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  1. U.S. Launches Major Strikes on Islamic State Targets in Syria U.S., January 10

    The airstrikes followed an even larger attack in December to avenge the killing of three Americans last year.

  2. North Carolina Man Accused of Planning Potential Terrorist Attack U.S., January 2

    The 18-year-old, radicalized online, was planning a New Year’s Eve attack in a Charlotte suburb, officials said.

  3. Suicide Bomber in Syria Kills Security Officer in New Year’s Eve Attack World, January 1

    The attacker likely had links to the Islamic State and was possibly targeting a Christian church in the center of Aleppo, according to a government spokesman.

  4. Police Raid on Suspected ISIS Safe House in Turkey Turns Deadly Video, December 29

    Three police officers and six militants were killed in clashes during a police raid on a suspected Islamic State safe house in Turkey on Monday, the authorities said.

  5. ISIS Militants Kill 3 Police Officers in Turkey World, December 29

    A raid on a suspected safe house for the terrorist group Islamic State set off a clash that killed the police officers as well as six Turkish militants.

  6. Syrian Protests Over Lack of Security Leave 2 Dead World, December 28

    Days after a bombing at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area, members of the religious minority in Syria demonstrated for better protections.

  7. Zero Hour for the Middle East World, December 28

    After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way?

  8. Trump dice que los ataques aéreos en Nigeria fueron contra el Estado Islámico. Los expertos advierten una situación compleja En español, December 27

    Aunque las autoridades nigerianas han rebatido las afirmaciones de Trump sobre un “genocidio” cristiano, han optado por responder a sus amenazas cooperando con su gobierno.

  9. Trump’s Claims About Nigeria Strike Belie a Complex Situation on the Ground World, December 26

    President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.

  10. U.S. Strikes ISIS in Nigeria After Trump Warned of Attacks on Christians U.S., December 26

    The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.

  11. Bondi Beach Gunmen Also Used Pipe Bombs in Attack, Police Say World, December 22

    But the explosives did not detonate, according to investigators, who also found a video of the two men training with firearms.

  12. Sydney Shooting Suspects Met Muslim Leaders in Philippines, Officials Say World, December 21

    Intelligence authorities in the Philippines say the father and son apparently slipped out of Davao City during their monthlong stay, but details remain sketchy.

  13. Long Before Bondi Massacre, Australian Jews Lived With a Sense of Peril World, December 21

    Armed guards, bollards and secretive precautions became part of life amid antisemitic attacks and blurred lines between anger at Israel and hatred of Jews.

  14. U.S. Strikes on Syria Underscore Scale of Challenge for Its President World, December 20

    The Syrian government did not comment directly on the extensive American strikes targeting the Islamic State on Friday, but said it was intensifying its own efforts to fight the group.

  15. U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria U.S., December 19

    American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.

  16. What We Know About the Suspects in the Bondi Beach Attack World, December 19

    The police named Sajid Akram, 50, and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, as the suspects in the shooting that claimed 15 lives on Dec. 14.

  17. Australia Debates New Laws to Restrict Hate and Suspend Protests World, December 19

    The authorities are vowing to crack down after a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration. Experts say that what the country needs might not be new laws.

  18. Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria World, December 19

    The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad.

  19. Australia Announces Plan to Buy Back Guns in Wake of Hanukkah Attack World, December 19

    The program is expected to take hundreds of thousands of firearms out of circulation, the prime minister said on Friday.

  20. Before the Massacre, Bondi Suspects Spent Weeks at a Philippine Hotel World, December 19

    Workers at the budget hotel in the southern Philippines, a region that has long battled Islamist insurgencies, said the two men rarely left their room.

  21. 2 U.K. Police Forces Pledge to Arrest People Who Chant ‘Globalize the Intifada’ World, December 17

    The police in London and Manchester said they would take a “more assertive” approach after the Bondi Beach massacre and a terrorist attack at a British synagogue.

  22. Australia Shooting Is a Reminder of Islamic State’s Power to Inspire Attacks World, December 17

    ISIS is too weakened to seize territory, experts said, but its ability to churn out propaganda aimed at provoking violence against the West persists.

  23. El Estado Islámico y el ataque en Bondi Beach En español, December 17

    Las autoridades australianas afirman que los sospechosos estaban motivados por el grupo militante, lo que sugiere que aún tendría la capacidad de inspirar actos de terrorismo.

  24. ISIS and the Bondi Beach Attack World, December 16

    Australian officials say the suspects were motivated by ISIS. It suggests the group may still have the ability to inspire acts of terrorism.

  25. Gunmen in Sydney Massacre Were Motivated by Islamic State, Officials Say World, December 16

    Investigators said they were also looking into a trip to the Philippines that the father-and-son attackers took last month.

  26. After an Antisemitic Atrocity, Australia Looks for a Path Forward World, December 16

    Jews are fearful of more violence and Muslims are wary of a backlash after the mass shooting at Bondi Beach killed 15. Can Australia steer its way toward stability?

  27. ISIS ‘Ideology’ Is Linked to Australia Killings, and Trump Files New $10 Billion Lawsuit The Headlines, December 16

    Plus, how foreign patients are paying for U.S. organs.

  28. Bondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active World, December 16

    It remains unclear what the two men did there last month.

  29. U.S. Soldiers Killed in Syria Identified as Iowa National Guard Sergeants U.S., December 15

    The shooting attack in Palmyra, Syria, on Saturday struck troops deployed as part of an antiterrorism mission. Two were killed, along with an American civilian interpreter; three others were wounded.

  30. Syrian Who Killed U.S. Soldiers Was Member of Security Forces, Officials Say World, December 14

    The gunman who killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter had been set to be dismissed from the security forces over his extremist views, U.S. and Syrian officials said.

  31. The Elusive Dream of Owning a Home in New York City Metro, November 29

    For many middle- and working-class New Yorkers, it’s an even more distant possibility than it used to be.