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Feature: Eleanor Beevor at the IISS – The Allied Democratic Forces: the DRC’s most deadly jihadist group?

News TeamFebruary 20, 2019

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Quick Read: Desperate Isis using British hostage John Cantlie as bargaining chip, say Kurds

News TeamFebruary 8, 2019

The fates of John Cantlie and two other western hostages missing for years in Syria are part of Islamic State negotiations to escape annihilation in one of its ...

Quick Read: Isis leader believed to have fled coup attempt by his own fighters

News TeamFebruary 8, 2019

The Isis leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, survived a coup attempt last month launched by foreign fighters in his eastern Syrian hideout, intelligence officials believe, and the terrorist group has since placed a bounty on the main plotter’s head.... ...

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Quick Read: UK believes Islamic State hostage John Cantlie is alive

News TeamFebruary 6, 2019

British Security Minister Ben Wallace has told journalists that the government believes British hostage John Cantlie is alive. Wallace made the comments to jour...

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Quick Read: Remember Al Qaeda? The Original Jihadi Enemy Is Back in Business

News TeamFebruary 5, 2019

As Donald Trump prepares to defend his Syria troop pullout in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, fellow Republicans are pushing back hard. Islamic extremism ...

Travel Advice: FCO updates advice for Mali, warns of terror threat and ongoing kidnap risk

News TeamJanuary 29, 2019

The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated the travel warning for Mali, underlining the terror threat in Bamako. The new advice states that 'terrorists are very like to try to carry out attacks in Mali,' and that people should remain vigila...

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Quick Read: Insecurity in Southwestern Burkina Faso in the Context of an Expanding Insurgency

News TeamJanuary 29, 2019

While much attention has focused on Burkina’s north and, more recently, east, insecurity has been brewing in the country’s southwestern regions, bordering the I...

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Quick Read: Explainer: Who is behind the Philippine church bombings?

News TeamJanuary 28, 2019

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines security forces investigating a deadly twin bombing at a church on a predominantly Muslim southern island are zeroing in on what ...

The latest news on Libya from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Bonatti execs guilty in Libya kidnap

News TeamJanuary 25, 2019

(ANSA) - Rome, January 22 - A Rome judge on Tuesday found the heads of the Parma-based Bonatti oil engineering company guilty in the 2015 kidnapping of four technicians in Libya, two of whom later died in a shoot-out.... Read the full article at the ...

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Quick Read: A Favorite Restaurant in Syria Led ISIS to Americans

News TeamJanuary 18, 2019

BEIRUT — For American troops posted in the dusty flatlands of northern Syria, the Palace of the Princes restaurant in Manbij offered a pleasant place to stop fo...

Quick Read: 2 Americans captured while fighting for ISIS, militia says

News TeamJanuary 8, 2019

The Pentagon and the anti-ISIS coalition said they are aware of reports from America's Kurdish allies in Syria that at least two American citizens who were alle...

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Quick Read: Hackers hijacking inactive Twitter accounts to spread IS propaganda: Report

News TeamJanuary 8, 2019

With a lot of Twitter accounts lying dormant, hackers using a decade-old flaw are taking control of them to spread Islamic State (IS) propaganda, according to a TechCrunch report.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.thestate...

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Quick Read: Morocco Arrests Swiss National in Killing of 2 Tourists

News TeamJanuary 2, 2019

Morocco arrested a Swiss national Saturday in connection with the killing of two Scandinavian women, the counterterrorism agency said. Louisa Vesterager Jespers...

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Quick Read: Scandinavian tourists Maren Ueland and Louisa Jespersen stabbed to death in Morocco, suspect ‘linked to Islamic State’

News TeamDecember 20, 2018

Moroccan authorities have arrested three fugitive suspects in the grisly murder of two Scandinavian hikers after an intensive manhunt, a source close to the inv...

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Quick Read: Islamic State kills 700 prisoners in east Syria: Syrian Observatory

News TeamDecember 19, 2018

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that Islamic State militants had executed nearly 700 prisoners in nearly two months in eastern Syria.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.reuter...

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Quick Read: Italian police identify IS cell suspected in 2013 kidnapping

News TeamDecember 14, 2018

Italian authorities said Wednesday they had identified members of the Islamic State group believed to have been behind the 2013 kidnapping in Syria of Italian a...

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Quick Read: UN says Islamic State kills 6 captives in Libya

News TeamDecember 12, 2018

Interested in ISIS? Add ISIS as an interest to stay up to date on the latest ISIS news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The U.N. mission to Libya says Islami...

Quick Read: US coalition kills ‘Islamic State’ leader wanted for beheadings

News TeamDecember 4, 2018

The US-led coalition against the "Islamic State" (IS) killed a leader of the militant group in Syria, a US official said on Monday.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.dw.com/en/us-coalition-kills-islamic-state-leader-wan...

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Quick Read: Threat from Islamic State-Affiliated Group Reason DRC US Embassy Closed

News TeamDecember 4, 2018

A threat from a group affiliated with Islamic State was responsible for the closing of the U.S. Embassy in Democratic Republic of Congo for more than a week, a ...

Quick Read: Ministry: Tunisia Arrests 12 Suspected IS Members, Dismantles Cells

News TeamDecember 3, 2018

Authorities have arrested 12 suspected members of the Islamic State group and seized bomb making materials since a suicide attack last month, the interior minis...

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Quick Read: Italy arrests Lebanese man suspected of planning bio-chemical poison attack

News TeamNovember 29, 2018

A man suspected of planning a biological or chemical attack in Sardinia has been arrested by Italian anti-terrorism police. Lebanese national Amin Alhaj Ahmad researched ricin and anthrax and looked at information about Isis on his smartphone, invest...

Quick Read: American tourist rescued in Australia after long night at sea

News TeamNovember 23, 2018

(Reuters) - An American tourist was rescued off Australia’s northeast coast on Thursday after his boat capsized, forcing him to spend a cold and lonely night on...