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• 200 Moroccans heading to Libya detained at Algier airport; Possibility of Islamic State recruits being considered

  Atleast 270 Moroccans are being detailed on the Algier airport after officials notice an increase in their numbers. Meanwhile, angle of being Islamic State jihadists being considered.

• France to set up center for returning young jihadists by year-end

  France will open a center late this year to help reintegrate young French citizens who return from conflict zones such as Syria but are not subject to prosecution, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday.

• Oscar nominee 'Timbuktu' tackles everyday view of radical Islam

  Abderrahmane Sissako, the director of Mauritania's Oscar-nominated film "Timbuktu," says in a matter-of-fact tone reminiscent of his sober drama that his task was simply an exercise in humanizing harsh life under radical Islam.

• Islamic State in Syria seen under strain but far from collapse

  Islamic State's defeat in Kobani and other recent setbacks in Syria suggest the group is under strain but far from collapse in the Syrian half of its self-declared caliphate.

• Jordan hangs two Iraqi militants in response to pilot's death

  Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing a captured Jordanian pilot being burnt alive by the hardline group.

• Anti-jihadist raids net five in France, three in Belgium

  Police in France and Belgium arrested eight suspected militant Islamists on Tuesday in dawn raids three weeks after jihadists killed 17 people in Paris.

• Obama: U.S. intelligence underestimated militants in Syria - CBS

  U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become "ground zero" for jihadists worldwide, President Barack Obama said in a CBS television interview broadcast on Sunday.