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Iran's Ayatollah Calls For Advancing Science, Unity Among Muslims To Shrug Off US Domination
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday called for unity among Muslims and efforts towards scientific advancement, saying this would make it impossible for "enemies" such as the United States to dominate Islamic countries.
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US Vice President Joe Biden Arrives In Iraq To Help Settle Political Crisis
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Thursday on a visit intended to help Iraqi leaders resolve a political crisis that has hindered efforts to defeat the Islamic State group.
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Barack Obama Reaffirms Commitment To Turkey's Security As Tayyip Erdogan Visits
US President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed the US commitment to Turkey's security during a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, while also discussing both countries' efforts to fight Islamic State, the White House said.
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US Aircraft Bombs ISIS Cash Pile In Iraq: US Military
A US aircraft bombed an ISIS cash distribution site in Iraq on Monday, part of efforts by the American-led coalition to disrupt the militant group's financing of its activities, the US military said.
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US Vows Stepped Up Fight on ISIS Group
The United States will intensify its efforts to destroy the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and Iraq, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter pledged Friday.
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US Raid in Syria Sets Template for New Operations
The United States has been eliminating a mid- to high-level Islamic State figure every two days, on average, contributing to President Obama's decision to send a new Special Operations force to Iraq to intensify efforts to locate and kill militant leaders there and in Syria, a senior administration official said Thursday.
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Barack Obama Urges Russia to Join Renewed Effort to Eliminate Islamic State
US President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State and prevent more attacks like those in Paris, while urging Russia's Vladimir Putin to focus on combating the jihadist group in Syria.
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US to Intensify Fight Against Islamic State Militants: Pentagon Chief
The US military will intensify air strikes and may carry out more direct ground attacks as it steps up efforts against Islamic State militants following a failed bid to train Syrian rebels, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told lawmakers on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Effort to Isolate, Retake Ramadi Advancing: US Military
Iraqi troops are more than halfway through an operation to encircle Islamic State militants in Ramadi, after which they will launch a final offensive to retake the Iraqi city, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday.
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Barack Obama Says US to Increase Support for Syria Opposition
President Barack Obama pledged to increase U.S. support for the moderate opposition in Syria's civil war on Monday and said the United States needed to do more at home to prevent attacks and combat Islamic State efforts to recruit followers.
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US Does Damage Control After Ash Carter Questions Iraqi Forces' Desire to Fight Islamic State
Vice President Joe Biden reassured Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi of the US commitment to help fight Islamic State militants in an effort at damage control on Monday after Defense Secretary Ash Carter questioned Iraqi troops' desire to fight.
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Hillary Clinton's Benghazi Emails Contain Few Revelations: Sources
A cache of Hillary Clinton emails expected to be made public soon contains no support for Republican accusations that Clinton was involved in efforts to downplay the role of Islamic militants in the deadly 2012 attacks on US installations in Benghazi, Libya, people familiar with the emails said.
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Iraq Says Rebuilding of Army Still in Early Stages
Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi said today that the Iraqi military has started rebuilding after its near total collapse last summer but that the effort is still in its initial phase. "We are still in the very early steps; some of these steps might be painful, but we must endure," Obeidi said in a televised address on the national holiday Ar...
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US Troops in Iraq's Anbar as Anti-Islamic State Campaign Expands
A team of US troops was on the ground in Iraq's Anbar province on Tuesday as Washington steps up efforts to help Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jihadist group.
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Iran Nuclear Deal Not Linked to Other Issues: US
The top U.S. diplomat says negotiations to limit Iran's nuclear program aren't being linked to efforts to even indirectly partner with Iran on other world crises.
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Iran's Ayatollah Calls For Advancing Science, Unity Among Muslims To Shrug Off US Domination
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday called for unity among Muslims and efforts towards scientific advancement, saying this would make it impossible for "enemies" such as the United States to dominate Islamic countries.
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US Vice President Joe Biden Arrives In Iraq To Help Settle Political Crisis
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Thursday on a visit intended to help Iraqi leaders resolve a political crisis that has hindered efforts to defeat the Islamic State group.
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Barack Obama Reaffirms Commitment To Turkey's Security As Tayyip Erdogan Visits
US President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed the US commitment to Turkey's security during a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, while also discussing both countries' efforts to fight Islamic State, the White House said.
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US Aircraft Bombs ISIS Cash Pile In Iraq: US Military
A US aircraft bombed an ISIS cash distribution site in Iraq on Monday, part of efforts by the American-led coalition to disrupt the militant group's financing of its activities, the US military said.
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US Vows Stepped Up Fight on ISIS Group
The United States will intensify its efforts to destroy the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and Iraq, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter pledged Friday.
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US Raid in Syria Sets Template for New Operations
The United States has been eliminating a mid- to high-level Islamic State figure every two days, on average, contributing to President Obama's decision to send a new Special Operations force to Iraq to intensify efforts to locate and kill militant leaders there and in Syria, a senior administration official said Thursday.
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Barack Obama Urges Russia to Join Renewed Effort to Eliminate Islamic State
US President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State and prevent more attacks like those in Paris, while urging Russia's Vladimir Putin to focus on combating the jihadist group in Syria.
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US to Intensify Fight Against Islamic State Militants: Pentagon Chief
The US military will intensify air strikes and may carry out more direct ground attacks as it steps up efforts against Islamic State militants following a failed bid to train Syrian rebels, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told lawmakers on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Effort to Isolate, Retake Ramadi Advancing: US Military
Iraqi troops are more than halfway through an operation to encircle Islamic State militants in Ramadi, after which they will launch a final offensive to retake the Iraqi city, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday.
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Barack Obama Says US to Increase Support for Syria Opposition
President Barack Obama pledged to increase U.S. support for the moderate opposition in Syria's civil war on Monday and said the United States needed to do more at home to prevent attacks and combat Islamic State efforts to recruit followers.
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US Does Damage Control After Ash Carter Questions Iraqi Forces' Desire to Fight Islamic State
Vice President Joe Biden reassured Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi of the US commitment to help fight Islamic State militants in an effort at damage control on Monday after Defense Secretary Ash Carter questioned Iraqi troops' desire to fight.
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Hillary Clinton's Benghazi Emails Contain Few Revelations: Sources
A cache of Hillary Clinton emails expected to be made public soon contains no support for Republican accusations that Clinton was involved in efforts to downplay the role of Islamic militants in the deadly 2012 attacks on US installations in Benghazi, Libya, people familiar with the emails said.
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Iraq Says Rebuilding of Army Still in Early Stages
Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi said today that the Iraqi military has started rebuilding after its near total collapse last summer but that the effort is still in its initial phase. "We are still in the very early steps; some of these steps might be painful, but we must endure," Obeidi said in a televised address on the national holiday Ar...
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US Troops in Iraq's Anbar as Anti-Islamic State Campaign Expands
A team of US troops was on the ground in Iraq's Anbar province on Tuesday as Washington steps up efforts to help Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jihadist group.
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Iran Nuclear Deal Not Linked to Other Issues: US
The top U.S. diplomat says negotiations to limit Iran's nuclear program aren't being linked to efforts to even indirectly partner with Iran on other world crises.
