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Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia executed several al Qaeda militants convicted of bombings and gun attacks in the kingdom.

Riyadh executed 47 people, including prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr and 43 convicted al Qaeda militants, Saturday.

An official reportedly said that the suspect admitted to having sent three young men from Karachi to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

Militant groups have claimed responsibility for the deaths of 28 journalists in 2015, another deadly year for reporters worldwide.

Australia also deported a suspected French extremist who arrived in the country two days after last month's attacks in Paris.

There's little hope of rebel unity without including significant groups on the ground, negotiations in Riyadh reveal.

The religious ruling, which condemns groups like ISIS and al Qaeda, also lambasted recent statements by Donald Trump calling for a ban on Muslim immigration into the U.S.

Lebanese security forces and Hezbollah shelled Nusra militants in northern Lebanon

"The Islamic State has seen success beyond the dreams of other terrorist groups that now appear conventional and even old-fashioned, such as Al-Qaeda,” a recent report says.

The 24-page document, obtained by the Guardian, demonstrates that the Islamic State group has set out to build a viable state in the territory it holds in Iraq and Syria.

Authorities are also investigating what Malik was up to in Pakistan and in Saudi Arabia, and whether she radicalized her husband.

The country is on heightened alert after reports on Friday that ten Syrians linked to the Islamic State group entered neighboring Thailand in October to attack Russian interests.

A Yemeni prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay for more than 13 years was thought to be a prominent al Qaeda courier and trainer, but was actually just a low-level soldier, officials said Tuesday.

One of al Qaeda's affiliates has vowed to attack Saudi Arabia over its plan for a mass execution of prisoners that include some members of the terrorist group.

Following recent terror attacks abroad, Americans are being advised to exercise vigilance when in public places or using public transportation, the State Department said Monday.

"Did you load it?', 'Let's go'," Sékouba 'Bambino' Diabate, a Guinean singer, said he overheard.

Yemenis are the single largest national group at the military detention facility and while 64 Yemenis are currently at the prison, 39 of them have been approved for release.

It was not clear when the recording was made but references to Russian aggression suggest it was made after Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, launched air raids against opposition groups and Islamic State in Syria on Sept. 30.

Attacks on secular writers and their publishers threaten to stifle free speech in the South Asian nation.

It was not immediately clear who carried out the airstrike killing the commander and two other fighters.

Russia began bombing the headquarters of Jabhat al Nusra in Syria's largest city Thursday night, marking the launch of a regime offensive to drive out the rebels.