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Antony Blinken Heads To Egypt After Israel To Push For Gaza Ceasefire
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due to travel to Egypt on Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US "bridging proposal" for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same.
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Iraqi Bridge Is Sole Link For Mosul Residents Rebuilding Lives
On a pontoon bridge connecting East and West Mosul, residents of a city shattered by the battle to expel ISIS cross back and forth trying to rebuild their lives from the rubble.
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Iraqi Forces Push Onto Mosul University Grounds
Iraqi forces have retaken the eastern edges of three of Mosul's five bridges, according to a senior Iraqi officer overseeing the operation to retake Iraq's second-largest city from the ISIS group.
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US Vice President Joe Biden Announces New Aid for Syrian Refugees
US Vice President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emerged from a nearly four-hour meeting on Saturday, offering no indication that the US and Turkey had bridged their differences about how to deal with Islamic State fighters or Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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Suicide Attack Kills Seven, Destroys Bridge in Iraq's Ramadi
A suicide car bomb attack killed seven people and destroyed a vital bridge Wednesday in Ramadi, the capital of the western province of Anbar where government forces have been battling jihadists.
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Iraq Insurgents Destroy Key Bridge in North Baghdad
Islamic State fighters on Tuesday destroyed a key bridge on the highway leading north from Baghdad, a move that could further hamper Iraqi government efforts to battle jihadists.
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In Iraq, Syria, Militants Try to Govern as a State
Across the broad swath of territory it controls bridging Syria and Iraq, extremist militants from the group known as the Islamic State have proven to be highly organised administrators. Flush with cash, they fix roads, police traffic, administer courts, and have even set up an export system of smuggled crude from oil fields they control.
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Sunni Militants Seize More Iraq Towns as US Presses Unity
Sunni militants advanced through west Iraq after seizing a strategic Syria border crossing, as US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the region Sunday aiming to bridge widening rifts.
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Iraqis seek political solution to avert army attack on Falluja
The prospect of an imminent Iraqi army assault on Falluja receded on Friday as negotiators tried to work out a deal under which al Qaeda militants who seized the city 10 days ago would give way to Sunni Muslim tribal leaders.
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Ailing Iraq president to be treated in Germany
Iraq's ailing President Jalal Talabani, a key politician who sought to bridge political and sectarian divides, will be flown to Germany for specialist treatment after a reported stroke, his office said on Wednesday.
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Antony Blinken Heads To Egypt After Israel To Push For Gaza Ceasefire
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due to travel to Egypt on Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US "bridging proposal" for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same.
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Iraqi Bridge Is Sole Link For Mosul Residents Rebuilding Lives
On a pontoon bridge connecting East and West Mosul, residents of a city shattered by the battle to expel ISIS cross back and forth trying to rebuild their lives from the rubble.
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Iraqi Forces Push Onto Mosul University Grounds
Iraqi forces have retaken the eastern edges of three of Mosul's five bridges, according to a senior Iraqi officer overseeing the operation to retake Iraq's second-largest city from the ISIS group.
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US Vice President Joe Biden Announces New Aid for Syrian Refugees
US Vice President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emerged from a nearly four-hour meeting on Saturday, offering no indication that the US and Turkey had bridged their differences about how to deal with Islamic State fighters or Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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Suicide Attack Kills Seven, Destroys Bridge in Iraq's Ramadi
A suicide car bomb attack killed seven people and destroyed a vital bridge Wednesday in Ramadi, the capital of the western province of Anbar where government forces have been battling jihadists.
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Iraq Insurgents Destroy Key Bridge in North Baghdad
Islamic State fighters on Tuesday destroyed a key bridge on the highway leading north from Baghdad, a move that could further hamper Iraqi government efforts to battle jihadists.
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In Iraq, Syria, Militants Try to Govern as a State
Across the broad swath of territory it controls bridging Syria and Iraq, extremist militants from the group known as the Islamic State have proven to be highly organised administrators. Flush with cash, they fix roads, police traffic, administer courts, and have even set up an export system of smuggled crude from oil fields they control.
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Sunni Militants Seize More Iraq Towns as US Presses Unity
Sunni militants advanced through west Iraq after seizing a strategic Syria border crossing, as US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the region Sunday aiming to bridge widening rifts.
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Iraqis seek political solution to avert army attack on Falluja
The prospect of an imminent Iraqi army assault on Falluja receded on Friday as negotiators tried to work out a deal under which al Qaeda militants who seized the city 10 days ago would give way to Sunni Muslim tribal leaders.
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Ailing Iraq president to be treated in Germany
Iraq's ailing President Jalal Talabani, a key politician who sought to bridge political and sectarian divides, will be flown to Germany for specialist treatment after a reported stroke, his office said on Wednesday.
