The 10 Indonesians held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippines are reportedly safe following an intense shootout between the local army and the terrorist group, Indonesia's foreign affairs minister said Tuesday.
Antiquities experts will head soon to the reclaimed ancient caravan city of Palmyra for precise damage assessment done by the Islamic State (IS) group, a Syrian antiquities official told Xinhua on Wednesday.
Ten Indonesian crewmen were reportedly kidnapped by terrorist group Abu Sayyaf off Tawi-tawi in southern Philippines, military sources said on Monday.
A military aircraft landed on Monday in the airbase of Palmyra, the first since government troops recaptured the city from Islamic State (IS) militants, Syrian TV reported.
The Pentagon announced on Friday a senior Islamic State (IS) commander in Syria believed to be in line to lead the extremist group had been killed by the United States.
The Philippine government is closely coordinating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest Muslim rebel group in the country, to ensure that the ongoing military operations in southern Philippines would not escalate and affect the peace process, a senior government official said Sunday.
Pakistan's military provides weapons and training to IS militants in Afghanistan and instructs them to kill the "infidel" Afghan forces, according to the terror group's fighters who laid down their arms.
South Korea and the United States are expected to launch a joint working group next week to discuss the deployment in the South Korean territory of a sophisticated U. S. missile defense system, Yonhap news agency reported Thursday citing a government source.
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The Islamic State (IS) militant group has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombings, which rocked the central province of Homs and the capital Damascus on Sunday, killing over 107 people.
A delegation of the U.S.-led anti- terror coalition have visited Kurdish fighters in a Kurdish area in northern Syria, a monitor group reported on Monday.
The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for three deadly bombings that rocked a Shiite district south of the capital Damascus on Sunday, killing over 76 people.
The attack last week on a Pakistani university that killed more than 20 students, teachers and security guards has further divided the Taliban group as one of its commanders quickly claimed responsibility while its central spokesman denied any involvement.
The explosions are believed to be airstrikes targeting areas in al-Raqqa and its countryside, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
In April 2013, terrorist group Islamic State announced it would expand its operations beyond Iraq as the civil war in Syria worsened.
At least one person was killed and 12 others wounded after a suicide car bomb rocked near the Russian Embassy in the western part of the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, witnesses and sources said.
The Islamic State (IS) group confirmed Tuesday the killing of its notorious executioner, known as Jihadi John, in a drone strike in northern Syria last year.
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