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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

In push to reclaim Raqqa, Trump's choices range from bad to worse

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump's push against Islamic State in Syria could present him with an unenviable choice: Alienate NATO ally Turkey by relying on Kurdish fighters or adopt a plan that may slow the assault and require many more U.S. combat forces.
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Publish Date:25/February/2017 | 05:07

Le Pen Says Assad May Be Lesser of Two Evils for Syria's Future

EghtesadOnline: Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that having Syria ruled by President Bashar Al-Assad was a more “reassuring” choice for France, as the only realistic alternative for power was Islamic State.
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Publish Date:21/February/2017 | 05:08

Iraq launches offensive on last Islamic State stronghold in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a ground offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western part of the city of Mosul, and put an end to their ambitions for territorial rule in Iraq.
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Publish Date:20/February/2017 | 05:33

Pakistan says kills 100 'terrorists' after suicide shrine attack

EghtesadOnline: Pakistani security forces killed dozens of suspected militants on Friday, a day after Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing that killed more than 80 worshippers at a Sufi shrine, the biggest in a spate of attacks this week across the country.
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Publish Date:18/February/2017 | 05:03

Baghdad car bomb kills 51 as Islamic State escalates insurgency

EghtesadOnline: A car packed with explosives blew up on Thursday in southern Baghdad, killing at least 51 people and wounding 55, security and medical sources said, in the deadliest such attack in Iraq this year.
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Publish Date:16/February/2017 | 21:45