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Trump Takes Over Islamic State Fight, Vowing To Finish It
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Islamic State is on the defensive in three countries and has been all but wiped out in another. Two and a half years after the extremists rolled across northern Iraq, Pentagon and diplomatic officials say a military victory, at least in their major strongholds, is within sight.
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France, Germany Want Encrypted Application Makers To Help Stop ISIS
France and Germany pushed today for Europe-wide rules requiring the makers of encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram to help governments monitor communications among suspected extremists.
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Singapore Detains 2 Men Wanting To Join ISIS Group
Singapore said today it had detained two men under its tough internal security law after discovering they intended to travel to Syria to fight for the ISIS group.
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Families Say Colorado Men Killed Fighting ISIS Shared Traits
Two men who were reportedly killed in combat while fighting the ISIS group in Syria left suburban Denver neighborhoods for a war zone because of comradery and an unshakeable drive to right an injustice, their families said Wednesday.
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45,000 ISIS Fighters Taken Off Battlefields: United States
The military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield and reduced the total number of ISIS fighters to as few as 15,000, the top US commander for the fight against IS said Wednesday.
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After Attack, France Bolsters Iraq Military Fight Against ISIS
French President Francois Hollande announced new help on Friday for Iraq's military in fighting ISIS, trying to show his government is taking action amid criticism that there weren't enough police protecting Nice's Bastille Day celebration when a truck attack last week killed 84 people.
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Warplanes Take Off To Fight ISIS From This Ship. It Has Starbucks, Salons
Day and night, warplanes take off from the USS Eisenhower for Iraq or Syria. But below deck on the vast aircraft carrier, the fight against the ISIS group feels a world away.
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Iraq Says Senior Military Commander Killed While Fighting ISIS
Sniper fire by ISIS terrorists killed a senior Iraqi commander near the northern ISIS-held city of Mosul, the terrorist group's main bastion in Iraq, as the U.N. refugee agency warned that thousands of civilians have been newly displaced from that area.
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Norway To Send 60 Soldiers To Train Syrians Fighting ISIS
Norway announced Monday that it would deploy 60 soldiers to train Syrians fighting the ISIS, boosting its involvement in the international coalition against the jihadists.
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Turkey To Use US Rocket System In Fight Against ISIS
Turkey has struck a deal with the United States to deploy American light multiple rocket launchers on its border with Syria to combat the ISIS, according to the foreign ministry.
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Poland To Join Fight Vs ISIS In Return For NATO Help In East
Poland will join the fight against ISIS, its defence minister said on Wednesday, though he signalled that the scale of its involvement would depend on NATO's response to Russia's renewed assertiveness on the alliance's eastern flank.
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Barack Obama Calls For Efforts To Counter ISIS Moves Into Libya
US President Barack Obama directed his national security advisers on Thursday to counter efforts by ISIS to expand into Libya and other countries, the White House said.
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Trump Takes Over Islamic State Fight, Vowing To Finish It
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Islamic State is on the defensive in three countries and has been all but wiped out in another. Two and a half years after the extremists rolled across northern Iraq, Pentagon and diplomatic officials say a military victory, at least in their major strongholds, is within sight.
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France, Germany Want Encrypted Application Makers To Help Stop ISIS
France and Germany pushed today for Europe-wide rules requiring the makers of encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram to help governments monitor communications among suspected extremists.
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Singapore Detains 2 Men Wanting To Join ISIS Group
Singapore said today it had detained two men under its tough internal security law after discovering they intended to travel to Syria to fight for the ISIS group.
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Families Say Colorado Men Killed Fighting ISIS Shared Traits
Two men who were reportedly killed in combat while fighting the ISIS group in Syria left suburban Denver neighborhoods for a war zone because of comradery and an unshakeable drive to right an injustice, their families said Wednesday.
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45,000 ISIS Fighters Taken Off Battlefields: United States
The military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield and reduced the total number of ISIS fighters to as few as 15,000, the top US commander for the fight against IS said Wednesday.
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After Attack, France Bolsters Iraq Military Fight Against ISIS
French President Francois Hollande announced new help on Friday for Iraq's military in fighting ISIS, trying to show his government is taking action amid criticism that there weren't enough police protecting Nice's Bastille Day celebration when a truck attack last week killed 84 people.
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Warplanes Take Off To Fight ISIS From This Ship. It Has Starbucks, Salons
Day and night, warplanes take off from the USS Eisenhower for Iraq or Syria. But below deck on the vast aircraft carrier, the fight against the ISIS group feels a world away.
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Iraq Says Senior Military Commander Killed While Fighting ISIS
Sniper fire by ISIS terrorists killed a senior Iraqi commander near the northern ISIS-held city of Mosul, the terrorist group's main bastion in Iraq, as the U.N. refugee agency warned that thousands of civilians have been newly displaced from that area.
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Norway To Send 60 Soldiers To Train Syrians Fighting ISIS
Norway announced Monday that it would deploy 60 soldiers to train Syrians fighting the ISIS, boosting its involvement in the international coalition against the jihadists.
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Turkey To Use US Rocket System In Fight Against ISIS
Turkey has struck a deal with the United States to deploy American light multiple rocket launchers on its border with Syria to combat the ISIS, according to the foreign ministry.
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Poland To Join Fight Vs ISIS In Return For NATO Help In East
Poland will join the fight against ISIS, its defence minister said on Wednesday, though he signalled that the scale of its involvement would depend on NATO's response to Russia's renewed assertiveness on the alliance's eastern flank.
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Barack Obama Calls For Efforts To Counter ISIS Moves Into Libya
US President Barack Obama directed his national security advisers on Thursday to counter efforts by ISIS to expand into Libya and other countries, the White House said.
