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ISIS Is Making A Comeback In Iraq A Year After Baghdad Declared Victory
The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory in the war against the group, embarking on a wave of kidnappings, assassinations and bombings that have raised fears a new cycle of insurgency is starting again.
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Baghdad Car Blast Kills 51, ISIS Escalates Insurgency
A car packed with explosives blew up on Thursday in southern Baghdad, killing at least 51 people and wounding 55, security and medical sources said, in the deadliest such attack in Iraq this year.
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ISIS Suicide Attacks Kill 32 In Southern Iraq
Two suicide car bombs claimed by ISIS killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa today, police and medics said.
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Israel Cracks Down On ISIS Volunteers
Ayoob Kara, a deputy Israeli cabinet minister, used to double as an unofficial intermediary with the few of his fellow Arab citizens who have left to join ISIS insurgents in Syria or Iraq.
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Jihadists Pose Generational Threat Even if ISIS Defeated: Experts
Even if the ISIS is one day defeated on its territory, the world could face an even greater threat from tens of thousands of battle-hardened jihadist veterans, experts have warned.
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Bomb Attack on Shi'ite Pilgrims in Baghdad Kills 7: Sources
A suicide bomber killed seven people, including two police, in an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim procession on Monday in a northern Baghdad neighbourhood, police and medical sources said.
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Kurds Take Ground From Islamic State in North Iraq
Kurdish forces said they drove Islamic State out of several villages near the oil city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Wednesday after U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted insurgent positions overnight.
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Turkish Jets Hit Kurdistan Workers Party Targets in Iraq After Soldiers Killed: Sources
Turkey attacked Kurdish insurgent camps in Iraq for a second night on Sunday, security sources said, in a campaign that could end its peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
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Islamic State Fighters Attack Troops in Iraq's Anbar Province
Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi security forces on Friday near the two main cities of the western province of Anbar, where authorities plan a counter-offensive against the hardline Sunni insurgents, tribal sources said.
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Thousands Flee Into Turkey From Syria as Kurds Fight Islamic State
Thousands of people crossed from Syria into Turkey today to flee a battle pitting Islamist insurgents against Kurdish and opposition forces for the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad.
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ISIS Is Making A Comeback In Iraq A Year After Baghdad Declared Victory
The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory in the war against the group, embarking on a wave of kidnappings, assassinations and bombings that have raised fears a new cycle of insurgency is starting again.
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Baghdad Car Blast Kills 51, ISIS Escalates Insurgency
A car packed with explosives blew up on Thursday in southern Baghdad, killing at least 51 people and wounding 55, security and medical sources said, in the deadliest such attack in Iraq this year.
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ISIS Suicide Attacks Kill 32 In Southern Iraq
Two suicide car bombs claimed by ISIS killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa today, police and medics said.
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Israel Cracks Down On ISIS Volunteers
Ayoob Kara, a deputy Israeli cabinet minister, used to double as an unofficial intermediary with the few of his fellow Arab citizens who have left to join ISIS insurgents in Syria or Iraq.
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Jihadists Pose Generational Threat Even if ISIS Defeated: Experts
Even if the ISIS is one day defeated on its territory, the world could face an even greater threat from tens of thousands of battle-hardened jihadist veterans, experts have warned.
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Bomb Attack on Shi'ite Pilgrims in Baghdad Kills 7: Sources
A suicide bomber killed seven people, including two police, in an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim procession on Monday in a northern Baghdad neighbourhood, police and medical sources said.
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Kurds Take Ground From Islamic State in North Iraq
Kurdish forces said they drove Islamic State out of several villages near the oil city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Wednesday after U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted insurgent positions overnight.
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Turkish Jets Hit Kurdistan Workers Party Targets in Iraq After Soldiers Killed: Sources
Turkey attacked Kurdish insurgent camps in Iraq for a second night on Sunday, security sources said, in a campaign that could end its peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
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Islamic State Fighters Attack Troops in Iraq's Anbar Province
Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi security forces on Friday near the two main cities of the western province of Anbar, where authorities plan a counter-offensive against the hardline Sunni insurgents, tribal sources said.
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Thousands Flee Into Turkey From Syria as Kurds Fight Islamic State
Thousands of people crossed from Syria into Turkey today to flee a battle pitting Islamist insurgents against Kurdish and opposition forces for the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad.
