Islamic State Strongholds In Syria
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Iraqi Forces Enter Al-Qaim, Last ISIS Bastion In Iraq: Army
Iraqi forces on Friday entered the town of Al-Qaim in the ISIS group's last bastion in the country, military commanders said.
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Free But In Ruins, Uphill Struggle To Rebuild Syria's Raqa
The ISIS group's former Syrian stronghold Raqa has been captured, but it lies ruined, littered with explosives, and lacking electricity or running water for residents desperate to return
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Islamic State Group Loses Emblematic Syria Stronghold Raqa
US-backed forces took full control of Raqa from the Islamic State group on Tuesday, defeating the last jihadist holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of their now-shattered "caliphate".
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Iraq Recaptures Historic Ottoman Citadel From ISIS
Iraqi forces were Sunday on the verge of fully recapturing the city of Tal Afar after driving ISIS fighters from the centre of one of their last urban strongholds in the country
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'Shocking' Conditions Await Civilians Fleeing ISIS In Syria
Fleeing terror in the Islamic State's last Syrian strongholds, tens of thousands of civilians have become stranded in harrowing conditions across barely functional displacement camps.
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Opinion: How To Finally Defeat The Islamic State - And Make It Last
After months of tough urban combat, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Monday over the Islamic State in its last strategic stronghold in Iraq. Iraqis celebrated in the streets, and Americans should cheer as well.
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Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
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10 New Wars That Could Be Unleashed As A Result Of The One Against ISIS
The borders of the Islamic State's "caliphate" are shrinking fast. The group's strongholds in Iraq and Syria are collapsing one by one. The U.S.-led war has reached a point where questions are being raised about what comes next.
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Islamic State Eyeing Oil Targets Beyond Syria Stronghold: US Official
Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Libyan Air Strikes Hit ISIS Forces Pushing Eastward: Government
Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government have hit positions of the Islamic State group pushing eastward from their stronghold in Sirte toward the oil hub of Ajdabiya, a senior officer said Tuesday.
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Sirens Ring Out as Air Strikes Hit ISIS's Syria Stronghold
In the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, sirens ring out whenever a warplane approaches as jihadists flee their posts and vehicles to hide, activists say.
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After Putin Pledge, Russia Conducts Air Strikes on Islamic State Stronghold Raqqa in Syria
Russia struck the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa in Syria with a "significant number" of strikes that may have included long-range bombers and sea-launched cruise missiles, a US defense official has said.
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France Launches Fresh Air Raids In Islamic State Stronghold In Syria
French warplanes carried out fresh raids overnight against the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa in northern Syria, destroying a command centre and training centre, the army general staff said today.
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As France Mourns Those Killed in Paris Attacks, Global Moment of Silence
France prepared to fall silent at noon today to mourn victims of the Paris attacks after its warplanes pounded the Syrian stronghold of Islamic State, the jihadist group that has claimed responsibility for the slaughter.
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PM Modi's 10-Point Plan to Tackle Terror At G20 in Shadow of Paris Attacks
As French warplanes pounded the terror group Islamic State group's stronghold in Syria's Raqqa in retaliation for the terror attacks in Paris, in which 129 people were killed, world leaders at the G20 summit in Turkey moved closer to an agreement for global coordinated action to combat terror.
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Iraqi Forces Enter Al-Qaim, Last ISIS Bastion In Iraq: Army
Iraqi forces on Friday entered the town of Al-Qaim in the ISIS group's last bastion in the country, military commanders said.
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Free But In Ruins, Uphill Struggle To Rebuild Syria's Raqa
The ISIS group's former Syrian stronghold Raqa has been captured, but it lies ruined, littered with explosives, and lacking electricity or running water for residents desperate to return
-
Islamic State Group Loses Emblematic Syria Stronghold Raqa
US-backed forces took full control of Raqa from the Islamic State group on Tuesday, defeating the last jihadist holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of their now-shattered "caliphate".
-
Iraq Recaptures Historic Ottoman Citadel From ISIS
Iraqi forces were Sunday on the verge of fully recapturing the city of Tal Afar after driving ISIS fighters from the centre of one of their last urban strongholds in the country
-
'Shocking' Conditions Await Civilians Fleeing ISIS In Syria
Fleeing terror in the Islamic State's last Syrian strongholds, tens of thousands of civilians have become stranded in harrowing conditions across barely functional displacement camps.
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Opinion: How To Finally Defeat The Islamic State - And Make It Last
After months of tough urban combat, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Monday over the Islamic State in its last strategic stronghold in Iraq. Iraqis celebrated in the streets, and Americans should cheer as well.
-
Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
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10 New Wars That Could Be Unleashed As A Result Of The One Against ISIS
The borders of the Islamic State's "caliphate" are shrinking fast. The group's strongholds in Iraq and Syria are collapsing one by one. The U.S.-led war has reached a point where questions are being raised about what comes next.
-
Islamic State Eyeing Oil Targets Beyond Syria Stronghold: US Official
Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Libyan Air Strikes Hit ISIS Forces Pushing Eastward: Government
Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government have hit positions of the Islamic State group pushing eastward from their stronghold in Sirte toward the oil hub of Ajdabiya, a senior officer said Tuesday.
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Sirens Ring Out as Air Strikes Hit ISIS's Syria Stronghold
In the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, sirens ring out whenever a warplane approaches as jihadists flee their posts and vehicles to hide, activists say.
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After Putin Pledge, Russia Conducts Air Strikes on Islamic State Stronghold Raqqa in Syria
Russia struck the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa in Syria with a "significant number" of strikes that may have included long-range bombers and sea-launched cruise missiles, a US defense official has said.
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France Launches Fresh Air Raids In Islamic State Stronghold In Syria
French warplanes carried out fresh raids overnight against the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa in northern Syria, destroying a command centre and training centre, the army general staff said today.
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As France Mourns Those Killed in Paris Attacks, Global Moment of Silence
France prepared to fall silent at noon today to mourn victims of the Paris attacks after its warplanes pounded the Syrian stronghold of Islamic State, the jihadist group that has claimed responsibility for the slaughter.
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PM Modi's 10-Point Plan to Tackle Terror At G20 in Shadow of Paris Attacks
As French warplanes pounded the terror group Islamic State group's stronghold in Syria's Raqqa in retaliation for the terror attacks in Paris, in which 129 people were killed, world leaders at the G20 summit in Turkey moved closer to an agreement for global coordinated action to combat terror.
