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• At least 12 dead in two Baghdad car bomb attacks: sources
• Baghdad area bombings kill at least eight: officials
• Iran says Islamic State hatching plots against it from Raqqa
• U.S., allies conduct 30 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
• Why Al Qaeda thinks ISIS has no future
• Turkey detains six in raid against Islamic State in Konya: governor
• Obama, UN envoy voice alarm at 'fraying' Syria truce

At least 12 dead in two Baghdad car bomb attacks: sources Posted: 23 Apr 2016 01:20 PM PDT At least 12 people were killed on Saturday in two separate car bomb attacks in Baghdad targeting security forces, police sources said. Islamic State was behind the larger blast, according to the Amaq news agency which supports the group. The attack on a security checkpoint in the northern al-Husseiniya district killed nine people and wounded 28 others.

Baghdad area bombings kill at least eight: officials Posted: 23 Apr 2016 01:16 PM PDT Bombings targeting security forces in the Baghdad area killed at least eight people and wounded more than 30 on Saturday, security and medical officials said. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a checkpoint on the northeastern edge of the city, killing at least seven people and wounding at least 24. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but suicide bombings are a hallmark of the Islamic State jihadist group, which also employs car and roadside bombs.

Iran says Islamic State hatching plots against it from Raqqa Posted: 23 Apr 2016 09:36 AM PDT An Iranian minister said on Saturday that Islamic State has been hatching "plots and conspiracies" against Iran from its de facto capital Raqqa in Syria and has made several attempts to send "terrorist teams" into Iran. Intelligence minister Mahmoud Alavi said in an interview with Lebanese television station al-Mayadeen that if Iran had not fought terrorism in Syria and Iraq it would have had to do so in Iran, justifying its continued role in the Syria conflict as a matter of national security.

U.S., allies conduct 30 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military Posted: 23 Apr 2016 08:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State militants in Iraq with 20 strikes on Friday and 10 in Syria, the U.S. military said on Saturday. Eight of the strikes in Iraq were near Al Baghdadi, hitting two Islamic State weapons storage facilities and three bunkers. In Syria, four strikes were near Manbij and hit four Islamic State vehicles. (Reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Alison Williams)

Why Al Qaeda thinks ISIS has no future Posted: 23 Apr 2016 05:00 AM PDT Al Qaeda's fundamentally different approach to winning the hearts and minds of the world's Muslims – recently thrown into shadow by the bold moves of the Islamic State – is now showing signs of longer-term success. Al Qaeda has long espoused "strategic patience" to establish a global caliphate only after gradual persuasion of Muslims through a long war with the West. Now, as ISIS faces mounting pressure from the outside with apparently scant support from the populations it dominates, Al Qaeda's "patience" appears to be paying off.

Turkey detains six in raid against Islamic State in Konya: governor Posted: 23 Apr 2016 03:24 AM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Six foreign nationals were taken into custody in an overnight raid against Islamic State in the central Anatolian city of Konya, a statement from its governorship said on Saturday. The operation was conducted to prevent potential activities by the group, the statement said. The detentions took place hours before German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU Council President Donald Tusk were set to touch down in Gaziantep province, which borders Islamic State controlled territory. ...

Obama, UN envoy voice alarm at 'fraying' Syria truce Posted: 22 Apr 2016 07:16 PM PDT Syria's fragile ceasefire is in grave peril, US President Barack Obama and the UN's special envoy warned, as violence surged in the war-ravaged country's second city Aleppo. The truce "is still in effect, but it is in great trouble if we don't act quickly", the United Nations' top envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, told reporters in Geneva, where he is mediating faltering peace talks. A landmark partial ceasefire -- not including the Islamic state group -- which was negotiated by the United States and Russia and took effect on February 27, had dramatically curtailed violence across much of Syria and raised hopes that a lasting deal could be struck in Geneva to end the bloodshed.

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