Tag: ISIL
Burkina Faso death toll rises to over 50
The death toll from a weekend attack on a gendarmerie post in northern Burkina Faso has risen to at least 53, according to officials.
The...
Global co-operation needed for counter-terrorism during and after pandemic
With Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and other terrorist groups attempting to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic for their own ends, the international community...
ISIL continues to pose a serious challenge worldwide – UN counter-terror...
Despite serious military setbacks, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) may still have around 20,000 fighters and continues its...
ISIS taps into teen isolation
It's happening almost all over the world: Teenagers are lying to their parents, secretly saving up money, getting passports and sneaking away...
ISS: What the West must learn from George W Bush before...
Despite much commentary to the contrary, the Islamic State is steadily losing ground.
It has already lost three quarters of the border between...
France seeks international meeting to tackle Islamic State
French President Francois Hollande called on Wednesday for an international conference to discuss ways of tackling Islamic State insurgents who have seized...
Islamic State surges in North Iraq, near Kurdistan border
Islamist militants surged across northern Iraq toward the capital of the Kurdish region on Thursday, sending tens of thousands of Christians fleeing...
Islamic State seizes one of last Syria army bases in Raqqa
Militants from the hardline Islamic State group have seized one of the last remaining government bases in the northern province of Raqqa,...
Insight – Tunnelling through triangle of death, Islamic State aims at...
Using secret tunnels built by Saddam Hussein and rough terrain to outfox Iraqi troops, Islamic State insurgents are getting dangerously close to...
Islamic State grabs Iraqi dam and oilfield in victory over Kurds
Islamic State fighters seized control of Iraq's biggest dam, an oilfield and three more towns on Sunday after inflicting their first major...
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SANDF missing the communication target
Former defence and military veterans minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on a number of occasions said words to the effect South Africans have to decide what...
