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IS claims beheading of second Japanese captive
Zee News
Tokyo: The Islamic State group claimed in a video that it had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, drawing international condemnation and outrage from a visibly upset Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who denounced it as a "heinous and despicable" act.
Japan outraged after ISIS claims it beheaded hostage Kenji Goto   CBS News
Islamic State beheads second Japan hostage Kenji Goto, release video of same   Firstpost
French President Francois Hollande 'Resolutely' Condemns Apparent Execution ...   NDTV
Business Standard
Financial Express
TVNZ
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IS Defeated In Kobani
The Nation
After more than three months of continuous fighting, Kurdish forces have managed to force IS militants out and take control of Kobani – a Kurd majority town in Syria bordering Turkey. IS had stormed into the town with heavy artillery on September 16, and ...

In pictures: ruins in war-battered Syrian town   Xinhua
War with Isis: The struggle to rebuild life in Kobani as fighting continues in the ...   The Independent
Gallery: Inside the Kurdish Refugee Camp   Irish Independent
RT
Channel News Asia
NBCNews.com
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Iran's chief of staff links Sinai violence to Israeli interests
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Iran's Chief of Staff, General Hassan Firouzabadi, linked the recent violence in Egypt to Israel on Saturday, according to Iranian state media service Fars news. "Those who attack the Egyptian people and army headquarters in Sinai desert and start fire and do ...

3 militants killed after exchange of fire with army in Egypt   Zee News
Attacks on Sinai directly serve Israel, Iran's top general says   Tehran Times
OIC condemns N. Sinai dealy attack   Kuwait News Agency
Bahrain News Agency
Prensa Latina
Ahram Online
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Sisi: "Egypt faces long, tough battle against militants"
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Sisi said Egypt was confronting the "strongest secret organisation in the world", a reference to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects the guard of honor upon arriving at Khartoum International ...

Egypt court bans Hamas' armed wing   The Nation
Sisi Blames Muslim Brotherhood for Bombings in Sinai   New York Times
Egyptian leader warns of 'long battle' against jihadists   DAWN.com
Haaretz
Xinhua
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Coalition air strike kills IS chemicals expert
Scotsman
A Kurdish fighter surveys the ruins of Kobani, on the Turkish-Syrian border, after IS fighters were driven out last week. Picture: AP. by MARGARET NEIGHBOUR. Updated on the 31 January 2015 22:04. Published 01/02/2015 00:00 ...

Islamic State's chemical expert killed   ARA News
IS chemical weapons expert killed   Tempo
Coalition kills Islamic State 'chemical weapons engineer'   Long War Journal
Deutsche Welle
Christian Post
CBC.ca
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7 Chennaiites Among Nine Held in Turkey
The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: A 46-year-old man and his family comprising his wife and five children from Chennai were among the nine Indians detained by the Turkish authorities on their border while the nine were trying to cross over to Syria. The man was identified as ...

Nine Indians held on Syria border, deported   The Indian Express
Turkey deports 9 persons to India for bid to join ISIS   Times of India
IS link being probed as Indians are sent back   The Hindu
Bangalore Mirror
Hindustan Times
Saudi Gazette
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CIA, Israel plotted Hezbollah commander's killing
The Nation
WASHINGTON - The spy agencies of the United States and Israel worked together in February 2008 to kill a senior Hezbollah commander in Damascus, a Leading American newspaper reported Saturday. Citing unidentified former intelligence officials, The ...

CIA, Israel plotted Damascus assassination of Mughniyeh   Oman Tribune
CIA Assisted Israeli Intelligence in Assassination of Hezbollah Official   Sputnik US
No more Mr. Security   Ynetnews
National Monitor
legal Insurrection (blog)
The Jewish Press
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How books can defeat Isis: Patrick Cockburn was able to update his agenda ...
The Independent
I still find it astonishing that no foreign governments spotted the growing strength of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly known as Isis) in the 18 months before it captured much of northern Iraq in June 2014. There was plenty of evidence that Isis ...

US Carries Out Six Additional Airstrikes Against ISIS Targets in Syria, Iraq   myCentralOregon.com

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Senior IS member's citizenship revoked
Gulf Daily News
A SENIOR Bahraini member of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group had his citizenship revoked yesterday, alongside 71 other people. Turki Al Binali has emerged as one of the leading ideologues in the self-declared caliphate that now stretches across much ...

Bahrain: 72 People Are Stripped of Their Citizenship   New York Times
Exiled Bahrain activist who protested at Windsor Horse Show among 72 to have ...   The Independent
Bahrain revokes the nationality of 72 people   BBC News
Sky News Australia
STLtoday.com
Arab News
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Holyrood to fund MSPs' trip to Saudi Arabia despite mounting concern over ...
Herald Scotland
Custom byline text: Tom Gordon. EXCLUSIVE. Tom Gordon. Scottish Political Editor. THE Scottish Parliament, whose founding principles include equality and transparency, is under fire for part-funding a trade mission to Saudi Arabia amid growing criticism of ...

Amnesty: Saudis postpone blogger's flogging for 3rd week   Bryan-College Station Eagle (blog)
Saudi window of tolerance shut with Islamic State's advance   Times Herald-Record

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