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US-Backed Alliance Captures Key Dam From ISIS: Alliance Spokesman
A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurds and Arab rebel groups, backed by US coalition planes, captured a dam on Saturday from Islamic State, cutting a main supply route of the militants across the Euphrates, an alliance spokesman said.
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Gulf Air Strikes on Islamic State Down Due to Yemen Conflict: US General
Air strikes by Gulf Arab members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria have diminished since they launched an air war against Yemeni rebels in March, a US general said today.
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Syria Kurdish-Arab Alliance Launches First Anti-Islamic State Attack: Source
A coalition of US-backed Kurdish militia and rebel groups has launched its first operation against territory controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group in northeast Syria, a spokesman said today.
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US Plans to Capture the Islamic State's Capital go Awry
Fifty tons of ammunition air-dropped by the U.S. military last week and intended for Arab groups has instead been claimed by the overall command of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, which is fighting alongside Arab units
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US Airdrops Ammunition to Syria Arabs After Strategy Revamp
The United States said on Monday it carried out an ammunition airdrop for Syrian Arab groups battling Islamic State, as Washington shifts its focus to arming fighters inside Syria after ending a failed programme to train a new rebel force.
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Arab Coalition Faces New Islamic State Foe in Yemen Conflict
An unprecedented attack on Yemen's government claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group has raised a fresh challenge for the Saudi-led coalition backing the embattled president, analysts say.
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Split Over Bashar al-Assad, Arab States Mum on Russia's Syria Strikes
Divided over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, Arab countries have kept silent over Russian air strikes in Syria, apart from Cairo which openly supports Moscow's campaign, experts said.
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Over 50 People Killed in Syrian Missile Strikes at Rebel Areas Near Damascus
At least 50 bodies were retrieved from buildings leveled to the ground after Syrian army missiles hit residential areas in the rebel-held northeast of Damascus on Saturday, rescue workers said.
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Syrian Kurds Begin Advance Towards Islamic State-Held Town
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it began an advance towards an Islamic State-held town at the Turkish border today, thrusting deeper into the jihadists' stronghold of Raqqa province with the backing of US-led air strikes.
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Arabs, West Miscalculated in Syria: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused Arab and Western governments of miscalculating in their backing for Syrian rebels as the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group gathered in Paris today.
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US sees Syria's Bashar al-Assad strengthened by rise of Islamist groups
The rise of Islamist groups fighting Syria's Western-backed rebels has emboldened the Syrian government and will make it harder to extract concessions from Damascus at any peace talks, a US official said on Monday.
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US-Backed Alliance Captures Key Dam From ISIS: Alliance Spokesman
A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurds and Arab rebel groups, backed by US coalition planes, captured a dam on Saturday from Islamic State, cutting a main supply route of the militants across the Euphrates, an alliance spokesman said.
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Gulf Air Strikes on Islamic State Down Due to Yemen Conflict: US General
Air strikes by Gulf Arab members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria have diminished since they launched an air war against Yemeni rebels in March, a US general said today.
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Syria Kurdish-Arab Alliance Launches First Anti-Islamic State Attack: Source
A coalition of US-backed Kurdish militia and rebel groups has launched its first operation against territory controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group in northeast Syria, a spokesman said today.
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US Plans to Capture the Islamic State's Capital go Awry
Fifty tons of ammunition air-dropped by the U.S. military last week and intended for Arab groups has instead been claimed by the overall command of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, which is fighting alongside Arab units
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US Airdrops Ammunition to Syria Arabs After Strategy Revamp
The United States said on Monday it carried out an ammunition airdrop for Syrian Arab groups battling Islamic State, as Washington shifts its focus to arming fighters inside Syria after ending a failed programme to train a new rebel force.
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Arab Coalition Faces New Islamic State Foe in Yemen Conflict
An unprecedented attack on Yemen's government claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group has raised a fresh challenge for the Saudi-led coalition backing the embattled president, analysts say.
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Split Over Bashar al-Assad, Arab States Mum on Russia's Syria Strikes
Divided over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, Arab countries have kept silent over Russian air strikes in Syria, apart from Cairo which openly supports Moscow's campaign, experts said.
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Over 50 People Killed in Syrian Missile Strikes at Rebel Areas Near Damascus
At least 50 bodies were retrieved from buildings leveled to the ground after Syrian army missiles hit residential areas in the rebel-held northeast of Damascus on Saturday, rescue workers said.
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Syrian Kurds Begin Advance Towards Islamic State-Held Town
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it began an advance towards an Islamic State-held town at the Turkish border today, thrusting deeper into the jihadists' stronghold of Raqqa province with the backing of US-led air strikes.
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Arabs, West Miscalculated in Syria: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused Arab and Western governments of miscalculating in their backing for Syrian rebels as the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group gathered in Paris today.
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US sees Syria's Bashar al-Assad strengthened by rise of Islamist groups
The rise of Islamist groups fighting Syria's Western-backed rebels has emboldened the Syrian government and will make it harder to extract concessions from Damascus at any peace talks, a US official said on Monday.
