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"Will Not Allow ISIS To Return In Any Shape And Form": Turkey
Turkey will not permit the Islamic State group to return, a presidential spokesman said Monday, amid fears its threatened offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria could bolster the jihadists.
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Afghan Militia Commander Who Fought ISIS Killed In Suicide Attack
A suicide bomber in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar killed at least four people, including a prominent local militia commander, considered a leading opponent of Islamic State fighters in the region, officials said on Monday.
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American Captured In Syria Charged In US With Supporting ISIS
A Michigan man seized overseas by a U.S.-backed Syrian militia has been charged with providing material support to ISIS terroristts, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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Iraq's Parliament Adopts Law Legalizing Shia Militias
Iraq's parliament on Saturday voted to accord full legal status to government-sanctioned Shia militias as a "back-up and reserve" force for the military and police and empower them to "deter" security and terror threats facing the country, like the Islamic State group.
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Suspected Kurdish Terrorists Fire Rockets At Turkey's Diyarbakir Airport: Media
Suspected Kurdish militants fired rockets at the airport in Turkey's main southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Saturday, sending passengers and staff scrambling for shelter, Dogan news agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
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Turkey Ratchets Up Syria Offensive, Says Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militia
Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.
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More Than 20 Killed In Suicide Attacks, Shelling Across Iraq: Officials
More than 20 people were killed on Monday in Iraq, most in suicide attacks targeting members of Shi'ite militias and military forces, security officials said.
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ISIS Is No Longer So Formidable On The Battlefield
The Islamic State's recent defeats on the battlefield signal that its once-vaunted militia army has been hobbled by worsening money problems, desertions and a dwindling pool of fighters, analysts and monitoring groups say.
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War Against The Islamic State Redrawing Borders
Along the vast, zigzagging perimeter of the Islamic State's self-styled state, the militants are steadily being pushed back as the forces ranged against them gain in strength.
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Iraq PM Visits Newly Reconquered Ramadi
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi today visited Ramadi, a day after federal forces announced the liberation of the city from the ISIS, clinching a landmark victory.
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Afghanistan Militia Beheads 4 ISIS Fighters
Local village militia members loyal to a powerful Afghan lawmaker beheaded four Islamic State fighters and placed their severed heads on the side of a main road in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday.
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ISIS Truck Bombs Kill At Least 50 People In Syrian Town: Kurdish Fighters
A triple truck bomb attack claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant in northeastern Syria killed at least 50 people and wounded 80 others, a spokesman for the Kurdish militia that controls the area said on Friday.
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Syrian Army Captures Towns After Russian Strikes: Report
The Syrian army and allied militias, backed by Russian bombardments, took control of two towns in western Syria after heavy battles with Islamic State fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said today.
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US Delivers Ammunition to Syrian Arab Fighters Battling Islamic State
The United States has carried out a fresh delivery of ammunition to fighters from the Syrian Arab Coalition battling Islamic State in northern Syria, pushing ahead with a strategy that initially unnerved ally Turkey, a US official told Reuters on Sunday.
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Syria Kurdish-Arab Alliance Launches First Anti-Islamic State Attack: Source
A coalition of US-backed Kurdish militia and rebel groups has launched its first operation against territory controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group in northeast Syria, a spokesman said today.
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"Will Not Allow ISIS To Return In Any Shape And Form": Turkey
Turkey will not permit the Islamic State group to return, a presidential spokesman said Monday, amid fears its threatened offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria could bolster the jihadists.
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Afghan Militia Commander Who Fought ISIS Killed In Suicide Attack
A suicide bomber in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar killed at least four people, including a prominent local militia commander, considered a leading opponent of Islamic State fighters in the region, officials said on Monday.
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American Captured In Syria Charged In US With Supporting ISIS
A Michigan man seized overseas by a U.S.-backed Syrian militia has been charged with providing material support to ISIS terroristts, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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Iraq's Parliament Adopts Law Legalizing Shia Militias
Iraq's parliament on Saturday voted to accord full legal status to government-sanctioned Shia militias as a "back-up and reserve" force for the military and police and empower them to "deter" security and terror threats facing the country, like the Islamic State group.
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Suspected Kurdish Terrorists Fire Rockets At Turkey's Diyarbakir Airport: Media
Suspected Kurdish militants fired rockets at the airport in Turkey's main southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Saturday, sending passengers and staff scrambling for shelter, Dogan news agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
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Turkey Ratchets Up Syria Offensive, Says Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militia
Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.
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More Than 20 Killed In Suicide Attacks, Shelling Across Iraq: Officials
More than 20 people were killed on Monday in Iraq, most in suicide attacks targeting members of Shi'ite militias and military forces, security officials said.
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ISIS Is No Longer So Formidable On The Battlefield
The Islamic State's recent defeats on the battlefield signal that its once-vaunted militia army has been hobbled by worsening money problems, desertions and a dwindling pool of fighters, analysts and monitoring groups say.
-
War Against The Islamic State Redrawing Borders
Along the vast, zigzagging perimeter of the Islamic State's self-styled state, the militants are steadily being pushed back as the forces ranged against them gain in strength.
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Iraq PM Visits Newly Reconquered Ramadi
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi today visited Ramadi, a day after federal forces announced the liberation of the city from the ISIS, clinching a landmark victory.
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Afghanistan Militia Beheads 4 ISIS Fighters
Local village militia members loyal to a powerful Afghan lawmaker beheaded four Islamic State fighters and placed their severed heads on the side of a main road in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday.
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ISIS Truck Bombs Kill At Least 50 People In Syrian Town: Kurdish Fighters
A triple truck bomb attack claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant in northeastern Syria killed at least 50 people and wounded 80 others, a spokesman for the Kurdish militia that controls the area said on Friday.
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Syrian Army Captures Towns After Russian Strikes: Report
The Syrian army and allied militias, backed by Russian bombardments, took control of two towns in western Syria after heavy battles with Islamic State fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said today.
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US Delivers Ammunition to Syrian Arab Fighters Battling Islamic State
The United States has carried out a fresh delivery of ammunition to fighters from the Syrian Arab Coalition battling Islamic State in northern Syria, pushing ahead with a strategy that initially unnerved ally Turkey, a US official told Reuters on Sunday.
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Syria Kurdish-Arab Alliance Launches First Anti-Islamic State Attack: Source
A coalition of US-backed Kurdish militia and rebel groups has launched its first operation against territory controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group in northeast Syria, a spokesman said today.
