign fighters jailed or killed

A Tajik man who joined Islamic State said many foreigners who enlisted in its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria were jailed or killed for trying to leave.

U.S. senators introduce bill to stop transfer of F-35 fighters to Turkey

3:58pm, 28th March, 2019

Politics

U.S. senators introduce bill to stop transfer of F-35 fighters to Turkey

Four U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bipartisan bill to prohibit the transfer of F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey until the U.S. government certifies that Ankara will not take delivery of a Russian S-400 air defense system, a statement on the m...

Islamic State fighters pinned on Syrian riverbank, warplanes fly above

3:06am, 20th March, 2019

World

Islamic State fighters pinned on Syrian riverbank, warplanes fly above

Warplanes flew near Baghouz in eastern Syria early on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, as the final remnants of the Islamic State group held a narrow strip of land along the Euphrates in a last-ditch defense of its dwindling territory.

With shrouded faces, Islamic State fighters stand guard over final enclave

10:09am, 10th March, 2019

World

With shrouded faces, Islamic State fighters stand guard over final enclave

Armed with assault rifles and with faces wrapped in scarves, the Islamic State fighters visible at the boundary of their last enclave in eastern Syria are among the hardened jihadists who appear ready to fight to the death.

150 Islamic State fighters surrender in Syria battle: monitor

10:50am, 4th March, 2019

World

150 Islamic State fighters surrender in Syria battle: monitor

Scores of Islamic State fighters surrendered to U.S.-backed forces on Monday, a war monitor said, after a ferocious assault to overrun their last shred of territory in eastern Syria.

Syria fighters say IS still holds civilians, slowing attack

6:43am, 4th March, 2019

World

Syria fighters say IS still holds civilians, slowing attack

U.S.-backed fighters have slowed an offensive to take Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria because a small number of civilians remain there, though fierce fighting continues, they said on Monday.

U.S.-backed SDF hand Iraqi, foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq

4:39am, 21st February, 2019

World

U.S.-backed SDF hand Iraqi, foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) handed over more than 150 Iraqi and other foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq on Thursday.

Air strikes hit Islamic State pocket as Syrian fighters press attack

1:28pm, 19th February, 2019

World

Air strikes hit Islamic State pocket as Syrian fighters press attack

Air strikes targeted Islamic State's last pocket in eastern Syria late on Tuesday as U.S.-backed fighters pressed for a victory that would bring the jihadists' self-proclaimed caliphate to its bloody end.

Taliban fighters storm Afghan city before being repelled

7:44am, 10th August, 2018

World

Taliban fighters storm Afghan city before being repelled

Heavily armed Taliban fighters attacked the strategic central Afghan city of Ghazni on Friday, burning police checkpoints and seizing control of parts of the center before being driven back by U.S.-backed forces, officials said.

Afghanistan says surrendered Islamic State fighters are war prisoners: U.S. general

3:31pm, 8th August, 2018

World

Afghanistan says surrendered Islamic State fighters are war prisoners: U.S. general

Afghanistan told the United States that Islamic State fighters who surrendered last week will be treated as prisoners of war, and not honored guests, despite the warm welcome they had initially received, a top U.S. general said on Wednesday.