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U.S. sees probable role in Mosul blast, probe under way

EghtesadOnline: The senior U.S. commander in Iraq acknowledged on Tuesday that the U.S.-led coalition probably had a role in an explosion in Mosul believed to have killed scores of civilians but said Islamic State could also be to blame.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 08:49

Trump administration hosting first meeting of anti- ISIS coalition

EghtesadOnline: Foreign ministers from 68 countries meet in Washington on Wednesday to agree on the next steps to defeat Islamic State, the first such gathering of the U.S-led military coalition since the election of President Donald Trump in November.
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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 06:25

Iraqi leader thanks Trump for removing Iraq from travel ban list

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi thanked U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday for removing Iraq from a travel ban affecting several Muslim-majority countries and said he sought stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State militants.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 23:24

Iraqi troops seize main bridge, advance on mosque in battle for Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi government forces battling Islamic State for Mosul took control of a main bridge over the Tigris river on Wednesday and advanced towards the mosque where the group's leader declared a caliphate in 2014, federal police said.
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Publish Date:15/March/2017 | 14:27

U.S. weighs deploying up to 1,000 'reserve' troops for IS fight

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is weighing a deployment of up to 1,000 American soldiers to Kuwait to serve as a reserve force in the fight against Islamic State as U.S.-backed fighters accelerate the offensive in Syria and Iraq, U.S. officials said.
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Publish Date:09/March/2017 | 07:53

Syrian army takes more villages from militants in northwest Syria

EghtesadOnline: The Syrian army has expanded its control over former Islamic State-held villages in northwest Syria, gaining more territory as it pushes back the jihadists from more pockets in Aleppo province, state media said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:05/March/2017 | 05:35

Mosul victims treated for chemical agents as displacement accelerates

EghtesadOnline: The number of civilians escaping the fighting in Mosul has increased significantly as battles intensify between U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, and some have been exposed to chemical agents, the Red Cross said on Friday.
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Publish Date:04/March/2017 | 05:31

Iraqi forces in Mosul fight Islamic State counter-attack

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State fighters launched a counter-attack against advancing U.S.-backed Iraqi forces in western Mosul during an overnight storm, as the battle for control of the militants' last major urban stronghold in Iraq intensified.
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Publish Date:02/March/2017 | 13:17

Iraqi army controls main roads out of Mosul, trapping Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed Iraqi army units on Wednesday took control of the last major road out of western Mosul that had been in Islamic State's hands, trapping the militants in a shrinking area within the city, a general and residents said.
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Publish Date:01/March/2017 | 14:08

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Mosul government buildings

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled their way to within firing range of Mosul's main government buildings, a major target in the offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in the western side of the city.
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Publish Date:28/February/2017 | 14:39

Turkey Said to Seek U.S. Support to Attack IS Syria Bastion

EghtesadOnline: Turkey is seeking U.S. support to lead a ground offensive against Islamic State’s main stronghold in Syria, a Turkish official said, a move that could give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more influence in the conflict and undermine Kurdish groups linked to separatists he’s fighting at home.
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Publish Date:28/February/2017 | 13:55

Iraqi forces aim to secure Mosul bridge, link up to east bank

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul on Sunday, aiming to capture a bridge across the Tigris which would link the city's government-held eastern bank with the ongoing offensive against remaining militants in the west.
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Publish Date:27/February/2017 | 06:45

Islamic State car bomb kills more than 50 in northwest Syria

EghtesadOnline: An Islamic State car bomb killed more than 50 people on Friday in a Syrian village held by rebels, a war monitor said, a day after the jihadist group was driven from its last stronghold in the area.
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Publish Date:25/February/2017 | 05:12