Coalition Against Is

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  Western Concern Over Turkey Vote as Recep Tayyip Erdogan Consolidates Rule

  Turkey's Western allies have voiced deep concerns over media intimidation in the run-up to the election that returned President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party to power.

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  US Drops Food, Ammunition to Embattled Iraqi Troops

  US military aircraft have delivered food, water and ammunition to besieged Iraqi troops battling Islamic State militants, the Pentagon said on Saturday, as the coalition pursued its air assault in Iraq and Syria.

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  Britain Joins Fight Against Islamic State Group

  British lawmakers have voted to join the U.S.-led coalition of nations launching airstrikes on Islamic State group militants in Iraq, committing warplanes to the struggle against the extremists.

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  France Says Fresh Round of Air Strikes Carried out in Iraq

  France carried out a second round of air strikes in Iraq on Thursday, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said, as part of a US-led coalition helping the Iraqi army fight Islamic State (IS) jihadists.

• Islamic Fighters Advance in Syria Despite US Strikes

  US planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded.

• US Conducts Five More Airstrikes in Syria, Iraq Against Islamic State

  The United States military on Wednesday confirmed it had launched five more airstrikes targeting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in the latest round of attacks on the militant group.

• United States Defends Syria Airstrikes in Letter to UN Chief

  The United States told the United Nations on Tuesday it led airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria because President Bashar al-Assad's government had failed to wipe out safe havens used by the group to launch attacks on Iraq.

• US Says Won't Link Iran Cooperation on Islamic State to Nuclear Talks

  The United States said on Monday it will refuse any effort by Iran to gain its cooperation on fighting Islamic State forces by being more flexible about Tehran's nuclear program.

• Australia Preparing to Join Iraq Air Campaign: Minister

  Australian fighter jets are being deployed to the Middle East to join the US-led campaign of air strikes on jihadist targets in northern Iraq, Defence Minister David Johnston said on Monday.

• Half of Americans Disapprove of How Obama Handles Terrorism

  For the first time since President Barack Obama took office, more Americans disapprove than approve his handling of terror threats, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing a new poll.

• Pakistani Woman Embraced by Islamic State Seeks to Drop US Legal Appeal

  A Pakistan-born neuroscientist has become a rallying cry for militant groups demanding her release from a U.S. prison. But in a little-noticed move she is trying to abandon her legal fight for freedom, saying the U.S. court system is unjust.

• US Airstrikes Boost Islamic State, More Hostages Possible: FBI

  Support for Islamic State increased after U.S. airstrikes began in Iraq and the militant group may take more hostages to try to force concessions from Washington, the FBI director told Congress on Wednesday.

• France Begins Reconnaissance Flights Over Iraq

  French planes carried out their first reconnaissance flights over Iraq on Monday in support of the US-led campaign against Islamic State jihadists.