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Turkish Jets Strike Islamic State in Syria to Secure Border

EghtesadOnline: Turkey launched its first major military operation in Syria on Wednesday, bombing Islamic State positions in one of the few border regions that aren’t controlled by rebel forces allied with Turkish Kurdish separatists.
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Publish Date:24/August/2016 | 09:07

Germany Sees Turkey as Platform for Islamism, Leak Shows

EghtesadOnline: Germany views Turkey as a “central platform” for Islamist groups throughout the Middle East, according to a leaked internal assessment that could exacerbate tension between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Publish Date:17/August/2016 | 10:54

Trump promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Republican Donald Trump said on Monday he would work closely with NATO allies to defeat Islamic State militants if he wins the White House, reversing an earlier threat that the United States might not meet its obligations to the Western military alliance.
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Publish Date:16/August/2016 | 06:43

Trump Echoed Again by U.S. Foe as Hezbollah Cites Obama-IS Theme

EghtesadOnline: The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group cited Donald Trump in accusing the U.S. and President Barack Obama of creating Islamic State, becoming the latest American adversary to quote or praise the Republican nominee.
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Publish Date:15/August/2016 | 09:14

Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on ISIS -held Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes launched a fresh attack on Islamic State militants in northern Iraq in the early hours of Sunday, as part of a plan to close in on their de facto capital Mosul, a Kurdish official said.
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Publish Date:14/August/2016 | 08:21

U.S.-backed forces wrest control of Syria's Manbij from Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed forces have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after the last remaining Islamic State fighters, who had been using civilians as human shields, left, a spokesman for the group said Friday.
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Publish Date:13/August/2016 | 07:00

Libyan forces in fresh clashes with Islamic State in Sirte

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces engaged in renewed clashes with Islamic State militants in Sirte on Thursday, a day after capturing a convention complex that had been a symbol of the militant group's authority in the city.
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Publish Date:12/August/2016 | 09:30

Libyan forces capture Sirte convention center from IS

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces battling to oust IS (Daesh group) from Sirte on Wednesday captured a large convention hall complex in the city center, seizing a symbolic base where militants once held meetings and flew their black jihadist flag; Reuters reported.
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Publish Date:11/August/2016 | 09:55

Kerry presses on with Russian talks on Syria despite Aleppo setbacks

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is still pursuing an agreement with Russia on military cooperation in the fight against Islamic State in Syria despite major setbacks and skepticism from other administration officials and U.S. allies, U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks said on Friday.
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Publish Date:06/August/2016 | 06:27

Singapore calls for vigilance after 'rocket attack' plot foiled

EghtesadOnline: Singapore called for heightened vigilance on Saturday, a day after Indonesian police arrested a group of men they believed were plotting a rocket attack on the wealthy city-state with the help of a Syrian-based Islamic State militant.
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Publish Date:06/August/2016 | 06:23