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Kurds, Shi'ite fighters to coordinate after sealing off Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurdish and Shi'ite forces agreed to coordinate movements after cutting off Mosul from the rest of the territory held by Islamic State in western Iraq and Syria in support of a U.S-backed offensive to capture the city, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:24/November/2016 | 15:22

Iraqi forces yet to seal off Mosul as battle enters second month

EghtesadOnline: The U.S.-backed offensive to crush Islamic State in its last major city stronghold in Iraq entered a second month on Thursday as forces arrayed against the hardline Sunni group sought finally to seal off Mosul from all sides.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 15:47

Watchdog condemns Syrian government, IS use of banned chemical weapons

EghtesadOnline: The executive body of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted on Friday to condemn the use of banned toxic agents by the Syrian government and by the militant group Islamic State, a source who took part in the closed session said.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 06:14

Iraqi special forces seize Mosul district in fresh push

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighborhoods seized in the last 10 days.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 05:58

'Crashing waves' of jihadists fray soldiers' nerves in Mosul battle

EghtesadOnline: A week after his tank division punched through Islamic State defenses on the southeast edge of Mosul, an Iraqi army colonel says the fight to drive the militants out of their urban stronghold is turning into a nightmare.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 07:49

Iran calls Daesh the US secret army

EghtesadOnline: Top Military Aide to the Iranian Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said Daesh is the US secret army.
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Publish Date:08/November/2016 | 09:19

Iraq peshmerga storm Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces stormed an Islamic State-held town northeast of Mosul on Monday, clearing a pocket of militants outside the city while Iraqi troops wage a fierce urban war with the jihadists in its eastern neighborhoods.
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Publish Date:08/November/2016 | 08:43

Islamic State brutality comes to light after military advance

EghtesadOnline: From behind the curtains of his bedroom window, 29-year-old Riyad Ahmed would peer out at Islamic State fighters dragging civilians into a makeshift jail across the street and then sending them in the middle of the night to be executed.
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Publish Date:08/November/2016 | 07:30

Islamic State hits back in Mosul but faces new Raqqa front

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State fighters targeted Iraqi troops with car bombs and ambushes in Mosul, stalling an army advance in their north Iraq stronghold, but faced attack on a new front on Sunday when U.S.-backed rebels launched a campaign for the Syrian city of Raqqa.
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Publish Date:07/November/2016 | 05:30

Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State say nearing Mosul airport

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi security forces drove Islamic State fighters from the center of a town just south of the militants' main stronghold of Mosul on Saturday and reached within a few km (miles) of an airport on the edge of the city, a senior commander said.
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Publish Date:06/November/2016 | 05:21

Iraqi forces push deeper into eastern Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces said they recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, expanding the army's foothold in the Islamic State bastion a day after its leader told his jihadist followers there could be no retreat.
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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 05:13

Beyond the bluster, Baghdadi signals Islamic State’s next move

EghtesdaOnline: In the early hours of November 3, Islamic State’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, released his first statement in nearly a year – a defiant message that the group will not fade away quietly, even as Iraqi special forces breached the outskirts of Mosul, the last major city in Iraq under Islamic State’s control.
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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 04:49

IS leader confident in victory, in first message about Mosul battle

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence in victory, in his first message after U.S.-backed Iraqi forces started an offensive to take back Mosul, the last major city under control of his group in Iraq.
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Publish Date:03/November/2016 | 04:24

Iraqi troops battle Islamic State inside Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces battled Islamic State fighters on the eastern edge of Mosul on Tuesday as the two-week campaign to recapture the jihadists' last main bastion in Iraq entered a new phase of urban warfare.
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Publish Date:02/November/2016 | 05:26

Iraqi forces target Islamic State defenses on Mosul's eastern edge

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces backed by a U.S.-led air coalition targeted Islamic State defenses on the eastern edge of Mosul with artillery fire and air strikes on Tuesday, a day after fighting for the first time inside the city.
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Publish Date:01/November/2016 | 11:48

Whose Rebels Will Fight for Raqqa Deepens U.S.-Turkey Divisions

EghtesadOnline: With the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul barely begun, the U.S. and its allies say they need to move within weeks on the other remaining Islamic State stronghold, Raqqa in Syria. The trouble is that no one can agree on who should do the actual fighting.
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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 06:02

Iraq's Shi'ite militias say offensive west of Mosul imminent

EghtesadOnline: Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary groups are about to launch an offensive on Islamic State positions west of Mosul, assisting in the military campaign to take back the city, a spokesman said on Friday.
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Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 15:24

Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State fighters on Wednesday kept up their fierce defense of the southern approaches to Mosul which has held up Iraqi troops on the southern front and forced an elite army unit east of the city to put its more rapid advance on hold.
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Publish Date:26/October/2016 | 13:07