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US Military Kills Senior ISIS Leader in Northern Somalia
U.S. special operations forces have killed a senior Islamic State group official and 10 other terrorist operatives in remote northern Somalia.
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Connecticut Man Admits to Trying to Help Islamic State Group
A 29-year-old Connecticut man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal terrorism charge, more than three years after he was arrested at an airport while trying to travel to Syria to help the Islamic State group, officials said. Kevin McCormick, of Hamden, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,...
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West Haven Man Pleads Guilty After Trying to Join ISIS: Officials
A West Haven man has pleaded guilty to charges after trying to travel to the Middle East to join and fight for terrorist group ISIS. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 25-year-old Ahmed Khalil Elshazly was arrested on Dec. 15, 2019 after arriving in Stonington where he expected to board a boat heading to Turkey. Elshazly had wanted to travel to…
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ISIS ‘Beatle' El Shafee Elsheikh Gets Life Term for US Hostage Deaths
A British man nicknamed one of the Beatles by his captives because of his English accent has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the deaths of four U.S. hostages captured by the Islamic State.
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ISIS Bomb Maker Detained in Syria Raid, US Military Says
A person described as one of the Islamic State group’s top leaders in Syria was detained in the operation, which took place Thursday, local time,
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ISIS Operative's Plot to Kill George W. Bush Over Iraq War Foiled by FBI
An Iraqi citizen who entered the U.S. in September 2020 allegedly plotted to kill George W. Bush, even traveling to Dallas to surveil the former president’s home, according to an FBI search warrant affidavit obtained by NBC News.
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So-Called ‘Beatle' Gets Life Sentence for Islamic State Beheadings
A British national who played a key role in a scheme by the Islamic State to kidnap and kill Western hostages a decade ago has been sentenced to life in prison.
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Brit Convicted as ‘Beatle' in Islamic State Beheadings Trial
A jury has convicted a British national for his role in an Islamic State group hostage-taking scheme that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago.
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Lethal US Raid on IS in Syria Encounters a Doll, Crib, Bomb, Bullets
When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos landed in Syria an hour after midnight, the raiders confronted a houseful of extremists and children.
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Who Is the ISIS Leader Killed in the U.S. Raid? Here's What to Know
The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos
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Biden on Syria Raid: US ‘Successfully Removed Major Terrorist Threat to the World'
President Joe Biden commended U.S. special forces who carried out an overnight raid in northwestern Syria that killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.
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US Special Ops Kills ISIS Leader in Syrian Raid
President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday that U.S special operations forces conducted a large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria, killing ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi .