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Egypt hangs 15 over attacks on security forces

Cairo - Muslimchronicle

Egyptian prison authorities on Tuesday executed 15 people convicted of attacks on security forces, police officials said. The men were hanged in two prisons where they had been held since being sentenced for the attacks in the restive Sinai where jihadists are waging an insurgency. - Muslimchronicle Read more

Iraqi forces retake crossing on Syria border from IS

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi forces said they recaptured an important crossing on the border with Syria from the Islamic State group on Friday as they advanced into the jihadists' last bastion in Iraq. Iraq's Joint Operations Command said troops had "regained full control" of the Husaybah border post on the edge of the town of Al-Qaim after launching a push to oust theRead more

Five dead in suicide bombing in Nigeria mosque

Nigeria - Muslimchronicle

At least five people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, a militia member assisting the military against Boko Haram jihadists said. The leader of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Ajiri Yala, some 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of Maiduguri, said the attack happened at about 4:30 amRead more

Iraq PM wins Iran support as forces battle IS, Kurds

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, whose forces Thursday battled jihadists in the west of the country and Kurds in the north, won the support of Iranian leaders at talks in Tehran. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "gave his support for measures taken by the Iraqi government to defend the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq", Khamenei's office said inRead more

'Fierce clashes with IS near Mosul'

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Jihadists from the Islamic State group and fighters from Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition were locked in fierce clashes near Mosul Tuesday, with nearly 30 reported dead, the coalition said. Mosul, Iraq's second city, was retaken from IS in July after a massive months-long offensive. "Waad Allah forces are repelling an IS attack southwest of Mosul in the Hatra desert"Read more

In Syria, student dreams shattered by war

Idlib - Muslimchronicle

They once dreamt of becoming engineers, teachers or other professionals, but for tens of thousands of Syrian students those hopes were cut short by the war in their homeland. While some have managed to rebuild their lives overseas and others remain stranded in refugee camps, there are those who transformed themselves in the chaos of the conflict into fighters orRead more

Force hails 'historic' Raqa victory but handover on hold

Raqa - Muslimchronicle

The Kurdish-led force that expelled the Islamic State group from Raqa hailed a "historic victory" Friday in the devastated city's stadium and vowed to hand over power to a civilian administration. Three days after fully retaking the northern Syrian city that was considered the inner sanctum of IS's now moribund "caliphate", the Syrian Democratic Forces held an official ceremony. TheRead more