Search results for ‘al-qaeda’
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FactCheck: what do we learn from the Blair-Bush letters?
Letters written by Tony Blair for the eyes of the US president only have now been declassified. What do they tell us about the Iraq War?
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Chilcot Inquiry: Blair – ‘I will be with you, whatever’
Tony Blair told US President George W Bush “I will be with you, whatever” eight months before parliament approved the invasion of Iraq, the Chilcot inquiry has found.
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Osama bin Laden left $29m for global jihad
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden left $29m in his will, with instructions that most of this should be used to wage jihad.
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FactCheck: has Donald Trump been rewriting history again?
Donald Trump is taking fire from US fact-checkers over dubious claims that he was against the US-led invasion of Iraq from the outset.
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Madaya: medics on way to besieged Syrian town
A medical team is on its way to the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, where 32 people are reported to have died of starvation in the last month and children are suffering from severe malnutrition.
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FactCheck: who were the victims of the ‘Islamic State’ in 2015?
The attacks in France dominated the headlines, while the media were accused of ignoring other victims of the so-called Islamic State’s global campaign of terror.
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Yemen civil war: ceasefire comes into effect
A ceasefire in Yemen takes effect in the midst of a civil war that has led to the deaths of nearly 6,000 people.
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Saudis form Islamic alliance to combat terrorism
Saudi Arabia is leading an alliance of Muslim countries to combat Islamic State and other terrorist organisations.
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Shaker Aamer: extremists should “get the hell out” of UK
The last UK resident held at Guantanamo Bay has spoken out against home-grown terrorists in his first interview since being released.
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‘At least three dead’ after terrorists storm Mali hotel
At least three people have reportedly been killed after gunmen took 170 people hostage at a luxury hotel full of foreign guests in Mali’s capital Bamako.
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Mali capital targeted by terrorists a week after Paris
A terrorist attack takes place in Mali just a week after Paris, but France and its former colony share more than a fight against terror.
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Four arrested in connection with counter-terror operation
Four men have been arrested in the UK in connection with a counter-terrorism operation led by Italian authorities this morning.
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Al-Shabaab and IS – changing allegiances in Somalia
A high-profile Al-Shabaab preacher has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. Is it a sign of closer ties between the two Islamist militant groups, or a one off?
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Shaker Aamer: last Guantanamo inmate ‘to sue UK government’
Shaaker is set to take legal action against the British Government after being released from the US prison camp, sources say.
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Syria: Russian embassy shelling was ‘terrorist act’
Russia says the shelling of its embassy in the Syrian capital was an “act of terrorism” designed to intimidate “supporters of the fight against terrorism”.
