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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday told his Russian counterpart in Moscow that the attack in the French city of Nice showed the need to speed up international efforts to tackle terrorism, especially in Syria. Kerry, who late on Thursday had talks with […]

The U.S. military is planning to request that more troops be sent to Iraq, the commander of U.S. Central Command has said. Joseph Votel’s comments come after the Obama administration announced the deployment of 560 extra soldiers to Iraq on Monday. Votel told Reuters that […]

A Nice, France resident of Tunisian descent has been identified as the suspected driver in the Bastille Day attack. Neighbors describe Mohamed Bouhlel as unstable. USA TODAY NETWORK The Nice mayor’s office confirmed Friday that Mohamed Bouhlel, 31, a resident of the French seaside city, […]

The atrocities are likely to continue even as Isis territory shrinks, writes David Gardner There is something especially horrendous about the kind of mass murder committed last night in Nice: so easy to carry out and so hard to prevent. High quality global journalism requires […]

Russia has conducted more than 50 air strikes since Tuesday against Islamic State (IS) jihadists near the Syrian city of Palmyra, the defense ministry in Moscow said. “The Russian air force has increased the intensity of its strikes against targets of the armed units of […]

Every conflict has a mythical hero or two or more. In the fight against ISIS, one of the most sensational icons of the fight against terrorism is the fierce looking Angel of Death aka Abu Azrael aka Daesh Killer aka jihadi slayer aka Rambo of […]

Syrian president Bashar Al Assad says he has never faced pressure from Russia to step aside. As Moscow prepared for the arrival of US secretary of state John Kerry for talks with Vladimir Putin on how to revive peace efforts in Syria, president Assad insisted […]

The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says his forces are using their new authorities—which include airstrikes against the Taliban–“almost daily” in support of the Afghan government’s efforts to rid the country of insurgents and terrorists. Speaking at Bagram Air Field on Tuesday, General John “Mick” […]

Iraqi government forces advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul retook a village from IS on Tuesday and linked up along the Tigris river with army units pushing from a separate direction, Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said. The territorial gain, which followed the recapture […]