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U.S.-Backed Push on Islamic State's Raqqa Stronghold Begins

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed forces in Syria have begun the long-anticipated push to remove Islamic State from its self-declared capital of Raqqa, a city the jihadist group has brutalized since 2013, and used as a base to plot terrorist attacks in Europe.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 13:37

Turkey Says U.S.-Backed Assault to Retake Raqqa Begins

EghtesadOnline: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State from its Raqqa stronghold in Syria has begun, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 08:43

Russia Vows to Block Islamic State's Escape From Syrian Lair

EghtesadOnline: Russia vowed to prevent the escape of Islamic State fighters from their self-declared capital in Raqqa, under siege by U.S.-backed forces, after thwarting two attempts by the jihadists to break through toward Syrian government-controlled territory.
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Publish Date:01/June/2017 | 10:14

Putin highlights Iran's important role in Syrian ceasefire

EghtesadOnline: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Turkey, Iran, the Syrian government and the armed opposition, as well as Russia, all play an important role in ensuring that the Syrian ceasefire works.
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Publish Date:31/May/2017 | 13:21

Mattis Says U.S. Plans to ‘Take Apart’ Islamic State Caliphate

EghtesadOnline: The fight against Islamic State has shifted to “annihilation tactics” to stop potential terrorists who’ve flocked to places such as Iraq and Syria from returning to their home countries to wreak havoc, Defense Secretary James Mattis said Sunday.
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Publish Date:29/May/2017 | 04:56

U.S. says Iranian-directed convoy targeted by U.S. strike in Syria

EghtesadOnline: The United States said on Friday it believed forces in a convoy targeted by U.S. military aircraft in southern Syria on Thursday were Iranian-directed, in a possible sign of increased tension between Washington and Tehran in the Syrian war.
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Publish Date:20/May/2017 | 05:43

Trump Ordered Changes to 'Annihilate' Islamic State, Mattis Says

EghtesadOnline; President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. to ramp up its campaign against Islamic State with an “annihilation” campaign to surround and kill terrorists rather than chasing them out of territory in Iraq and Syria, his defense chief said.
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Publish Date:20/May/2017 | 05:07

Syrian army sends reinforcements toward border with Iraq: rebels

EghtesadOnline: The Syrian army aided by Iranian-backed militias was moving troops to a desert region near its border with Iraq and Jordan just as U.S. backed rebels are consolidating control in an area from which Islamic State militants had recently pulled out, rebel sources and commanders said on Monday.
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Publish Date:15/May/2017 | 04:42

U.S. to arm Syrian Kurds fighting Islamic State, despite Turkey's ire

EghtesadOnline: Despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey, U.S. President Donald Trump has approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters to support an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:10/May/2017 | 05:24

Astana talks on peace in Syria very positive: Velayati

EghtesadOnline: Head of the Strategic Center of Iran’s Expediency Council says recent Astana talks aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria, was one of the most positive negotiations ever held over the situation in the country.
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Publish Date:07/May/2017 | 04:57

Syria fighting eases as Russian deal takes effect

EghtesadOnline: Fighting between Syrian rebel and government forces eased on Saturday as a Russian-led effort to shore up a ceasefire took effect, although battles continued on important frontlines near Hama and Damascus, rebels and a war monitor said.
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Publish Date:07/May/2017 | 04:44

President Rouhani: Astana talks show power of Iranian diplomacy

EghtesadOnline: Presidential hopeful Hassan Rouhani says Iran alongside with Russia and Turkey plays a major role in the Astana talks aimed at addressing the crisis in Syria and this shows the power of Iranian diplomacy.
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Publish Date:06/May/2017 | 04:56

Russia Says Iranian Troops Will Help to Guard Syria Safe Zones

EghtesadOnline: A top Russian general said troops from Iran will join with Turkey and Russia in securing four safe zones in Syria under an initiative aimed at shoring up a shaky cease-fire, even as Syrian rebel groups are resisting the plan because they oppose an Iranian role.
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Publish Date:06/May/2017 | 04:05