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Brussels court convicts six of terrorist murder in 2016 attacks
July 25, 2023 By Faith Matters

Brussels court convicts six of terrorist murder in 2016 attacks

A Brussels court on Tuesday found six of the 10 suspects guilty of terrorist murder for their role in the 2016 terror attacks which left initially 32 dead and injured hundreds in the Belgian capital. According to the Belgian news agency Belga, three suspects in the attacks were acquitted of that charge. The sentences will […]

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At least 11 killed as ‘so-called Islamic State’ gunmen launch attack in Iraq
October 27, 2021 By Faith Matters

At least 11 killed as ‘so-called Islamic State’ gunmen launch attack in Iraq

Gunmen from the so-called Islamic State extremist group attacked a village northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 11 civilians and wounding six others, Iraqi security officials said. The officials said the attack occurred in the predominantly Shiite village of al-Rashad northeast of Baqouba in Diyala province. The circumstances of the attack were not immediately clear, […]

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Last letters – From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State ‘martyrs’
February 27, 2017 By Faith Matters

Last letters – From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State ‘martyrs’

“My dear family, please forgive me,” reads the handwritten letter discarded in the dusty halls of an Islamic State training compound in eastern Mosul. “Don’t be sad and don’t wear the black clothes (of mourning). I asked to get married and you did not marry me off. So, by God, I will marry the 72 […]

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Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities, killing at least four officers
July 5, 2016 By Faith Matters

Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities, killing at least four officers

Suicide bombers struck three cities across Saudi Arabia on Monday, killing at least four security officers in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks as Saudis prepared to break their fast on the penultimate day of the holy month of Ramadan. The explosions targeting U.S. diplomats, Shi’ite worshippers and a security headquarters at a mosque in […]

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