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US-Led Strikes Killed 84 Civilians Near Syria's Raqa: Human Rights Watch
US-led coalition strikes near the ISIS group's Syrian stronghold Raqa in March killed at least 84 civilians, including dozens of children, Human Rights Watch alleged Monday.
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ISIS Confirms Death Of Propaganda Chief: Statement
ISIS on Monday confirmed the death of its propaganda chief, whom the Pentagon said was killed in a US-led air strike in Syria's Raqqa province last month.
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UK Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn Passes Key First Election Test
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn passed a key electoral test on Friday when his Labour party won in the first regional ballot since he took the helm in September.
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Iraq PM Says Country Has Sufficient Forces to Fight ISIS
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said today that Iraq has sufficient forces to fight the ISIS, after American senators called for more US troops to be deployed to the country.
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Kurdish Forces Prepare for Battle to Retake Iraq's Sinjar
Kurdish forces are massing in northwest Iraq for an offensive to retake the town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering US-led air strikes.
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Top US General Seeks Momentum in Iraq, Bucks 'Stalemate' Label
US Marine General Joseph Dunford, who took over this month as America's top military officer, pledged on Tuesday to seek new ways to build momentum in Iraq's battle against Islamic State and bucked descriptions of the conflict as a "stalemate."
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Britain Says Killed 330 Islamic State Fighters in Air Strikes
About 330 Islamic State fighters have been killed in British air strikes since the Royal Air Force began carrying out raids against the group in September last year, Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said.
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Australia to Join US-Led Air Strikes on Syria: PM Tony Abbott
Australia said Wednesday it would extend its air campaign against Islamic State militants from Iraq into Syria following a request from the United States.
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US Defense Chief Makes Surprise Trip to Iraq
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter made a surprise visit to Baghdad today to get a first-hand assessment of the campaign against Islamic State as Iraq tries to retake the fallen capital of Sunni-dominated Anbar province.
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Islamic State Recaptures Town From Kurdish Forces: Report
Islamic State fighters seized a Syrian town from Kurdish-led forces north of Raqqa city today, a group monitoring the war reported, two weeks after the jihadist group lost it to the Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes.
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Most Seaside Massacre Victims in Tunisia Were British Tourists
Thousands of scared foreign holidaymakers were being flown from Tunisia today after an Islamist gunman killed 38 people, most of them British tourists, at a beach resort.
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Car Bomb Explodes in Syria's Kobani Near Turkish Border, Few Casualties: Official
A car bomb exploded in the Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border gate today as Islamic State militants staged an attack from three sides of the town, a Kurdish YPG militia official told Reuters.
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Iraqi Forces Drive Islamic State Out of Central Tikrit: PM Haidar al-Abadi
Iraqi troops aided by Shi'ite paramilitaries have driven Islamic State out of central Tikrit, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said today, but the fight to retake all of Saddam Hussein's home town continued.
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Islamic State Has Expanded Since Start of US Air Strikes, Says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in a US television interview that Islamic State, which has seized swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq, has been gaining recruits since the start of US-led air strikes against the militant group.
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Air Strikes Trigger Final Push on Iraq's Tikrit
Iraqi government forces revived a stalled ground operation to retake Tikrit Thursday following US-led air strikes that paved the way but left the anti-jihadist camp deeply divided.
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US-Led Strikes Killed 84 Civilians Near Syria's Raqa: Human Rights Watch
US-led coalition strikes near the ISIS group's Syrian stronghold Raqa in March killed at least 84 civilians, including dozens of children, Human Rights Watch alleged Monday.
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ISIS Confirms Death Of Propaganda Chief: Statement
ISIS on Monday confirmed the death of its propaganda chief, whom the Pentagon said was killed in a US-led air strike in Syria's Raqqa province last month.
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UK Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn Passes Key First Election Test
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn passed a key electoral test on Friday when his Labour party won in the first regional ballot since he took the helm in September.
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Iraq PM Says Country Has Sufficient Forces to Fight ISIS
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said today that Iraq has sufficient forces to fight the ISIS, after American senators called for more US troops to be deployed to the country.
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Kurdish Forces Prepare for Battle to Retake Iraq's Sinjar
Kurdish forces are massing in northwest Iraq for an offensive to retake the town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering US-led air strikes.
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Top US General Seeks Momentum in Iraq, Bucks 'Stalemate' Label
US Marine General Joseph Dunford, who took over this month as America's top military officer, pledged on Tuesday to seek new ways to build momentum in Iraq's battle against Islamic State and bucked descriptions of the conflict as a "stalemate."
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Britain Says Killed 330 Islamic State Fighters in Air Strikes
About 330 Islamic State fighters have been killed in British air strikes since the Royal Air Force began carrying out raids against the group in September last year, Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said.
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Australia to Join US-Led Air Strikes on Syria: PM Tony Abbott
Australia said Wednesday it would extend its air campaign against Islamic State militants from Iraq into Syria following a request from the United States.
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US Defense Chief Makes Surprise Trip to Iraq
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter made a surprise visit to Baghdad today to get a first-hand assessment of the campaign against Islamic State as Iraq tries to retake the fallen capital of Sunni-dominated Anbar province.
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Islamic State Recaptures Town From Kurdish Forces: Report
Islamic State fighters seized a Syrian town from Kurdish-led forces north of Raqqa city today, a group monitoring the war reported, two weeks after the jihadist group lost it to the Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes.
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Most Seaside Massacre Victims in Tunisia Were British Tourists
Thousands of scared foreign holidaymakers were being flown from Tunisia today after an Islamist gunman killed 38 people, most of them British tourists, at a beach resort.
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Car Bomb Explodes in Syria's Kobani Near Turkish Border, Few Casualties: Official
A car bomb exploded in the Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border gate today as Islamic State militants staged an attack from three sides of the town, a Kurdish YPG militia official told Reuters.
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Iraqi Forces Drive Islamic State Out of Central Tikrit: PM Haidar al-Abadi
Iraqi troops aided by Shi'ite paramilitaries have driven Islamic State out of central Tikrit, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said today, but the fight to retake all of Saddam Hussein's home town continued.
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Islamic State Has Expanded Since Start of US Air Strikes, Says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in a US television interview that Islamic State, which has seized swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq, has been gaining recruits since the start of US-led air strikes against the militant group.
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Air Strikes Trigger Final Push on Iraq's Tikrit
Iraqi government forces revived a stalled ground operation to retake Tikrit Thursday following US-led air strikes that paved the way but left the anti-jihadist camp deeply divided.
