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Iraqi Kurdish forces, backed by US-led coalition air strikes, enter a town held by Islamic State militants north-east of Mosul, weeks after it was first surrounded.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, iraq
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| UpdatedMuslim preacher Junaid Thorne challenges the Australian Federal Police to show any evidence that he is the leader of a local terror cell.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, religion-and-beliefs, islam, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe Governor of Uruzgan pleads for Australian forces to return to the Afghan province, as Afghan soldiers surrender and join the Taliban.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, defence-forces, army, afghanistan, australia
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| UpdatedA second front against Islamic State militants is announced, with US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces in Syria declaring that they have begun an operation to recapture the Syrian city of Raqqa, the group's de facto capital.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic, turkey
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| UpdatedIraqi special forces say they are still struggling to clear neighbourhoods retaken from the Islamic State group along Mosul's eastern edge.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, iraq
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| UpdatedNigerian army troops rescue one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists more than two years ago, with a 10-month-old son born to a Boko Haram fighter.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, islam, nigeria
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| UpdatedIraqi troops advancing towards Mosul are battling for the last town left between them and the Islamic State stronghold to the north.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, world-politics, iraq
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| UpdatedSyrian rebels and civilians refuse to leave the besieged city of Aleppo as a ceasefire expires and a renewed bombing campaign looms.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedIraqi special forces say they have recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul, expanding the army's foothold in the Islamic State group bastion, a day after its leader told his jihadist followers there could be no retreat.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, terrorism, iraq
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Islamic State group militants kill hundreds and have been recruiting boys above the age of nine around their stronghold of Mosul, the United Nations says.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, charities, iraq
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| UpdatedA parliamentary committee endorses new laws allowing convicted terrorists to be kept in jail once their sentences expire, provided a court rules they pose a threat to society.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, government-and-politics, australia
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Civilians and rebels have been given until Friday evening to get out of east Aleppo or face "annihilation" — but for many people trapped in the Syrian city, that's not an appealing option.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic
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As Islamic State faces the prospect of defeat in Iraq, counter-terrorism experts say the risk of foreign fighters returning to their home countries is increasing dramatically.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, australia, syrian-arab-republic, iraq
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With Iraqi troops battling inside the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, the militants' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi tells his followers to "wreak havoc".
Topics: terrorism, world-politics, iraq, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedThe home of one of Australia's most radical Muslim preachers has been raided as part of an ongoing investigation into a recently foiled plot by two Sydney teenagers to carry out an Islamic State-inspired killing.
Topics: terrorism, police, merrylands-2160, australia, nsw
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| UpdatedCounter-terrorism police allege one of two people arrested in Sydney raids this morning had links to a member of foreign fighter network.
Topics: terrorism, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedHigh humidity and cloud cover force Iraqi special forces' offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State fighters to pause.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, territorial-disputes, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, terrorism, iraq
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| UpdatedQueensland man Omar Succarieh, who provided tens of thousands of dollars to his brother to engage in armed hostilities in Syria, is sentenced to more than four years in jail, but will be eligible for parole in less than a year.
Topics: courts-and-trials, terrorism, brisbane-4000
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Terrorism expert David Lowe discusses the significance of Iraqi forces' first break into the Islamic State's stronghold of Mosul.
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| UpdatedArtillery and air strikes pound the eastern edge of Mosul as the battle to recapture the Islamic State group's last main bastion in Iraq enters a new phase of urban warfare and the UN raises fears about the use of human shields.
Topics: territorial-disputes, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, government-and-politics, iraq
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| UpdatedNSW Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn has retained control of counter-terrorism operations as part of a major restructure of the NSW Police Force.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedOmar Succarieh, who was arrested during counter-terrorism raids in 2014, provided more than $US40,000 to help his brother and others to fight in Syria, a court hears during his sentencing for four foreign incursion charges.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedRebels in the Syrian city of Aleppo are accused of indiscriminately killing civilians as they fight to end a regime siege which has cut off a quarter of a million people.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedIraqi troops enter the Karama district of the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, their first advance into the city itself after two weeks of fighting in the surrounding area to dislodge the militants, an officer said.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, army, iraq, united-states, syrian-arab-republic
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Syrian rebels open a new front in Aleppo as fighting spreads on the third day of a major insurgent counter-attack to break the Government's siege of the opposition-held part of the city, with each side accusing the other using poison gas.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, territorial-disputes, terrorism, government-and-politics, syrian-arab-republic