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Europe Migrant Crisis: Turkey Bans Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis On Flights To Belarus
Turkey banned Syrian, Yemeni and Iraqi citizens from flights to Belarus' capital Minsk on Friday, potentially closing off one of the routes used by migrants that the EU says have been flown in by Belarus to create a deliberate humanitarian crisis.
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ISIS Guerrilla Attacks Point To Its Future Strategy
Syrian and Iraqi forces closing in on the last scraps of ISIS' caliphate straddling the remote border area between the two countries have already witnessed the jihadists' likely response.
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Iraq Forces Seize ISIS Outpost Ahead Of Euphrates Push
Iraqi forces on Saturday captured a desert outpost of the ISIS group near the Syrian border in preparation for a drive up the Euphrates Valley towards the frontier, commanders said.
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Iraq, Syria Discuss Securing Border As ISIS Retreats
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi held talks on Thursday with visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem about securing their common border, an official Iraqi statement said, after a partial retreat by ISIS terrorists.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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ISIS Lost 14 Per Cent Of Its Territory In 2015: Report
The Islamic State (IS) group lost around 14 per cent of its territory in 2015, while Syria's Kurds almost tripled the land they control, thinktank IHS Jane's said on Monday.
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Iraq Claims Islamic State Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Hit in Air Raid
Iraq claimed today to have struck a convoy carrying Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the Syrian border but said his fate was unknown.
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Iraq Air Force Hits Convoy of Islamic State Leader Baghdadi: Reports
The Iraqi airforce struck a convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in western Anbar province close to the Syrian border today, a military statement said.
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Islamic State Executed 2,000 Iraqis in Nineveh: Defence Minister
More than two thousand Iraqis in the northern province of Nineveh have been executed by Islamic State militants controlling the area, the defence minister said on Friday in a recorded statement.
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Kurds,Syrian Army Battle Islamic State in Northeast Syria: Report
Kurdish forces and the Syrian army fought separate battles with Islamic State around Hasaka city in northeast Syria overnight as the hardline group tried to capture more areas of the major urban centre near the Iraqi border, a monitor said today.
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Europe Migrant Crisis: Turkey Bans Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis On Flights To Belarus
Turkey banned Syrian, Yemeni and Iraqi citizens from flights to Belarus' capital Minsk on Friday, potentially closing off one of the routes used by migrants that the EU says have been flown in by Belarus to create a deliberate humanitarian crisis.
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ISIS Guerrilla Attacks Point To Its Future Strategy
Syrian and Iraqi forces closing in on the last scraps of ISIS' caliphate straddling the remote border area between the two countries have already witnessed the jihadists' likely response.
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Iraq Forces Seize ISIS Outpost Ahead Of Euphrates Push
Iraqi forces on Saturday captured a desert outpost of the ISIS group near the Syrian border in preparation for a drive up the Euphrates Valley towards the frontier, commanders said.
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Iraq, Syria Discuss Securing Border As ISIS Retreats
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi held talks on Thursday with visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem about securing their common border, an official Iraqi statement said, after a partial retreat by ISIS terrorists.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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ISIS Lost 14 Per Cent Of Its Territory In 2015: Report
The Islamic State (IS) group lost around 14 per cent of its territory in 2015, while Syria's Kurds almost tripled the land they control, thinktank IHS Jane's said on Monday.
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Iraq Claims Islamic State Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Hit in Air Raid
Iraq claimed today to have struck a convoy carrying Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the Syrian border but said his fate was unknown.
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Iraq Air Force Hits Convoy of Islamic State Leader Baghdadi: Reports
The Iraqi airforce struck a convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in western Anbar province close to the Syrian border today, a military statement said.
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Islamic State Executed 2,000 Iraqis in Nineveh: Defence Minister
More than two thousand Iraqis in the northern province of Nineveh have been executed by Islamic State militants controlling the area, the defence minister said on Friday in a recorded statement.
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Kurds,Syrian Army Battle Islamic State in Northeast Syria: Report
Kurdish forces and the Syrian army fought separate battles with Islamic State around Hasaka city in northeast Syria overnight as the hardline group tried to capture more areas of the major urban centre near the Iraqi border, a monitor said today.
