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Sinjar Battle Could Give Momentum to Barack Obama's Islamic State Strategy
The U.S.-backed drive by Iraqi Kurds to wrest the northern town of Sinjar and a slice of strategic highway from Islamic State could give new momentum to the Obama administration's strategy to defeat the extremist group, U.S. officials and analysts said on Thursday.
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Kurdish Forces Prepare for Battle to Retake Iraq's Sinjar
Kurdish forces are massing in northwest Iraq for an offensive to retake the town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering US-led air strikes.
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A Year On, Yazidis so Close Yet so Far From Iraq Hub
Jihadists occupying the Iraqi town of Sinjar are so close that Kurdish fighters can watch them without binoculars and battles are often fought with hand grenades.
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From Iraqi Mountaintop, a Fierce Battle to Free Islamic State-Held Town
The road to the battlefront plunges straight down the steep face of Mount Sinjar, whipped by a fierce wind. It is littered with trucks and cars that couldn't get up that incline, abandoned by their owners months ago as they fled the rampage of Islamic State group extremists.
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Fleeing Civilians in Limbo as Battle for Iraq Town Escalates
Terrified civilians were scrambling for shelter today as the battle for the northern Iraqi town they fled escalated, with fighters crossing from Syria to help fellow Kurdish forces battle jihadists.
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Sinjar Battle Could Give Momentum to Barack Obama's Islamic State Strategy
The U.S.-backed drive by Iraqi Kurds to wrest the northern town of Sinjar and a slice of strategic highway from Islamic State could give new momentum to the Obama administration's strategy to defeat the extremist group, U.S. officials and analysts said on Thursday.
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Kurdish Forces Prepare for Battle to Retake Iraq's Sinjar
Kurdish forces are massing in northwest Iraq for an offensive to retake the town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering US-led air strikes.
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A Year On, Yazidis so Close Yet so Far From Iraq Hub
Jihadists occupying the Iraqi town of Sinjar are so close that Kurdish fighters can watch them without binoculars and battles are often fought with hand grenades.
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From Iraqi Mountaintop, a Fierce Battle to Free Islamic State-Held Town
The road to the battlefront plunges straight down the steep face of Mount Sinjar, whipped by a fierce wind. It is littered with trucks and cars that couldn't get up that incline, abandoned by their owners months ago as they fled the rampage of Islamic State group extremists.
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Fleeing Civilians in Limbo as Battle for Iraq Town Escalates
Terrified civilians were scrambling for shelter today as the battle for the northern Iraqi town they fled escalated, with fighters crossing from Syria to help fellow Kurdish forces battle jihadists.
