Five service members and another U.S. contractor were wounded. The Pentagon said the drone was of “Iranian origin” and ordered airstrikes on facilities in Syria used by Iran-linked groups.
Tag: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
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Lawyers Argue Over Death Penalty for Bike Path Attacker as Trial Nears Its End
On Wednesday, a jury will start considering whether Sayfullo Saipov should be spared execution for killing eight people on Halloween 2017.
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Kidnappings in Nigeria and Other Security Crises Concern Voters Ahead of Election
Nigerian voters say that insecurity is the most important issue in this week’s presidential election. One man who was kidnapped said, “You can only survive on your own in Nigeria.”
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Bike Path Attacker’s Father Testifies to Save Son: ‘He Ruined Their Lives’
A federal jury considering the death penalty heard testimony from the father of Sayfullo Saipov, who said he expected that he would never see his son again.
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U.K. Court Upholds Ruling Stripping Shamima Begum’s Citizenship
Ms. Begum was one of three teenage girls from London who ran away to Syria in 2015 to join the Islamic State.