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# Jihadists

This year
2023
# Burkina Faso
UN urges 'impartial' probe after 28 killed in Burkina Faso
The country has been grappling with an insurgency led by jihadists since 2015.
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Jan 7th 2023, 10:43 AM
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# Jihadists
European countries reject calls to repatriate Syria jihadists
The Islamic State’s former “caliphate” is now almost completely destroyed.
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Feb 18th 2019, 9:30 PM
# Jihadists
Two men jailed in first trial linked to 2015 Paris attacks
Jihadists massacred 130 people in the Islamic State attacks in Paris in 2015.
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Feb 14th 2018, 10:45 PM
# counselling and care
Inside the controversial rehab centre for Saudi jihadists
Mohammed bin Nayef Counselling and Care Centre has a focus on finding an ideological cure for jihadism.
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Dec 3rd 2017, 7:30 AM
# borough market
Islamic State claims responsibility for London Bridge terror attack
The so-called ‘Islamic State’ says it was behind the attack that killed seven people and critically wounded 21.
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Jun 5th 2017, 7:08 AM
# keeping the peace
Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon at risk from 'jihadist threat' says top general
Major General Michael Beary said that UN forces were wary of returning jihadists from Syria.
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Feb 19th 2017, 2:16 PM
# madness
Pope hits out at 'homicidal madness' of jihadist attacks
The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics also called on government leaders to combat the poverty.
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Jan 9th 2017, 12:01 PM
# Iraq
'Entire families were killed' - Airstrike on IS controlled town hits civilians
The deadly strike came as Iraqi forces battled jihadists deep inside Mosul.
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Dec 8th 2016, 8:27 AM
# Terror Attack
"Let us learn to live together": Sister of priest slain by jihadists addresses mourners
Despite the rain, thousands have gathered outside Rouen’s cathedral to show their respects.
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Aug 2nd 2016, 1:13 PM
# State of Emergency
'Kind, shy and dedicated', Fr Jacques Hamel is the 236th victim of jihadists in France since 2015
The so-called Islamic State group said today’s attack was carried out by its ‘soldiers’.
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Jul 26th 2016, 8:27 PM
# Mali
Three people, including two UN peacekeepers, killed in attack by suspected Islamist militants
A further 20 people were injured in the pre-dawn attack, four seriously.
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Nov 28th 2015, 3:26 PM
# made in france
A film about a jihadist attack on Paris is on hold because of eerie echoes with reality
Posters for the film placed all over the city’s metro have been taken down.
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Nov 17th 2015, 4:22 PM
# Terror Threat
'There are suspected jihadists in Ireland right now, but the threat is low'
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has confirmed the government is monitoring a number of individuals.
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Jul 21st 2015, 10:00 AM
# Iraq
Islamic State suicide bombers attack US forces after seizing town close to their base
Up to 25 IS fighters attacked the US base using suicide bombers and gunmen.
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Feb 14th 2015, 12:58 PM
# Taking it back
After months of fighting, Islamic State has been driven out of Kobane
Another city in Iraq was also liberated.
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Jan 26th 2015, 7:49 PM
# anti-terror raids
Mastermind of jihadist cell in Belgium 'still at large'
Meanwhile, arrests made in Greece yesterday are said to be unconnected to the cell.
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Jan 18th 2015, 2:20 PM
# anti-terror laws
'No evidence of jihadist terror groups training in Irish mountains'
Frances Fitzgerald has said everything is being done to protect Ireland against terror threats.
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Jan 17th 2015, 2:57 PM
# Jihadists
Counter-terror chief: We can't stop all attacks without becoming a totalitarian society
Gilles de Kerchove also warned that Europe’s prisons have become a ‘massive incubator’ for radicalisation.
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Jan 13th 2015, 7:09 PM
# Hostage
Pilot captured after Islamic State shoots down coalition jet for the first time
It is believed a heat-seeking missile shot down the warplane.
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Dec 24th 2014, 2:17 PM
# Vienna
Austrian police raid homes, prayer rooms and mosques for jihad recruiters
150 people have so far been discovered leaving Austria to join jihadists in Syria and Iraq.
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Nov 28th 2014, 9:24 AM
# I'll take that
Britain to seize passports from British jihadists to stop them returning home
Australia is facing a similar scenario to Britain with at least 73 of its nationals having their passports cancelled to prevent them travelling to Iraq and Syria.
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Nov 14th 2014, 1:58 PM
# Attack
Islamic State oil refineries hit in latest air strikes
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama led the UN Security Council in approving a resolution demanding that countries take action to stem the flow of foreign jihadists to Iraq and Syria.
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Sep 24th 2014, 11:27 PM
# counter-terriorism
The flow of Europeans joining Islamic State 'isn't drying up'
The EU counter-terrorism chief has said the number has swelled from 2,000 to 3,000 in just months.
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Sep 24th 2014, 6:00 AM
# Hostage
Wife of British taxi driver captured by Islamic State pleads with captors to release him
“I cannot see how it could assist any State’s allow the world to see a man like Alan dying,” she said.
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Sep 21st 2014, 8:06 AM
# New South Wales
800 police stop Islamic State plan to 'behead random Australian'
The major pre-dawn operation resulted in 15 arrests.
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Sep 18th 2014, 7:54 AM
# JOining forces
Nations meet in Paris to discuss how to defeat Islamic State
Representatives of 20 nations will take part.
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Sep 15th 2014, 7:40 AM
# islamic state
Australia warns "terrorist attack is likely" over fears of returning jihadists
The Australian Prime Minister said that the level equals to the terror threat level in the United Kingdom.
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Sep 12th 2014, 8:19 AM
John Kerry travels to Middle East to hold anti-IS talks
Saudi has confirmed the Arab anti-IS talks with Kerry for Thursday.
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Sep 9th 2014, 10:29 AM
# Back Together
French mum reunited with two-year-old daughter taken by alleged jihadi father in October
The father was arrested in Turkey last weekend with their daughter Assia.
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Sep 3rd 2014, 11:08 AM
# Iraq
'We will go home one day': Yazidis determined to return to their temples and normal lives
“We were pushed out of Sinjar, but even if (the jihadists) come here, I would rather die for this temple than leave Iraq.”
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Aug 30th 2014, 10:15 AM
# islamic state
Who else, besides Americans, are flying military jets in Iraq? They might not be Iraqis...
Russians or Iranians might have piloted planes that targeted Islamic State militants last week.
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Aug 11th 2014, 3:30 PM
# Weapons
US "urgently" shipping weapons to arm Iraqi Kurds against jihadists
France is calling on the European Union to follow suit.
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Aug 11th 2014, 1:55 PM
# boston bombing
Boston bomb suspect blames brother
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told investigators his brother was the leader in last week’s deadly attacks, and that no international terrorist groups were involved.
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Apr 23rd 2013, 7:34 AM
# Research
DCU gets €5m to investigate violent political extremism online
The research will look at the activities of violent jihadists, nationalist-separatists and extreme right-wing groups on the internet.
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Jun 24th 2012, 6:07 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you really, really need to know by 9am: Gerry Ryan’s open secret, Fine Gael’s bailout fallout, and some cranky phone calls for the Cabinet.
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Dec 12th 2010, 8:54 AM