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Jordan Carrying Out Strikes on IS Iraq Targets

Jordan has deployed tens of fighter jets to bomb targets of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq, officials say.

The military has vowed to continue with the attacks to bring IS to its defeat after the death of Moaz al-Kassabeh, a captured Jordanian military pilot who was burned alive, with IS members taking footage of their actions.

Islam has to put its house in order

The brutal manner in which Muath al-Kasaesbeh, the Jordanian fighter pilot, was killed should act as a wakeup call for the Islamic world. Being killed in combat is obviously one of the occupational hazards every soldier has to face, but what al-Kasaesbeh had to suffer goes far beyond the call of duty. 

Air strike kills ISIL chemical weapons expert, US says

An air strike killed a chemical weapons specialist with the ISIL in Iraq who once worked for Saddam Hussein, the US military declares A U.S.-led coalition air strike killed a chemical weapons specialist with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq who once worked for Saddam Hussein, U.S. military officers said Jan. 30.

What the Somalia bombing ahead of Erdo?an's visit shows

An attack against a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Jan. 22 killed five people, including two suicide bombers, on the eve of Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an?s visit to Somalia. A Turkish delegation preparing for Erdo?an?s visit has been staying at the hotel, in front of which a Turkish flag had been raised. Yet another terrorist attack to be condemned...

3,000 in Turkey linked to ISIL group, police intel report says

Turkey's police sounds a new alarm about ISIL, noting that 3,000 people linked to the jihadists are a potential threat to the country There are around 3,000 people linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Turkey, a police intelligence report has alleged, raising a red alert over the possible future actions of "sleeping cells" of the jihadist group, sources have

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