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Inside Islamic State group’s rule: Creating a nation of fear

Zeina Karam, Vivian Salama, Bram Janssen, Lee Keath

In this Wednesday, May 27, 2015 photo, Salim Ahmed, a former Iraqi Army member, holds the "repentance card" he received from the Islamic State group in June 2014 shortly after the militants took over his home village of Eski Mosul in northern Iraq. The document is part of the apparatus of control the Islamic State group has constructed across its self-declared "caliphate," the territory it conquered in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen) (AP)

Inside Islamic State group’s rule: Creating a nation of fear

Zeina Karam, Vivian Salama, Bram Janssen, Lee Keath

Inside Islamic State group’s rule: Creating a nation of fear

Zeina Karam, Vivian Salama, Bram Janssen, Lee Keath

Supporters of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh hold up his portrait and chant slogans as they celebrate news that Saleh's health is stable, after being taken to Saudi Arabia to receive medical treatment for wounds he suffered in a rocket attack on his compound, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, June 9, 2011. Government troops trying to recapture areas held by Islamic militants have killed 12 suspected al-Qaida members in the troubled southern province of Abyan, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Al-Sayaghi) (AP)

Son of Yemen leader digs in to keep father’s power

Ahmed Al-haj, Lee Keath

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Egypt’s al-Zawahri likely to succeed bin Laden

Lee Keath, Hamza Hendawi

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood plans political party

Lee Keath, Hamza Hendawi

Israel boat raid sparks condemnations, protests

Lee Keath, Selcan Hacaoglu

Yemen says Nigerian may have met radical cleric

Lee Keath

U.S. embassy open in Yemen after attacks on al-Qaida

Lee Keath

Yemen: Two al-Qaida militants killed in clash

Ahmed Al-haj, Lee Keath