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Russia Rejects Trump’s Charge That Iran Is Top Terrorist State

EghtesadOnline: Russia rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that Iran is the world’s “number one terrorist” nation, and said that the government in Tehran should be part of a proposed coalition to fight against Islamic State.
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Publish Date:07/February/2017 | 04:44

U.S.-backed Syrian force in new phase of Raqqa assault

EghtesadOnline: An alliance of U.S.-backed militias said it had started a new phase of its campaign against the Islamic State-held city of Raqqa on Saturday, aiming to complete its encirclement and sever the road to militant strongholds in Deir al-Zor province.
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Publish Date:04/February/2017 | 13:46

Trump, Putin Use First Formal Phone Call to Seek Better Ties

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged cooperation in fighting the Islamic State, the two sides said, as the pair seek to reverse tension after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its support for Syria, and allegations that Russian hackers sought to sway the U.S. election.
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Publish Date:29/January/2017 | 04:54

Islamic State Destroys Part of Roman Amphitheater in Palmyra

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State group militants destroyed a landmark ancient Roman monument and parts of the theater in Syria's historic town of Palmyra, the government and opposition monitoring groups said Friday.
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Publish Date:20/January/2017 | 11:41

Iraqi Troops Advance in Eastern Mosul Amid Fierce Clashes

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces battled Islamic State militants on Monday in two key neighborhoods in the eastern half of Mosul, a senior commander said, advancing deeper after fully routing IS from the sprawling complex of the Mosul University, a major step in the massive operation to retake the city.
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Publish Date:16/January/2017 | 15:11

Thousands more Iraqis flee Mosul as military advances

EghtesadOnline: More than 2,000 Iraqis a day are fleeing Mosul, several hundred more each day than before U.S.-led coalition forces began a new phase of their battle to retake the city from Islamic State, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 14:39

Islamic State Claims New Year’s Massacre at Istanbul Nightclub

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State claimed responsibility for the killing of 39 people celebrating the New Year inside a fabled Istanbul nightclub, an act of terrorism that has become grimly familiar in Turkey as it fails to keep the violence in Syria from spilling into its cities.
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Publish Date:02/January/2017 | 16:54

Baghdad blasts kill 25 as Mosul fighting intensifies

EghtesadOnline: Two bombs claimed by Islamic State killed 25 people in central Baghdad on Saturday, as fighting intensified in the northern city of Mosul where government forces are trying to rout the jihadists from their last major stronghold in the country.
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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 13:56

Merkel Urges Calm Against Terror in Election-Year Stability Bid

EghtesadOnline: Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to stay calm in the face of Islamist terrorism and criticized nationalists for offering false hopes of security, signaling she’ll count on voters to opt for stability when she runs for a fourth term in 2017.
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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 04:31

Fresh advance in east Mosul to begin within days - U.S. commander

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces will resume their push against Islamic State inside Mosul in the coming days, a U.S. battlefield commander said, in a new phase of the two-month-old operation that will see American troops deployed closer to the front line in the city.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 15:04

Turkey Moves Arms to Syria Border, Seeks Trump’s Backing in War

EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s military deployed tanks and guns on the Syrian border as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged joint action with the Trump administration against Islamic State in its de facto capital, Raqqa.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 14:47

Nigeria's Buhari says army has captured key Boko Haram camp

EghtesadOnline: Nigeria's army has captured a key Boko Haram camp, the Islamist militant group's last enclave in the vast northeastern Sambisa forest that was its stronghold, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:24/December/2016 | 14:50

Bombings Kill 14 Soldiers in Turkey’s Deadliest Day in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels besieged the Islamic State stronghold of Al-Bab in northern Syria after three separate suicide bombings left Turkey reeling from its bloodiest day on the Syrian front.
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Publish Date:22/December/2016 | 08:06

Car bombs in Iraq's Falluja kill eight people: police and medics

EghtesadOnline: Eight people were killed in two car bombings in the Iraqi city of Falluja west of Baghdad on Sunday, police and hospital sources said, and a news agency close to Islamic State said its militants carried out the attacks.
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Publish Date:11/December/2016 | 20:36

Syrian army advances in Aleppo but loses Palmyra to Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: The Syrian army and its allies made new gains in Aleppo on Sunday, forcing rebels back into an ever shrinking pocket crammed with civilians, but lost control of the desert city of Palmyra to a swift Islamic State attack.
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Publish Date:11/December/2016 | 20:15