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While most attention is focused on nearly 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, the country also hosts hundreds of thousands of others.

The video, marked with the emblem of the Islamic State group’s propaganda wing, calls supporters to join the fight and flashes through images of the carnage.

Syrian troops were fighting on the outskirts of the ancient city of Palmyra hoping for a key victory against the Islamic State group.

At least 400 operatives trained in Syria, Libya and other locations are being deployed in autonomous cells to launch attacks in areas outside of the Middle East, security officials say.

Since ISIS came to prominence in Syria and Iraq over the last 21 months, it has raised billions in oil revenues and traded for weapons on the border.

Even before the attacks in Brussels Tuesday, a record number of Americans reported fears of terrorist violence on U.S. soil.

The Seattle coffee chain is making a defensive move, shuttering all 15 outlets in the country following Tuesday's terror attacks.

The Islamic State group might seem to be gaining ground abroad, but it’s losing its most important claim to success: its self-proclaimed state.

Refugees held signs in Greece Tuesday apologizing for the terror attacks in Belgium's capital.

Analysts say there is a small group of extremists who will be motivated by the Brussels bombings to move forward with planning additional attacks.

Among Western European countries seeing their people leave to become foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria, Belgium has the highest number, per capita.

Following the attacks in Brussels, Muslims condemned the attacks, defending against a feared backlash in Europe.

Belgium faced 315 anti-terrorism cases last year and already 60 in 2016.

Although it is too early to confirm Tuesday’s bombings were part of a coordinated Islamic State group attack, the incident has all the markings of one.

The arrest of a 16-year-old schoolgirl raised concerns over “a trend of teenage children” being involved in such activities, authorities said.

An accord on refugees is straining an already overburdened processing system in Greece, where more than 1,600 migrants have arrived since Sunday.

Doctors Without Borders warned Monday that the accord would put vulnerable populations at greater higher risk of exploitation, injury and death.

News of the deployment surfaced one day after a U.S. soldier was killed by indirect fire in a rocket attack in northern Iraq.

At least 12 boats carrying refugees arrived in Greece Sunday, despite a deal reached last week between the European Union and Turkey.

The Marine, who was not immediately identified, died “providing force protection from fire support.

The pre-Islamic holiday has raised some controversy, but it’s a national holiday in a number of countries in the Middle East and Central Asia.