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Ancient City Discovered After Reservoir Dries Up Due To Drought
The settlement, which is thought to be from the Bronze Age was found after a certain area in the Tigris River dried up, allowing the city to be excavated before the dam filled up again.
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US Warns Citizens To Be Ready To Leave Iraq If Mosul Dam Collapses
The United States warned its citizens to be ready to leave Iraq in the event of what it has said could be a catastrophic collapse of the country's largest hydro-electric dam near Mosul.
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US Releases Iraq Dam Collapse Evacuation Advice
The US embassy in Iraq has released evacuation recommendations it said could help save up to 1.5 million lives at risk from a catastrophic failure of the Mosul Dam.
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ISIS Threatens Britain In New Executions Video
The Islamic State group threatened Britain in an Internet video on Sunday showing the killing of five "spies" it said worked with the international coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
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Islamic State Militants Use Water as Weapon in Western Iraq
Islamic State militants have closed gates of a dam on the Euphrates River in western Iraq, reducing the water and giving them greater freedom of movement to attack government forces downstream on the southern bank, local officials said.
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Islamic State Closes Iraq Dam Gates, Sparking Humanitarian Fears
Islamic State group jihadists have closed the gates of a dam in the Iraqi city of Ramadi which they seized last month, posing a humanitarian and security threat, officials said today.
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US Launches Airstrikes on Islamic State Group Around Iraq's Haditha Dam
The US military says it's launched airstrikes around Haditha Dam in western Iraq, targeting Islamic State insurgents for the first time in that area as the group tries to capture the vital dam.
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In Northeast Syria, Islamic State Builds a Government
In the cities and towns across the desert plains of northeast Syria, the ultra-hardline al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State has insinuated itself into nearly every aspect of daily life.
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US Jets Strike Jihadists Around Iraqi Dam
The United States carried out another round of air strikes Monday against militants from the so-called Islamic States battling Iraqi and Kurdish forces near a major dam in northern Iraq.
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As Islamic State Fighters Begin to Blend In, Defeating Them No Easy Matter
Many have ditched military-type vehicles that could make them easy targets of U.S. air strikes, and try to blend in with residents, say witnesses.
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Western Militaries Drop Food, Water in Besieged Iraq Town
Western militaries have airdropped humanitarian aid to the besieged Iraqi town of Amerli, home to thousands of Shiite Turkmen cut off by jihadists from receiving food, water, and medical supplies.
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US Launches Air Strikes on IS Rebels Near Mosul Dam: Pentagon
The US military launched fresh attacks on Islamic State forces in Iraq, using fighter aircraft and drones to carry out strikes near the Mosul dam, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
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US Conducts 14 Strikes on Islamic State Fighters
US aircraft conducted 14 air strikes against Islamic State militants near Iraq's largest dam in the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday, amid IS threats to kill a second US journalist.
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Barack Obama: Iraq has Regained Control of Mosul Dam
President Barack Obama says the recapturing of Mosul dam in northern Iraq by Iraqi and Kurdish forces is a "major step forward" in the battle against Islamic State militants.
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Iraq Kurds Press Anti-jihadist Drive as US, UK Widen Role
Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes pressed a counter-offensive against jihadists Monday after retaking Iraq's largest dam alongside federal forces, as the United States and Britain stepped up their military involvement.
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Ancient City Discovered After Reservoir Dries Up Due To Drought
The settlement, which is thought to be from the Bronze Age was found after a certain area in the Tigris River dried up, allowing the city to be excavated before the dam filled up again.
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US Warns Citizens To Be Ready To Leave Iraq If Mosul Dam Collapses
The United States warned its citizens to be ready to leave Iraq in the event of what it has said could be a catastrophic collapse of the country's largest hydro-electric dam near Mosul.
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US Releases Iraq Dam Collapse Evacuation Advice
The US embassy in Iraq has released evacuation recommendations it said could help save up to 1.5 million lives at risk from a catastrophic failure of the Mosul Dam.
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ISIS Threatens Britain In New Executions Video
The Islamic State group threatened Britain in an Internet video on Sunday showing the killing of five "spies" it said worked with the international coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
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Islamic State Militants Use Water as Weapon in Western Iraq
Islamic State militants have closed gates of a dam on the Euphrates River in western Iraq, reducing the water and giving them greater freedom of movement to attack government forces downstream on the southern bank, local officials said.
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Islamic State Closes Iraq Dam Gates, Sparking Humanitarian Fears
Islamic State group jihadists have closed the gates of a dam in the Iraqi city of Ramadi which they seized last month, posing a humanitarian and security threat, officials said today.
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US Launches Airstrikes on Islamic State Group Around Iraq's Haditha Dam
The US military says it's launched airstrikes around Haditha Dam in western Iraq, targeting Islamic State insurgents for the first time in that area as the group tries to capture the vital dam.
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In Northeast Syria, Islamic State Builds a Government
In the cities and towns across the desert plains of northeast Syria, the ultra-hardline al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State has insinuated itself into nearly every aspect of daily life.
-
US Jets Strike Jihadists Around Iraqi Dam
The United States carried out another round of air strikes Monday against militants from the so-called Islamic States battling Iraqi and Kurdish forces near a major dam in northern Iraq.
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As Islamic State Fighters Begin to Blend In, Defeating Them No Easy Matter
Many have ditched military-type vehicles that could make them easy targets of U.S. air strikes, and try to blend in with residents, say witnesses.
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Western Militaries Drop Food, Water in Besieged Iraq Town
Western militaries have airdropped humanitarian aid to the besieged Iraqi town of Amerli, home to thousands of Shiite Turkmen cut off by jihadists from receiving food, water, and medical supplies.
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US Launches Air Strikes on IS Rebels Near Mosul Dam: Pentagon
The US military launched fresh attacks on Islamic State forces in Iraq, using fighter aircraft and drones to carry out strikes near the Mosul dam, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
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US Conducts 14 Strikes on Islamic State Fighters
US aircraft conducted 14 air strikes against Islamic State militants near Iraq's largest dam in the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday, amid IS threats to kill a second US journalist.
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Barack Obama: Iraq has Regained Control of Mosul Dam
President Barack Obama says the recapturing of Mosul dam in northern Iraq by Iraqi and Kurdish forces is a "major step forward" in the battle against Islamic State militants.
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Iraq Kurds Press Anti-jihadist Drive as US, UK Widen Role
Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes pressed a counter-offensive against jihadists Monday after retaking Iraq's largest dam alongside federal forces, as the United States and Britain stepped up their military involvement.
