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US Airborne Raid Kills 1 In Village Controlled By Syrian Regime: Report
The airborne raid is the first such operation in Syrian regime-controlled areas, said the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights.
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ISIS Ousted From Yazidi Villages West Of Mosul: Kurdish-Yazidi Force
A mixed Kurdish and Yazidi armed force said on Monday it had dislodged ISIS terrorists from five Yazidi villages west of Mosul in an offensive that began on Saturday.
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ISIS Seizes 550 Families As Human Shields In Mosul: UN
ISIS fighters have taken 550 families from villages around Mosul and are holding them close to Islamic State (ISIL) locations in the Iraqi city, probably as human shields, the U.N. human rights office said on Friday.
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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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Syria Rebels Lose New Ground To Kurds, Regime: Report
Syrian rebels have withdrawn from three villages threatened by Russian strikes in the northern province of Aleppo that borders Turkey, allowing Kurdish fighters to overrun them, a monitor said today.
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Kurds Take Ground From Islamic State in North Iraq
Kurdish forces said they drove Islamic State out of several villages near the oil city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Wednesday after U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted insurgent positions overnight.
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Syrian Kurds Retake Northern Villages From Islamic State: Report
Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by Islamic State north of its de facto capital of Raqqa city, aided by US-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported today.
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At Least 145 Civilians Killed in Syria's Kobane Islamic State
Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobane and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as one of the worst massacres carried out by the hardline group in Syria.
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Syrian Kurds Seize from Islamic State a Third of Villages Around Kobane
Syrian Kurdish forces have recaptured more than a third of the villages around Kobane from the Islamic State group since routing the jihadists from the town a fortnight ago, a monitor said today.
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Iraq Kurdish Forces Retake Oil Field, Villages From Islamic State
Iraqi Kurdish forces and police retook an oil field in Kirkuk province on Saturday that was seized by the Islamic State group overnight, and freed 24 workers who had been taken captive, officers said.
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Iraqi Kurds Fight Islamic State with Aged Weapons
The exhausted Kurdish fighters leaned against a pair of antiquated green cannons on a hill overlooking this northern Iraqi village, the ground around them littered with shrapnel from fierce battles with Islamic State militants.
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US Strikes Help Iraq Kurds, Army Advances Against Islamic State
Iraqi Kurdish forces captured a strategic border crossing and several villages from Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq on Tuesday, scoring gains as the militants were pounded by heavy US-led air strikes and the Iraqi army advanced from the south.
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Islamic Fighters Advance in Syria Despite US Strikes
US planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded.
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IS Jihadists Close in on Syria Kurdish Town: Monitor
Islamic State jihadists were closing in on Syria's third largest Kurdish town Sunday after their capture of surrounding villages sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming into Turkey, a monitoring group said.
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Islamic State Jihadists Capture 60 Kurdish Villages in Syria: NGO
Islamic State jihadists have seized 60 Kurdish villages near the Turkish border in a lightning two-day campaign, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday.
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US Airborne Raid Kills 1 In Village Controlled By Syrian Regime: Report
The airborne raid is the first such operation in Syrian regime-controlled areas, said the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights.
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ISIS Ousted From Yazidi Villages West Of Mosul: Kurdish-Yazidi Force
A mixed Kurdish and Yazidi armed force said on Monday it had dislodged ISIS terrorists from five Yazidi villages west of Mosul in an offensive that began on Saturday.
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ISIS Seizes 550 Families As Human Shields In Mosul: UN
ISIS fighters have taken 550 families from villages around Mosul and are holding them close to Islamic State (ISIL) locations in the Iraqi city, probably as human shields, the U.N. human rights office said on Friday.
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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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Syria Rebels Lose New Ground To Kurds, Regime: Report
Syrian rebels have withdrawn from three villages threatened by Russian strikes in the northern province of Aleppo that borders Turkey, allowing Kurdish fighters to overrun them, a monitor said today.
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Kurds Take Ground From Islamic State in North Iraq
Kurdish forces said they drove Islamic State out of several villages near the oil city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Wednesday after U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted insurgent positions overnight.
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Syrian Kurds Retake Northern Villages From Islamic State: Report
Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by Islamic State north of its de facto capital of Raqqa city, aided by US-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported today.
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At Least 145 Civilians Killed in Syria's Kobane Islamic State
Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobane and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as one of the worst massacres carried out by the hardline group in Syria.
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Syrian Kurds Seize from Islamic State a Third of Villages Around Kobane
Syrian Kurdish forces have recaptured more than a third of the villages around Kobane from the Islamic State group since routing the jihadists from the town a fortnight ago, a monitor said today.
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Iraq Kurdish Forces Retake Oil Field, Villages From Islamic State
Iraqi Kurdish forces and police retook an oil field in Kirkuk province on Saturday that was seized by the Islamic State group overnight, and freed 24 workers who had been taken captive, officers said.
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Iraqi Kurds Fight Islamic State with Aged Weapons
The exhausted Kurdish fighters leaned against a pair of antiquated green cannons on a hill overlooking this northern Iraqi village, the ground around them littered with shrapnel from fierce battles with Islamic State militants.
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US Strikes Help Iraq Kurds, Army Advances Against Islamic State
Iraqi Kurdish forces captured a strategic border crossing and several villages from Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq on Tuesday, scoring gains as the militants were pounded by heavy US-led air strikes and the Iraqi army advanced from the south.
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Islamic Fighters Advance in Syria Despite US Strikes
US planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded.
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IS Jihadists Close in on Syria Kurdish Town: Monitor
Islamic State jihadists were closing in on Syria's third largest Kurdish town Sunday after their capture of surrounding villages sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming into Turkey, a monitoring group said.
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Islamic State Jihadists Capture 60 Kurdish Villages in Syria: NGO
Islamic State jihadists have seized 60 Kurdish villages near the Turkish border in a lightning two-day campaign, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday.
