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Turkey's Erdogan says Iraq cannot handle Mosul assault alone

EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Iraq could not deal alone with driving Islamic State from the city of Mosul and that the presence of Turkish forces in a nearby military camp was an insurance against attacks on Turkey.
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Publish Date:16/October/2016 | 07:15

Libyan forces advance in Sirte, 14 troops killed, officials say

EghtesadOnline: Libyan pro-government forces have advanced into another area in their battle to liberate Sirte from Islamic State in fighting that killed 14 of their troops, military officials and hospital sources said.
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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 07:14

More than 1000 Iraqis were killed in September, UNAMI

EghtesadOnline: A total of 1,003 Iraqis were killed and another 1,159 were injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq, including Anbar, in September 2016*, according to casualty figures recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
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Publish Date:03/October/2016 | 08:43

Islamic State 'dead set' on using chemical arms: Pentagon spokesman

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State militants are "dead set" on using chemical arms and are likely to try them again as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, a week after a rocket with a possible chemical agent landed near U.S. troops.
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Publish Date:27/September/2016 | 06:21

Moscow says strikes on Syria army threaten U.S.-Russia ceasefire plan

EghtesadOnline: Moscow stepped up its war of words with Washington on Sunday, saying air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition on the Syrian army threatened the implementation of a U.S.-Russian ceasefire plan for Syria and bordered on connivance with Islamic State.
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Publish Date:19/September/2016 | 05:35

Enigmatic Iran General Vows to Stay a Soldier Amid Election Talk

EghtesadOnline: Top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani said he hopes to remain a soldier “until the end” of his life, in remarks that follow weeks of media speculation he might contest presidential elections in May.
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Publish Date:17/September/2016 | 10:08
Misratan-led fighters are on the verge of defeating Islamic State. What happens next?

One War Nears an End in Libya. Battle Scars May Prevent Another

EghtesadOnline: Standing next to a tank, Libyan commander Abdul Hadi Lahwal picks up his walkie-talkie and speaks with snipers positioned in a disused school on the frontline of the battle against Islamic State. He was attempting to recover the bodies of two of his men, killed the day before.
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Publish Date:17/September/2016 | 09:21

U.S., Russia clinch Syria deal, aim for truce from Monday

EghtesadOnline: The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria's peace process back on track, including a nationwide truce effective from sundown on Monday, improved humanitarian aid access and joint military targeting of banned Islamist groups.
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Publish Date:10/September/2016 | 06:19

Erdogan Says Turkey, U.S. Mull Joint Effort Against IS in Raqqa

EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has responded positively to a U.S. request for a joint operation against Islamic State’s self-declared capital in Syria, Hurriyet newspaper reported.
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Publish Date:07/September/2016 | 09:02

Turkey: IS Has Lost All Territory Along Syria-Turkey Border

EghtesadOnline: Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels expelled the Islamic State group from the last strip of territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border on Sunday, effectively sealing the extremists' self-styled caliphate off from the outside world, Turkey's prime minister and a Syrian opposition group reported.
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Publish Date:05/September/2016 | 09:33

'Terror fight needs global determination'

EghtesadOnline: A senior Iranian lawmaker says firm international resolve is required to counter the scourge of terrorism plighting Middle Eastern countries such as Iraq and Syria.
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Publish Date:04/September/2016 | 10:07

Turkish tanks roll into Syria, opening new line of attack

EghtesadOnline: Turkey and its rebel allies opened a new line of attack in northern Syria on Saturday, as Turkish tanks rolled across the border and Syrian fighters swept in from the west to take villages held by Islamic State.
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Publish Date:04/September/2016 | 04:53

Putin Says Russia and U.S. Close to Breakthrough Deal on Syria

EghtesadOnline: Vladimir Putin said Russia and the U.S. are close to striking a deal on fighting terrorists in Syria, potentially a major step toward ending a civil war that’s flooded Europe with refugees and helped give rise to Islamic State.
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Publish Date:03/September/2016 | 11:11

Turkey pushes west in offensive against Islamic State in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Turkey renewed air strikes on Islamic State sites in Syria on Friday, extending operations along a 90-km (56-mile) corridor near the Turkish border which Ankara says it is clearing of jihadists and protecting from Kurdish militia expansion.
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Publish Date:03/September/2016 | 10:40

Obituary: Veteran Uzbek leader Karimov battled Islamists, suppressed dissent

EghtesadOnline: Uzbek President Islam Karimov, who the government said on Friday had died aged 78 after suffering a stroke, saw himself as the protector of his Central Asian nation against the threat of militant Islam. To his critics, he was a brutal dictator who used torture to stay in power.
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Publish Date:03/September/2016 | 06:48