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More Than 250,000 People Killed in Syria War: Report
More than a quarter of a million people have been killed in Syria's brutal conflict since it began with anti-government protests over four years ago, a monitoring group said today.
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Al-Qaeda Offers to Free Lebanon Troops for Female Prisoners
Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate has offered to release three Lebanese soldiers in exchange for an ex-wife of the leader of the jihadist Islamic State group and four other female prisoners.
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US Says Iraqi Forces Lack Will to fight Islamic State
Washington on Sunday accused Iraqi forces of lacking the will to fight the Islamic State group, which scored a resounding victory a week earlier with the capture of Ramadi.
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Islamic State Jihadists Take Ramadi But Pinned Back in Palmyra
The Islamic State group sealed its capture of Ramadi Sunday after a dramatic pullout by Iraqi forces but was prevented by Syrian troops from taking the heritage site of Palmyra.
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4 Killed in Baghdad Car Bombing Near Shiite Headquarters
A car bomb blast near the Baghdad headquarters of a Shiite militia fighting the Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq killed at least four civilians today, police said.
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Australia Brokers Intelligence-Sharing Deal With Iran
Australia and Iran will share intelligence to track foreign fighters working with the Islamic State group in Iraq, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said today after a visit to Tehran.
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142 Dead in Yemen Mosque Bombings Claimed by Islamic State
Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed at least 142 people on Friday at mosques in the Yemeni capital, in an attack targeting Shiite worshippers including Huthi militiamen.
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Iraq's Tikrit Offensive Stalled By Islamic State Bombs
Iraq's huge offensive to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State group is being stalled by bombs planted by the jihadists holding out in the city, a militia spokesman said today.
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Abu Azrael: Iraq's Celebrity Anti-Islamic State Fighter
Abu Azrael, Father of the Angel of Death, is the black-bearded, blade-wielding embodiment of the retribution many Iraqis want against brutal jihadists who seized swathes of their country.
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Iran Commander Qassem Suleimani Says Islamic State 'Nearing End'
An influential Iranian general who has reportedly been near the front line against the Islamic State group was quoted today saying the jihadists are "nearing the end of their lives".
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Iranian Commander Led Iraq Anti-Jihadist Drive: Hezbollah
Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah said today that an Iranian elite unit commander led the anti-jihadist counter-attack in Iraq after the Islamic State group made major advances in June.
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US Iraq Air Raids Help Kurds and Shiites at Expense of Sunnis
A small group of people pick through putrefying human remains laid out on plastic sheets by the side of a road in northern Iraq, searching for any trace of missing friends and relatives.
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More Than 250,000 People Killed in Syria War: Report
More than a quarter of a million people have been killed in Syria's brutal conflict since it began with anti-government protests over four years ago, a monitoring group said today.
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Al-Qaeda Offers to Free Lebanon Troops for Female Prisoners
Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate has offered to release three Lebanese soldiers in exchange for an ex-wife of the leader of the jihadist Islamic State group and four other female prisoners.
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US Says Iraqi Forces Lack Will to fight Islamic State
Washington on Sunday accused Iraqi forces of lacking the will to fight the Islamic State group, which scored a resounding victory a week earlier with the capture of Ramadi.
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Islamic State Jihadists Take Ramadi But Pinned Back in Palmyra
The Islamic State group sealed its capture of Ramadi Sunday after a dramatic pullout by Iraqi forces but was prevented by Syrian troops from taking the heritage site of Palmyra.
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4 Killed in Baghdad Car Bombing Near Shiite Headquarters
A car bomb blast near the Baghdad headquarters of a Shiite militia fighting the Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq killed at least four civilians today, police said.
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Australia Brokers Intelligence-Sharing Deal With Iran
Australia and Iran will share intelligence to track foreign fighters working with the Islamic State group in Iraq, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said today after a visit to Tehran.
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142 Dead in Yemen Mosque Bombings Claimed by Islamic State
Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed at least 142 people on Friday at mosques in the Yemeni capital, in an attack targeting Shiite worshippers including Huthi militiamen.
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Iraq's Tikrit Offensive Stalled By Islamic State Bombs
Iraq's huge offensive to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State group is being stalled by bombs planted by the jihadists holding out in the city, a militia spokesman said today.
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Abu Azrael: Iraq's Celebrity Anti-Islamic State Fighter
Abu Azrael, Father of the Angel of Death, is the black-bearded, blade-wielding embodiment of the retribution many Iraqis want against brutal jihadists who seized swathes of their country.
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Iran Commander Qassem Suleimani Says Islamic State 'Nearing End'
An influential Iranian general who has reportedly been near the front line against the Islamic State group was quoted today saying the jihadists are "nearing the end of their lives".
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Iranian Commander Led Iraq Anti-Jihadist Drive: Hezbollah
Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah said today that an Iranian elite unit commander led the anti-jihadist counter-attack in Iraq after the Islamic State group made major advances in June.
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US Iraq Air Raids Help Kurds and Shiites at Expense of Sunnis
A small group of people pick through putrefying human remains laid out on plastic sheets by the side of a road in northern Iraq, searching for any trace of missing friends and relatives.
