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Al Jazeera interview with Abu Mohammed al-Julani of Jabhat al-Nusrah

Syria: Jabhat al-Nusrah leader vows not to attack the West in television interview

The leader of Jabhat al-Nusrah, al-Qaeda’s official offshoot in Syria, has ordered his network of Islamic militants not to use Syria as a base from which to launch attacks on the West.

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Tajikistan special forces chief joins Islamic State

A video has emerged online where the chief of Tajikistan special forces, Gulmurod Khalimov, claim to have joined the Islamic State (IS).

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Syria: Islamic State militants seize ancient city of Palmyra

Islamic State (IS) militants have taken control of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra.

Government appears helpless as hundreds of young Britons discover jihad online

As ever more young Britons head to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State, the government is left desperately seeking a strategy to combat the lure of recruitment to jihad.

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Iraq: Corruption cripples Iraqi armed forces in the fight against Islamic State

Iraq’s army is billed as having a strength of about 200,000 soldiers. And yet territories across northern Iraq have been easily turned over by IS militants over the past year.

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