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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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UN Refugee Agency Shipping Aid To Iraqis Displaced By Mosul Campaign
The United Nations' refugee agency is shipping tents, blankets and other aid from the United Arab Emirates to northern Iraq to help those affected by the military campaign to retake Mosul from the ISIS group.
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Turkish Red Crescent Says Sending Aid For 10,000 To Iraq's Mosul
The Turkish Red Crescent is sending trucks of aid to northern Iraq with enough food and humanitarian supplies for 10,000 people displaced by fighting in Mosul, the president of the agency said on Friday.
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Islamic State Launches A Suspected Chemical Shell At US Troops In Iraq
ISIS militants are suspected of firing a shell loaded with a chemical agent during an attack on U.S. and Iraqi troops in northern Iraq Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.
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New Turkish Airstrikes Under Way Against Islamic State, Kurdistan Workers Party: PM Ahmet Davutoglu
Turkish forces on Saturday unleashed a third wave of airstrikes and ground attacks on targets of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
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Turkey Jets Bombed 7 Kurdish Militant Targets in North Iraq: Official
Turkish war planes overnight hit seven targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and also pressed on with strikes against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, the Turkish prime minister's office said Saturday.
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Islamic State Executes Journalist in Iraq's Mosul
The Islamic State group has executed an Iraqi journalist in the northern city of Mosul on charges of spying, local officials and colleagues said Saturday.
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Islamic State Jihadists in Fierce Battle for Key Syrian City
Islamic State group jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced today to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fighting with regime troops.
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Videos Shows Islamic State Militants Destroying Priceless Statues and Sculptures
Hardline Islamist militants in northern Iraq have destroyed a collection of priceless statues and sculptures dating to the ancient Assyrian era, according to a video published online.
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World Failing to Avert Disaster: Angelina Jolie in Iraq
The international community is failing in its duty to protect civilians affected by the conflict in Iraq and Syria, US actress Angelina Jolie said on Sunday in northern Iraq.
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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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UN Refugee Agency Shipping Aid To Iraqis Displaced By Mosul Campaign
The United Nations' refugee agency is shipping tents, blankets and other aid from the United Arab Emirates to northern Iraq to help those affected by the military campaign to retake Mosul from the ISIS group.
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Turkish Red Crescent Says Sending Aid For 10,000 To Iraq's Mosul
The Turkish Red Crescent is sending trucks of aid to northern Iraq with enough food and humanitarian supplies for 10,000 people displaced by fighting in Mosul, the president of the agency said on Friday.
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Islamic State Launches A Suspected Chemical Shell At US Troops In Iraq
ISIS militants are suspected of firing a shell loaded with a chemical agent during an attack on U.S. and Iraqi troops in northern Iraq Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.
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New Turkish Airstrikes Under Way Against Islamic State, Kurdistan Workers Party: PM Ahmet Davutoglu
Turkish forces on Saturday unleashed a third wave of airstrikes and ground attacks on targets of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
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Turkey Jets Bombed 7 Kurdish Militant Targets in North Iraq: Official
Turkish war planes overnight hit seven targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and also pressed on with strikes against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, the Turkish prime minister's office said Saturday.
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Islamic State Executes Journalist in Iraq's Mosul
The Islamic State group has executed an Iraqi journalist in the northern city of Mosul on charges of spying, local officials and colleagues said Saturday.
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Islamic State Jihadists in Fierce Battle for Key Syrian City
Islamic State group jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced today to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fighting with regime troops.
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Videos Shows Islamic State Militants Destroying Priceless Statues and Sculptures
Hardline Islamist militants in northern Iraq have destroyed a collection of priceless statues and sculptures dating to the ancient Assyrian era, according to a video published online.
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World Failing to Avert Disaster: Angelina Jolie in Iraq
The international community is failing in its duty to protect civilians affected by the conflict in Iraq and Syria, US actress Angelina Jolie said on Sunday in northern Iraq.
