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By keeping U.S. focus on Islamic State, Trump risks wider Syria war

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump has ordered stepped-up military operations against Islamic State and delegated more authority to his generals, but without a comprehensive Syria strategy, his approach risks further confrontation with Syria, Iran and even Russia, according to U.S. officials and analysts.
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Publish Date:20/June/2017 | 05:47

Zarif: Iran using missile power to protect citizens, hit terrorists

EghtesadOnline: The Islamic Republic of Iran uses its missile power to defend its citizens and at the same time advance the common global fight to uproot Daesh and extremist terrorists, says Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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Publish Date:19/June/2017 | 24:12

IRGC warns terrorists, backers of ‘more revenge’

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned terrorists and their sponsors about “more serious revenge” should they try their hands at staging more terror attacks against the Islamic Republic.
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Publish Date:19/June/2017 | 10:34

Russia Says It May Have Killed Islamic State Leader in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Russia is verifying intelligence that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed near Raqqa, Syria, during a bombing raid by its forces in May, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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Publish Date:17/June/2017 | 04:05

More Than 100 IS Fighters Attack Iraqi Forces in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: More than 100 Islamic State militants launched a counterattack in Mosul on Wednesday, killing 11 Federal Police and four civilians in clashes that were still underway, Iraqi security officials said.
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Publish Date:14/June/2017 | 24:35

Tillerson Calls for Saudi-Led Group to Ease Qatar Blockade

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on a Saudi Arabia-led coalition to ease its blockade of Qatar, saying that the cutoff is hindering the fight against Islamic State and provoking food shortages.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 05:50

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

Senator McCain says Putin bigger threat than ISIS

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Senator John McCain said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to global security than ISIS , and warned that the Senate would push for sanctions against Moscow for its alleged interference in the U.S. election.
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Publish Date:30/May/2017 | 05:30

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