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Before US Raid, Al-Baghdadi Hid In Major Battlefield In Syria's Civil War
When US forces found Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, he was not in some forgotten border town or remote patch of desert but in Syria's Idlib province, a place where Baghdadi surely knew he was surrounded by enemies, and eyes.
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US Strikes Terrorists In Syria, Officials Say 40 Killed
US forces attacked jihadist leaders in Syria Saturday, the Pentagon said, in what a battlefield monitor called a missile strike that left at least 40 dead.
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ISIS Loses Final Territory In Syria: White House
The White House said Friday that the ISIS has lost its final territory in Syria -- even as reports of continued fighting came from the battlefield of Baghouz.
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How Trump's Call To Turkey Over Syria Reshaped US Policy In Middle East
President Donald Trump's declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling U.S. troops from Syria has stunned Turkey and left it scrambling to respond to the changing battlefield on its southern border.
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US Anti-Terror Chief Warns ISIS Global Threat 'Intact'
The global threat posed by the ISIS group has not been diminished by its battlefield defeats in Iraq and Syria, US counterterrorism chief Nick Rasmussen warned Wednesday
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How A Woman In England Tracks Civilian Deaths In Syria, One American Bomb At A Time
With the usual sources absent from the battlefields, an eight-person nonprofit has been sifting through thousands of social media posts, military accounts and more to find evidence of those killed by the U.S.-led air campaign.
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Why Aleppo Is Syria's Fiercest Battleground
With rebels and government forces each promising to unite the divided city, Aleppo is once again a main battlefield in Syria's devastating civil war. Relentless shelling and airstrikes have killed more than 300 civilians in the city since rebels broke through a government blockade of the opposition-held east on July 31. A photo of five-year-old Omr...
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45,000 ISIS Fighters Taken Off Battlefields: United States
The military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield and reduced the total number of ISIS fighters to as few as 15,000, the top US commander for the fight against IS said Wednesday.
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ISIS Turns To Selling Fish, Cars To Offset Oil Losses: Report
ISIS earns millions of dollars a month running car dealerships and fish farms in Iraq, making up for lower oil income after its battlefield losses, Iraqi judicial authorities said on Thursday.
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In Syria And Iraq, The Islamic State Is In Retreat On Multiple Fronts
As European governments scramble to contain the expanding terrorist threat posed by the Islamic State, on the battlefield in Iraq and Syria the group is a rapidly diminishing force.
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First US-trained Syria Rebel Believed Killed in Fighting: Sources
A member of a new Syrian force trained by the US military was believed to have been killed in clashes last week with al Qaeda's Syria wing, in what would be the fledgling force's first battlefield casualty, US officials said in an interview on Monday.
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Islamic State Jihadists in Fierce Battle for Key Syrian City
Islamic State group jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced today to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fighting with regime troops.
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Bashar Al-Assad to Play Up War Victories as He Starts New Term
President Bashar al-Assad begins a new seven-year term on Wednesday looking to play up a string of battlefield victories while trying to win over war-weary Syrians and those fearful of jihadists.
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Brussels Killings Arrest Mocks Bid on Jihadists
The suspect in the recent killings at the Jewish Museum in Brussels is a text book case of the West's longstanding fear - the threat posed by radicalized citizens returning from the battlefields of Syria.
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As Bashar al-Assad advances, Syria launches commercial airline
A new Syrian airline plans to start flights from the war-torn country in May, a company manager told Reuters on Wednesday, following months of gains on the battlefield by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
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Before US Raid, Al-Baghdadi Hid In Major Battlefield In Syria's Civil War
When US forces found Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, he was not in some forgotten border town or remote patch of desert but in Syria's Idlib province, a place where Baghdadi surely knew he was surrounded by enemies, and eyes.
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US Strikes Terrorists In Syria, Officials Say 40 Killed
US forces attacked jihadist leaders in Syria Saturday, the Pentagon said, in what a battlefield monitor called a missile strike that left at least 40 dead.
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ISIS Loses Final Territory In Syria: White House
The White House said Friday that the ISIS has lost its final territory in Syria -- even as reports of continued fighting came from the battlefield of Baghouz.
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How Trump's Call To Turkey Over Syria Reshaped US Policy In Middle East
President Donald Trump's declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling U.S. troops from Syria has stunned Turkey and left it scrambling to respond to the changing battlefield on its southern border.
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US Anti-Terror Chief Warns ISIS Global Threat 'Intact'
The global threat posed by the ISIS group has not been diminished by its battlefield defeats in Iraq and Syria, US counterterrorism chief Nick Rasmussen warned Wednesday
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How A Woman In England Tracks Civilian Deaths In Syria, One American Bomb At A Time
With the usual sources absent from the battlefields, an eight-person nonprofit has been sifting through thousands of social media posts, military accounts and more to find evidence of those killed by the U.S.-led air campaign.
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Why Aleppo Is Syria's Fiercest Battleground
With rebels and government forces each promising to unite the divided city, Aleppo is once again a main battlefield in Syria's devastating civil war. Relentless shelling and airstrikes have killed more than 300 civilians in the city since rebels broke through a government blockade of the opposition-held east on July 31. A photo of five-year-old Omr...
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45,000 ISIS Fighters Taken Off Battlefields: United States
The military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield and reduced the total number of ISIS fighters to as few as 15,000, the top US commander for the fight against IS said Wednesday.
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ISIS Turns To Selling Fish, Cars To Offset Oil Losses: Report
ISIS earns millions of dollars a month running car dealerships and fish farms in Iraq, making up for lower oil income after its battlefield losses, Iraqi judicial authorities said on Thursday.
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In Syria And Iraq, The Islamic State Is In Retreat On Multiple Fronts
As European governments scramble to contain the expanding terrorist threat posed by the Islamic State, on the battlefield in Iraq and Syria the group is a rapidly diminishing force.
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First US-trained Syria Rebel Believed Killed in Fighting: Sources
A member of a new Syrian force trained by the US military was believed to have been killed in clashes last week with al Qaeda's Syria wing, in what would be the fledgling force's first battlefield casualty, US officials said in an interview on Monday.
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Islamic State Jihadists in Fierce Battle for Key Syrian City
Islamic State group jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced today to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fighting with regime troops.
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Bashar Al-Assad to Play Up War Victories as He Starts New Term
President Bashar al-Assad begins a new seven-year term on Wednesday looking to play up a string of battlefield victories while trying to win over war-weary Syrians and those fearful of jihadists.
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Brussels Killings Arrest Mocks Bid on Jihadists
The suspect in the recent killings at the Jewish Museum in Brussels is a text book case of the West's longstanding fear - the threat posed by radicalized citizens returning from the battlefields of Syria.
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As Bashar al-Assad advances, Syria launches commercial airline
A new Syrian airline plans to start flights from the war-torn country in May, a company manager told Reuters on Wednesday, following months of gains on the battlefield by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
