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Trump Defies Top Security Aide On Iran's Presence In Syria. What He Said
In his first Cabinet meeting of the year, President Donald Trump stuck a dagger in a major initiative advanced by his foreign policy team: Iran's leaders, the president said, "can do what they want" in Syria.
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The ISIS's 'Business Model' Is Failing, Study Says
When the Islamic State advanced in Syria and Iraq in 2014, its fighters looted banks, took over oil fields and kidnapped foreigners, seemingly without facing much resistance. But fortunes have changed, and the caliphate is now in deep financial trouble, according to a new study.
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US-Backed Forces Push Closer To ISIS 'Capital' Raqa
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqa in Syria while Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives advanced on Monday against the two Islamic State group strongholds.
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ISIS Said To Use Mosul Residents As Human Shields As Coalition Closes In
Residents of Mosul said ISIS was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the terrorists' stronghold.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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Pentagon Welcomes Advance by Islamic State-Fighting Allies in Syria
A coalition including Syrian Arab groups regained a swath of territory in northeastern Syria from Islamic State militants, a US military spokesman said on Wednesday, calling it an encouraging success.
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Cut Off By Islamic State Advance, Residents Stranded in Syria's Aleppo
Hundreds of thousands of Aleppo residents are stranded and prices for basic goods are soaring after a terrorist advance cut the sole route to regime-held areas of Syria's second city.
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Syria Regime Advances, US Drops Ammunition to Anti-Islamic State Rebels
Regime troops aided by Russian air strikes fought their fiercest clashes with rebels in weeks today, as US-led coalition forces parachuted ammunition to rebels battling jihadists in northern Syria.
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Islamic State at Outskirts of Syria's Aleppo as Russia, US to Resume Talks
Washington will restart talks with Russia over avoiding accidents in Syrian airspace, the Pentagon announced on Friday, as Islamic State group fighters advanced to the outskirts of Syria's second city, Aleppo.
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41 Dead as Islamic State Advances on East Syria Airbase: Monitor
Jihadists of the Islamic State group edged closer to a strategic airbase in eastern Syria in heavy fighting that left more than 41 combatants dead, a monitoring group said today.
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Islamic State Kills 2 Generals in Iraq, Advances in Syria
A suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State group killed two Iraqi generals on Thursday in the key battleground province of Anbar, as the jihadists made gains in neighbouring Syria.
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Bomber Kills 2 Iraq Generals as Islamic State Advances in Syria
A suicide bomber killed two Iraqi generals today in Anbar province, a key battleground against the Islamic State group, as the jihadists made gains in northern Syria.
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Army, Kurds Advance Against Islamic State in Syria's Hasakeh
Syrian government troops and Kurdish forces advanced Sunday against Islamic State group fighters in the northeastern city of Hasakeh, a monitor and state media said.
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Syria Rebels Battle Regime in Aleppo's Fiercest Fighting
Two alliances of Syrian rebels battled to advance in government-held western Aleppo on Saturday, seizing an army barracks in one district but losing ground in others, in some of the fiercest fighting in the city since the conflict began.
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Syrian Kurds, on the Offensive, Push Deeper into Islamic State Territory
Kurdish-led forces advanced on Monday deep into territory in Syria held by Islamic State, showing new momentum after they unexpectedly swiftly seized a border crossing from the jihadists last week.
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Trump Defies Top Security Aide On Iran's Presence In Syria. What He Said
In his first Cabinet meeting of the year, President Donald Trump stuck a dagger in a major initiative advanced by his foreign policy team: Iran's leaders, the president said, "can do what they want" in Syria.
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The ISIS's 'Business Model' Is Failing, Study Says
When the Islamic State advanced in Syria and Iraq in 2014, its fighters looted banks, took over oil fields and kidnapped foreigners, seemingly without facing much resistance. But fortunes have changed, and the caliphate is now in deep financial trouble, according to a new study.
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US-Backed Forces Push Closer To ISIS 'Capital' Raqa
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqa in Syria while Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives advanced on Monday against the two Islamic State group strongholds.
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ISIS Said To Use Mosul Residents As Human Shields As Coalition Closes In
Residents of Mosul said ISIS was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the terrorists' stronghold.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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Pentagon Welcomes Advance by Islamic State-Fighting Allies in Syria
A coalition including Syrian Arab groups regained a swath of territory in northeastern Syria from Islamic State militants, a US military spokesman said on Wednesday, calling it an encouraging success.
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Cut Off By Islamic State Advance, Residents Stranded in Syria's Aleppo
Hundreds of thousands of Aleppo residents are stranded and prices for basic goods are soaring after a terrorist advance cut the sole route to regime-held areas of Syria's second city.
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Syria Regime Advances, US Drops Ammunition to Anti-Islamic State Rebels
Regime troops aided by Russian air strikes fought their fiercest clashes with rebels in weeks today, as US-led coalition forces parachuted ammunition to rebels battling jihadists in northern Syria.
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Islamic State at Outskirts of Syria's Aleppo as Russia, US to Resume Talks
Washington will restart talks with Russia over avoiding accidents in Syrian airspace, the Pentagon announced on Friday, as Islamic State group fighters advanced to the outskirts of Syria's second city, Aleppo.
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41 Dead as Islamic State Advances on East Syria Airbase: Monitor
Jihadists of the Islamic State group edged closer to a strategic airbase in eastern Syria in heavy fighting that left more than 41 combatants dead, a monitoring group said today.
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Islamic State Kills 2 Generals in Iraq, Advances in Syria
A suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State group killed two Iraqi generals on Thursday in the key battleground province of Anbar, as the jihadists made gains in neighbouring Syria.
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Bomber Kills 2 Iraq Generals as Islamic State Advances in Syria
A suicide bomber killed two Iraqi generals today in Anbar province, a key battleground against the Islamic State group, as the jihadists made gains in northern Syria.
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Army, Kurds Advance Against Islamic State in Syria's Hasakeh
Syrian government troops and Kurdish forces advanced Sunday against Islamic State group fighters in the northeastern city of Hasakeh, a monitor and state media said.
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Syria Rebels Battle Regime in Aleppo's Fiercest Fighting
Two alliances of Syrian rebels battled to advance in government-held western Aleppo on Saturday, seizing an army barracks in one district but losing ground in others, in some of the fiercest fighting in the city since the conflict began.
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Syrian Kurds, on the Offensive, Push Deeper into Islamic State Territory
Kurdish-led forces advanced on Monday deep into territory in Syria held by Islamic State, showing new momentum after they unexpectedly swiftly seized a border crossing from the jihadists last week.
