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Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed: Pentagon

EghtesadOnline: The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Sayed, was killed in a strike on the group's headquarters in Kunar province earlier this week, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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Publish Date:15/July/2017 | 04:52

Honking Horns Hail the Liberation of Mosul From Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Three years after Mosul’s abrupt fall to jihadists alerted the world to Islamic State ’s growing strength, territorial ambitions and barbarity, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi traveled to the city to declare it liberated once more.
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Publish Date:10/July/2017 | 04:46

Trump says he would consider alliance with Russia over Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Republican nominee Donald Trump said on Monday that if elected U.S. president he would weigh an alliance with Russia against Islamic State militants but rejected any suggestion Russian President Vladimir Putin might be trying to help him win.
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Publish Date:26/July/2016 | 24:00

Syrian army, allies race to relieve Deir al-Zor

EghtesadOnline: Syria’s army and its allies raced towards their enclave in the Euphrates city of Deir al-Zor after a rapid advance on Sunday, seeking to relieve it after years of Islamic State siege as jihadist defenses suddenly collapsed.
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Publish Date:04/September/2017 | 07:09

France’s Le Drian Says ‘Can’t Build Peace With Assad’ in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State will eventually be defeated in Syria and after that world powers will re-focus on seeking a political solution that must lead to the departure of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.
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Publish Date:02/September/2017 | 04:38

Iraq starts offensive to take back Tal Afar from Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi security forces launched on Sunday an offensive to take back the city of Tal Afar, their next objective in the U.S.-backed campaign to defeat Islamic State militants, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said.
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Publish Date:20/August/2017 | 07:33

U.S. Against Kurds Holding Referendum in September, Envoy Says

EghtesadOnline: A referendum on independence in Iraq’s semi-autonomous and oil-rich Kurdish region should not take place in September as planned because it would be destabilizing at time when the fight against Islamic State isn’t yet won, the U.S. envoy to the coalition confronting the extremist group said.
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Publish Date:15/July/2017 | 04:19

Clashes Shake West Mosul After Victory Over IS Declared

EghtesadOnline: Airstrikes, shelling and other heavy clashes shook a small sliver of western Mosul on Tuesday in renewed fighting, a day after the government declared victory over Islamic State militants in Iraq's second-largest city.
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Publish Date:12/July/2017 | 04:35

Iraqi Government Declares Mosul Liberated From Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi traveled to Mosul to declare it liberated from Islamic State , three years after the city’s abrupt fall to the jihadists alerted the world to the group’s growing strength, territorial ambitions and barbarity.
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Publish Date:10/July/2017 | 05:12