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FINAL OFFENSIVE ON LAST IS HIDEOUT IN SYRIA / 3,000 fighters surrender
US-backed forces said yesterday the Islamic State group was living its "final moments" after thunderous shelling on its last scrap of land in eastern Syria prompted 3,000 jihadists to surrender.
IS advance near Turkish border, civilians trapped
Islamic State fighters capture territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border and inch closer to a town on a supply route for foreign-backed insurgents fighting the jihadists, a monitoring group said.
Tunisia kills 28 jihadists after attack near Libya border
Tunisian forces kill 28 jihadists who attacked police and army posts near the Libyan border in a new spillover of violence that also saw four civilians killed.
Pentagon boosts cyber war against IS group
The Pentagon is expanding its cyber war against Islamic State computer networks, senior defense officials say as they claimed to have seized the momentum in the 18-month-old fight against the jihadists.
PROJECT SYNDICATE / How to fight jihadi terrorism
The hysterical anti-Muslim reaction to terrorism is generating fear and resentment among Muslims living in Europe and America. The older generation reacts with fear, the younger one with resentment;
Tunisia declares state of emergency after deadly bus blast
Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi declares a nationwide state of emergency and a curfew in the capital after a bomb attack on a presidential guard bus killed at least 12 people.
Hotel attacks: Mali declares 10-day state of emergency
Gun-toting jihadists took more than 100 people hostage for around nine hours at a top hotel in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, in an attack claimed by an al-Qaeda affiliate that left at least 27 people dead.
Egypt plane crash: IS claim rejected
An investigation is under way after a Russian airliner crashed in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.
Cameron facing IS drone strike questions
David Cameron is facing questions over the decision to carry out a drone strike in Syria which killed two British Islamic State jihadists.
Saudi authorities catch police shooting suspect
Saudi Arabia's security services have detained a Saudi Arabian man on suspicion of shooting dead two policemen and wounding two others.
Islamic State attacks Iraqi provincial capital
Islamic State militants attacked the capital of Iraq's vast Anbar province on multiple fronts on Friday, seizing two areas on the city outskirts.