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BEIRUT (AP) — A senior Egyptian al-Qaeda figure fighting in Syria was killed in a U.S. drone strike this week, the latest to be killed in such attacks in Syria, a Syrian opposition monitoring group and relatives said Friday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Rifai Ahmad Taha
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WASHINGTON – A practicing Sikh who is a captain in the U.S. Army and fought for the right to wear the beard, long hair and turban that reflect his faith while on duty, won his battle for religious freedom after months of debate with Pentagon officials. On March 30, the
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(CNSNews.com) – Acclaimed British author Salman Rushdie spoke about Islamic terrorism on Wednesday evening from the unique perspective of having once had a death-fatwa issued against him for his writing. "It's a mistake that the president [Obama] is making to not use the term Islamic terrorism,"
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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (CNA/EWTN News) — A Congolese Catholic priest who documented human rights abuses in his home country was killed by armed gunmen early Monday morning. Father Vincent Machozi Karunzu was murdered March 21 by armed militants in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of
Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra on Sunday, scoring an important victory over Islamic State fighters who waged a 10-month reign of terror there and dealing the group its first major defeat since an international agreement to battle terrorism in the fractured nation took
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Friday it was moving to increase the number of American forces in Iraq and announced that U.S. forces have killed the Islamic State's finance minister. "We are systematically eliminating ISIL's cabinet," Defense Secretary Ash Carter said, using an
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PARIS (AP) — The Islamic State terrorist group has trained at least 400 operatives to target Europe in deadly attacks, deploying interlocking cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum carnage, the Associated Press has learned. The network of
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Islamic extremists struck Tuesday in the heart of Europe, killing at least 34 people and wounding scores of others in back-to-back bombings of the Brussels airport and subway that again laid bare the continent's vulnerability to suicide squads. Bloodied and dazed travelers staggered from the airport
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