Islamic terrorism

Official: Nigeria military attacks camps, kills 21

4 days ago

Islamic extremists have raided military barracks in the past and displayed uniforms, weapons and bulletproof vests as trophies in propaganda videos.

Warplanes, troops in NE Nigeria; mobile phones cut

5 days ago

Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal...

Nigeria deploys army to northeast to fight rebels

6 days ago

Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody...

Nigeria president declares state of emergency

7 days ago

From 2010 on, Islamic extremists have engaged in hit-and-run shootings and suicide bombings.

Weapons of war spill blood in Nigeria's insurgency

14 days ago

Since then, Islamic extremists have engaged in hit-and-run shootings and suicide bombings, attacks that have killed at least 1,618 people during that time, according to an Associated Press count.

Authorities: 42 dead in Nigeria extremist attacks

14 days ago

From 2010 on, Islamic extremists have engaged in hit-and-run shootings and suicide bombings, attacks that have killed more than 1,500 people, according to an Associated Press count.

US: Islamic extremists move between Nigeria, Mali

69 days ago

The United States ambassador to Nigeria has said Islamic extremists continue to move freely from the nation to northern Mali, despite the ongoing French military operation there.

Lebanon, Greece name hostages killed in Nigeria

70 days ago

Lebanon and Greece have identified the hostages killed by Islamic extremists in Nigeria, though two people remain unaccounted for out of the seven kidnapped.

Nigeria: Video shows bodies of foreign hostages

71 days ago

Nigerian soldiers have been sent to Mali to help French forces and Malian troops battle Islamic extremists there.

Italy says 7 foreign hostages killed in Nigeria

73 days ago

Nigerian soldiers have been sent to Mali to help French forces and Malian troops battle Islamic extremists there.

Mali rebels fighting in Gao; car explodes in Kidal

89 days ago

Thierry Burkhard said the firefight on Wednesday in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountain range, near the Algeria border, came in the third day of an operation code-named "Panther," as French forces...

Mali: French troops begin withdrawal from Timbuktu

103 days ago

"Further north in the area of Kidal French Mirage 2000 and Rafale fighter jets had been hammering targets including the Islamic extremists' logistical depots and training camps.

Stash of weapons, rocket rattle Mali town of Gao

104 days ago

The Malian army staged a coup in the faraway capital, Bamako, and in the chaos that followed, the Tuaregs and Islamic extremists made rapid advances, seizing the main cities in northern Mali.

French troops to quit Timbuktu this week

107 days ago

French airstrikes targeted the Islamic extremists' desert bases and fuel depots in northern Mali overnight.

In recaptured city in Mali, Islamists hunted down

112 days ago

African and Western nations on Tuesday pledged more than $450 million to fund an African-led military force to continue the fight against the Islamist extremists in Mali.

Timbuktu, ancient seat of Islamic learning

113 days ago

Timbuktu, the fabled desert city where retreating Muslim extremists destroyed ancient Arab manuscripts, was a center of Islamic learning hundreds of years before Columbus landed in the Americas.

US begins transporting French troops to Mali

119 days ago

The French-led operation to oust Islamic extremists from northern Mali began Jan. 11.

French military advances toward key Mali town

121 days ago

About 200 French infantrymen supported by six combat helicopters and reconnaissance planes advanced Monday toward the town of Diabaly, seized one week ago by Islamic extremists including fighters...

Mali towns marked by fighting, airstrikes

124 days ago

That changed last March, following a coup in the capital which created the disarray that allowed Islamist extremists to take over the main cities in the distant north.

Rebels, backed by Islamic extremists, capture base in Syria

161 days ago

Syrian rebels, including Islamic extremists, took full control of a military base Tuesday after a bloody two-day battle that killed 35 soldiers, activists said.

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