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Libya, Egypt ask U.N. to lift arms embargo to fight Islamic State

Libya and Egypt asked the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to lift an arms embargo on Li...

Feb 20, 2015 06:59 AM EST

Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded

Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, a day after the group there released ...

Feb 16, 2015 09:28 AM EST

Jordan jails Brotherhood official for 18 months for criticizing UAE

A Jordanian court sentenced a senior Muslim Brotherhood official to 18 months in prison on Sunday fo...

Feb 15, 2015 05:25 AM EST

UAE says its jets resume airstrikes against Islamic State

United Arab Emirates F-16 jets based in Jordan attacked Islamic State targets on Tuesday and returne...

Feb 10, 2015 07:32 AM EST

Radical scholar provided Japan with channel to IS at hostage crisis peak

Japan's government opened a communication channel with Islamic State in the decisive stages of its r...

Feb 09, 2015 06:19 AM EST

Jordan military jets pound Islamic State as king comforts pilot's family

Jordanian fighter jets pounded Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday, before roaring over the h...

Feb 06, 2015 06:35 AM EST

Islamic State in Syria seen under strain but far from collapse

Islamic State's defeat in Kobani and other recent setbacks in Syria suggest the group is under strai...

Feb 06, 2015 06:31 AM EST

Jordanian king vows 'relentless' war on Islamic State's own ground

Jordan's King Abdullah vowed a "relentless" war against Islamic State on their own territory on Wedn...

Feb 04, 2015 08:59 PM EST

Jordan hangs two Iraqi militants in response to pilot's death

Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic...

Feb 04, 2015 06:42 AM EST

Islamic State shows burning of hostage, Jordan vows "earth-shaking" response

Islamic State militants released a video on Tuesday appearing to show a captured Jordanian pilot bei...

Feb 03, 2015 06:10 PM EST

Jordan still ready for swap with Islamic State to free pilot

Jordan said on Sunday it was still ready to hand over a jailed Iraqi militant to Islamic State in a ...

Feb 01, 2015 09:44 AM EST

Jordan condemns killing of Japanese hostage Goto

Jordan strongly condemned on Sunday the killing of a second Japanese hostage by Islamic State and sa...

Feb 01, 2015 07:57 AM EST

Japan says hostage negotiations with militants 'deadlocked'

Efforts by Japan and Jordan to secure the release of two of their nationals held captive by Islamic ...

Jan 31, 2015 07:00 AM EST

Japan, Jordan working closely on fate of captive Japanese journalist

Japan was working closely with Jordan on Friday to find out what was happening to a Japanese journal...

Jan 29, 2015 11:54 PM EST

Jordan prisoner swap on hold, fate of Japanese IS hostage unclear

Jordan said on Wednesday it had received no assurance that one of its pilots captured by Islamic Sta...

Jan 28, 2015 07:28 PM EST

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