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ISIS Is No Longer A Threat, Says Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that the Islamic State (IS) militant group no longer poses a threat to Iraq and dialogue to end the US-led international coalition to fight the IS group continues.
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Iraq's Sinjar Remains In Ruins Even A Decade After ISIS Horrors
The area near the Syrian border still bears the scars of the fighting in 2014- it was here that the jihadists committed some of their worst atrocities, including mass executions and sexual slavery, before being dislodged by Kurdish forces
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Over 1,100 Civilians Killed In US-Led Fight On ISIS, Says Pentagon
More than 1,100 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in 2014, the US military said on Thursday.
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United Kingdom Drops Terror Charges Against Ex-Soldier For Fighting ISIS
A former British soldier alleged to have fought alongside Kurdish forces battling the ISIS group in Iraq and Syria had terrorism charges against him dropped on Tuesday.
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Woman Gets 7 Years Jail For Helping ISIS Recruits In Kerala Slip Out
In a first conviction in Kerala related to cases of disappearance of people suspected to have joined terror group ISIS, a 29-year-old woman has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for helping the ISIS recruits from Kerala leave the country.
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Four Mideast Conflicts To Watch As Islamic State War Winds Down
Islamic State is making a last stand in Iraq and Syria. But the region will not rest with the group's defeat, and is gearing up for a war for influence among the regional and international players that were drawn into conflict with the radical militants.
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Kurds, Iraqi Forces In Standoff In Oil-Rich Kirkuk
Thousands of Iraqi troops were locked in an armed standoff with Kurdish forces in the disputed oil-rich province of Kirkuk as Washington scrambled to avert fighting between its allies in the war against the ISIS group.
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ISIS Releases Audio It Claims To Be Of Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
The Islamic State group on Thursday released what appeared to be a rare recording of its cloistered leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, vowing to continue the group's fight across Syria and Iraq as its self-proclaimed caliphate there crumbles.
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39 Indians, Missing In Iraq, Likely Jailed In Badush Where Fighting Continues: Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met with the families of 39 Indians who have been kidnapped by the terrorist group ISIS in Iraq in 2014
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New Conflicts Threaten Syria After ISIS Defeat
Sheen Ibrahim's track record fighting ultra-hardline terrorists explains US President Donald Trump's policy of arming Syrian Kurds like her as he seeks to eradicate ISIS. It also highlights the risks.
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US Urges Bigger Chinese Role To Combat Global Terrorism
The United States wants China to become more involved in supporting the global fight against terrorism and efforts to defeat ISIS, including in Iraq, a senior US official said on Monday ahead of high-level security talks with Beijing. Susan Thornton, the US acting assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said that China has taken only a limited ...
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US Urges Bigger Chinese Role To Combat Global Terror
The United States wants China to become more involved in supporting the global fight against terrorism and efforts to defeat ISIS, including in Iraq, a senior U.S. official said on Monday ahead of high-level security talks with Beijing.
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Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle ISIS In Mosul
Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 115 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last ISIS held areas of Mosul.
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This Video Shot By Young Soldier Fighting ISIS Went Viral
On the front lines, the jagged teeth of a young soldier's bulldozer mark the beginning of Iraq's territory and the end of the Islamic State's.
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Without School, Children Of Mosul Feared Lost To Poverty And Conflict
Ahmed Abdelsattar was 14 when ISIS swept into Mosul and declared a "caliphate" in 2014. Fearing he would be indoctrinated and sent to fight by the terrorists, his parents took him out of school. Three years later, he sells ice cream at a refugee camp for internally displaced Iraqis.
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ISIS Is No Longer A Threat, Says Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that the Islamic State (IS) militant group no longer poses a threat to Iraq and dialogue to end the US-led international coalition to fight the IS group continues.
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Iraq's Sinjar Remains In Ruins Even A Decade After ISIS Horrors
The area near the Syrian border still bears the scars of the fighting in 2014- it was here that the jihadists committed some of their worst atrocities, including mass executions and sexual slavery, before being dislodged by Kurdish forces
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Over 1,100 Civilians Killed In US-Led Fight On ISIS, Says Pentagon
More than 1,100 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in 2014, the US military said on Thursday.
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United Kingdom Drops Terror Charges Against Ex-Soldier For Fighting ISIS
A former British soldier alleged to have fought alongside Kurdish forces battling the ISIS group in Iraq and Syria had terrorism charges against him dropped on Tuesday.
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Woman Gets 7 Years Jail For Helping ISIS Recruits In Kerala Slip Out
In a first conviction in Kerala related to cases of disappearance of people suspected to have joined terror group ISIS, a 29-year-old woman has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for helping the ISIS recruits from Kerala leave the country.
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Four Mideast Conflicts To Watch As Islamic State War Winds Down
Islamic State is making a last stand in Iraq and Syria. But the region will not rest with the group's defeat, and is gearing up for a war for influence among the regional and international players that were drawn into conflict with the radical militants.
-
Kurds, Iraqi Forces In Standoff In Oil-Rich Kirkuk
Thousands of Iraqi troops were locked in an armed standoff with Kurdish forces in the disputed oil-rich province of Kirkuk as Washington scrambled to avert fighting between its allies in the war against the ISIS group.
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ISIS Releases Audio It Claims To Be Of Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
The Islamic State group on Thursday released what appeared to be a rare recording of its cloistered leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, vowing to continue the group's fight across Syria and Iraq as its self-proclaimed caliphate there crumbles.
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39 Indians, Missing In Iraq, Likely Jailed In Badush Where Fighting Continues: Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met with the families of 39 Indians who have been kidnapped by the terrorist group ISIS in Iraq in 2014
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New Conflicts Threaten Syria After ISIS Defeat
Sheen Ibrahim's track record fighting ultra-hardline terrorists explains US President Donald Trump's policy of arming Syrian Kurds like her as he seeks to eradicate ISIS. It also highlights the risks.
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US Urges Bigger Chinese Role To Combat Global Terrorism
The United States wants China to become more involved in supporting the global fight against terrorism and efforts to defeat ISIS, including in Iraq, a senior US official said on Monday ahead of high-level security talks with Beijing. Susan Thornton, the US acting assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said that China has taken only a limited ...
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US Urges Bigger Chinese Role To Combat Global Terror
The United States wants China to become more involved in supporting the global fight against terrorism and efforts to defeat ISIS, including in Iraq, a senior U.S. official said on Monday ahead of high-level security talks with Beijing.
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Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle ISIS In Mosul
Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 115 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last ISIS held areas of Mosul.
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This Video Shot By Young Soldier Fighting ISIS Went Viral
On the front lines, the jagged teeth of a young soldier's bulldozer mark the beginning of Iraq's territory and the end of the Islamic State's.
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Without School, Children Of Mosul Feared Lost To Poverty And Conflict
Ahmed Abdelsattar was 14 when ISIS swept into Mosul and declared a "caliphate" in 2014. Fearing he would be indoctrinated and sent to fight by the terrorists, his parents took him out of school. Three years later, he sells ice cream at a refugee camp for internally displaced Iraqis.
