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Who Are Kataib Hezbollah? Group Blamed For Killing 3 US Troops In Jordan
The U.S. believes the attack that killed three U.S. troops on the JordanianSyrian border has the "footprints" of Iranbacked Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah, the Pentagon said. Who
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Europe Migrant Crisis: Turkey Bans Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis On Flights To Belarus
Turkey banned Syrian, Yemeni and Iraqi citizens from flights to Belarus' capital Minsk on Friday, potentially closing off one of the routes used by migrants that the EU says have been flown in by Belarus to create a deliberate humanitarian crisis.
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Iranian Commander Killed In Airstrike At Iraq-Syria Border
An air strike killed a commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards at the Iraq-Syria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday, Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday.
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Explosion Targets Convoy Carrying US Military Equipment Near Iraq-Kuwait Crossing
An explosion near the Jraischan border crossing between Iraq and Kuwaiti on Monday evening targeted a convoy carrying equipment for US forces, three Iraqi security forces told Reuters.
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Wounded And Alone, Children Emerge From Last ISIS Territory In Syria
Hareth Najem fled ISIS's last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan's family had died two years earlier in air strikes across the border in al-Qaim region.
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ISIS Kills 41 US-Backed Fighters In Eastern Syria, Says War Monitor
The ISIS has killed 41 US-backed fighters in Syria battling to oust the jihadists from their eastern holdout of Hajin on the Iraqi border, a war monitor said Saturday.
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Iraq Launches Operation To Clear Last ISIS Holdouts From Desert
Iraqi forces announced the launch of a major operation on Thursday to flush remaining ISIS fighters out of the western desert near the border with Syria.
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ISIS Guerrilla Attacks Point To Its Future Strategy
Syrian and Iraqi forces closing in on the last scraps of ISIS' caliphate straddling the remote border area between the two countries have already witnessed the jihadists' likely response.
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Iraqi Forces Seize Village In One Of Last ISIS Bastions
Iraqi security forces and paramilitary units on Tuesday seized a village in one of the last pockets of territory controlled by the ISIS group in the vast western province of Anbar, bordering Syria.
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Iraq Forces Seize ISIS Outpost Ahead Of Euphrates Push
Iraqi forces on Saturday captured a desert outpost of the ISIS group near the Syrian border in preparation for a drive up the Euphrates Valley towards the frontier, commanders said.
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Iraq, Syria Discuss Securing Border As ISIS Retreats
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi held talks on Thursday with visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem about securing their common border, an official Iraqi statement said, after a partial retreat by ISIS terrorists.
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Iran Says Dismantles Cell Linked To ISIS In Border Province
Iranian security forces killed three militants linked to ISIS in a city close to the Iraqi border on Tuesday, confiscating a weapons cache and belts armed with explosives, a senior official said.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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ISIS Lost 14 Per Cent Of Its Territory In 2015: Report
The Islamic State (IS) group lost around 14 per cent of its territory in 2015, while Syria's Kurds almost tripled the land they control, thinktank IHS Jane's said on Monday.
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Iraq Claims Islamic State Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Hit in Air Raid
Iraq claimed today to have struck a convoy carrying Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the Syrian border but said his fate was unknown.
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Who Are Kataib Hezbollah? Group Blamed For Killing 3 US Troops In Jordan
The U.S. believes the attack that killed three U.S. troops on the JordanianSyrian border has the "footprints" of Iranbacked Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah, the Pentagon said. Who
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Europe Migrant Crisis: Turkey Bans Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis On Flights To Belarus
Turkey banned Syrian, Yemeni and Iraqi citizens from flights to Belarus' capital Minsk on Friday, potentially closing off one of the routes used by migrants that the EU says have been flown in by Belarus to create a deliberate humanitarian crisis.
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Iranian Commander Killed In Airstrike At Iraq-Syria Border
An air strike killed a commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards at the Iraq-Syria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday, Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday.
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Explosion Targets Convoy Carrying US Military Equipment Near Iraq-Kuwait Crossing
An explosion near the Jraischan border crossing between Iraq and Kuwaiti on Monday evening targeted a convoy carrying equipment for US forces, three Iraqi security forces told Reuters.
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Wounded And Alone, Children Emerge From Last ISIS Territory In Syria
Hareth Najem fled ISIS's last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan's family had died two years earlier in air strikes across the border in al-Qaim region.
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ISIS Kills 41 US-Backed Fighters In Eastern Syria, Says War Monitor
The ISIS has killed 41 US-backed fighters in Syria battling to oust the jihadists from their eastern holdout of Hajin on the Iraqi border, a war monitor said Saturday.
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Iraq Launches Operation To Clear Last ISIS Holdouts From Desert
Iraqi forces announced the launch of a major operation on Thursday to flush remaining ISIS fighters out of the western desert near the border with Syria.
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ISIS Guerrilla Attacks Point To Its Future Strategy
Syrian and Iraqi forces closing in on the last scraps of ISIS' caliphate straddling the remote border area between the two countries have already witnessed the jihadists' likely response.
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Iraqi Forces Seize Village In One Of Last ISIS Bastions
Iraqi security forces and paramilitary units on Tuesday seized a village in one of the last pockets of territory controlled by the ISIS group in the vast western province of Anbar, bordering Syria.
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Iraq Forces Seize ISIS Outpost Ahead Of Euphrates Push
Iraqi forces on Saturday captured a desert outpost of the ISIS group near the Syrian border in preparation for a drive up the Euphrates Valley towards the frontier, commanders said.
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Iraq, Syria Discuss Securing Border As ISIS Retreats
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi held talks on Thursday with visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem about securing their common border, an official Iraqi statement said, after a partial retreat by ISIS terrorists.
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Iran Says Dismantles Cell Linked To ISIS In Border Province
Iranian security forces killed three militants linked to ISIS in a city close to the Iraqi border on Tuesday, confiscating a weapons cache and belts armed with explosives, a senior official said.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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ISIS Lost 14 Per Cent Of Its Territory In 2015: Report
The Islamic State (IS) group lost around 14 per cent of its territory in 2015, while Syria's Kurds almost tripled the land they control, thinktank IHS Jane's said on Monday.
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Iraq Claims Islamic State Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Hit in Air Raid
Iraq claimed today to have struck a convoy carrying Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the Syrian border but said his fate was unknown.
