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ISLAMIC STATE

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2016
Syria government says it will restore ancient Palmyra as city is taken back from Islamic State
Palmyra's ancient Roman temples and archway, blown up by Islamic State fighters last year, will be restored, the head of the antiquities authority said on Saturday before Syria recaptured the city, inflicting a significant defeat on the Islamist group, which had controlled the desert city since May last...
WORLD
Mar 27, 2016
Nails and nail polish remover: Brussels bombers prepared a 'satanic' cocktail
An empty apartment block on a quiet street turned out to be the perfect place for the three suspected Brussels attackers to prepare the home-made nail bombs used in Tuesday's airport and metro attacks, which killed at least 31 people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2016
Charged Brussels suspect may be missing airport bomber
"The man in the hat" is how Belgium has come to know the country's most wanted suspect in the Brussels attacks, seen in a CCTV picture with two others who were about to blow themselves up at Brussels airport on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2016
Islamic State a growing threat to East Asia, including Japan: defense review
A defense review released Friday said the threat was highlighted by the kidnapping and killing of Japanese nationals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
Tech could help secure public spaces, if Europeans wants more surveillance
Facial recognition software, scanners that detect weapons and cameras that spot nervous people are some of the technologies that could be used more widely to secure public places, but some would require greater acceptance of surveillance in Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
Recent raids may have led Brussels bombers to ditch plan to hit nuke plant: paper
Suicide bombers who blew themselves up in Brussels were originally considering an attack on a nuclear site in Belgium, but arrests started last week may have forced them to switch to targets in the Belgian capital, the DH newspaper said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2016
Japanese man who reportedly tried to join Islamic State group arrives back home
A 23-year-old Japanese man who was reportedly trying to join the Islamic State militant group has returned to Japan after being deported by Turkish authorities who captured him close to the Syrian border.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016
Belgium, my country, has been living in denial
Belgium's failures as a state over the past 30 years have also helped produce the perpetrators of jihadist atrocities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016
Bombings are a sign of Islamic State's panic
The Brussels attacks by Islamic State may be a sign of a group feeling cornered and on the run.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016
Keep terrorism in perspective
People should be reminded that they are in much greater danger of dying from a fall in the bath than of dying in a terrorist attack.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2016
Belgium warned of attacks — it wasn't enough
The only way to counter the Islamic State group's threat to Europe is to stop it militarily and dry up its finances.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2016
U.S. airports, airlines on high alert after deadly Belgium bombings
Airports in major U.S. cities were on high alert on Tuesday, with police out in force after at least 30 people were killed in bombings on Brussels airport and a rush-hour subway train, though officials said there was no specific threat to the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2016
Islamic State claims responsibility for explosions that rock Brussels airport, subway, killing at least 30
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital  Tuesday that killed at least 30 people, a news agency affiliated to the group said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2016
Damascus love songs can't drown out the destruction of Syria
At the Damascus opera house, youths in jeans, old gentlemen in suits and ties and women in long-sleeved dresses and headscarves cheer and applaud the two performers of Arabic love songs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2016
Abdeslam's lawyer slams French prosecutor for divulging 'suicide bomber' admission
The lawyer defending the prime surviving suspect for the Nov. 13 Paris attacks said on Sunday he would sue a French prosecutor for divulging his client's admission that he had planned to blow himself up with fellow Islamic State militants.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2016
Russia can make powerful Syria military comeback in hours: Putin
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia could scale up its military presence in Syria again within hours and would still bomb terrorist groups there despite a partial drawdown of forces ordered after military successes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2016
Irking Turkey, Assad, Kurds declare north Syria federal autonomous zone
Syria's Kurdish-controlled northern regions voted to seek autonomy under a federal system on Thursday, angering both the Damascus government and neighboring power Turkey with a move that could complicate new U.N.-backed peace talks.

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