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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

U.S. drone kills Islamic State leader for Afghanistan, Pakistan: officials

EghtesadOnline: The leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a U.S. drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters.

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Publish Date:13/August/2016 | 06:44

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

Passengers on Iranian weightlifter plane turn out to be ISIS suspects

EghtesadOnline: Two men suspected to be members of ISIS terrorist group have turned out to be travelling on the same plane which took Iranian weightlifter and Olympics gold winner Behdad Salimi to Brazil.

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Publish Date:10/August/2016 | 24:22

Shamkhani: Certain countries not willing to solve Daesh problem

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council said certain foreign sides and regional countries are not willing to solve the question of Daesh ( ISIS ).

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Publish Date:09/August/2016 | 24:16

Daesh militants claim capture of U.S. weapons in Afghanistan

EghtesadOnline: Militants linked to ISIS have released photos that purport to show weapons and equipment that belonged to American soldiers and were captured by the group in eastern Afghanistan.

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Publish Date:08/August/2016 | 10:20

Arab, Kurdish forces liberate northern Syrian city of Manbij: Group

EghtesadOnline: An alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces has reportedly managed to retake the strategic northern Syrian city of Manbij from Takfiri Daesh terrorists.

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Publish Date:07/August/2016 | 09:21

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

Thousands of Yazidis missing, captive, two years after start of 'genocide' - U.N.

EghtesadOnline: Thousands of Yazidis are being held captive by Islamic State in Syria where many are used for sexual slavery or forced to fight for the group, the United Nations said on Wednesday, on the second anniversary of what investigators termed a genocide.

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Publish Date:03/August/2016 | 15:49

U.S. warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic State in Libya

EghtesadOnline: U.S. planes bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the U.N.-backed government's request to help push the militants from their former stronghold of Sirte in what U.S. officials described as the start of a sustained campaign against the extremist group in the city.

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Publish Date:02/August/2016 | 10:21

Iran's "Historic" Assistance Prevented Iraq's Fall

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Ambassador in Tehran Rajeh Saber Abboud al-Mousavi said Iran's "historic" assistance to Iraq in its fight against terrorism prevented the fall of Iraq.

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Publish Date:31/July/2016 | 11:18

Many Islamic State leaders trying to flee to Syria: Iraqi minister

EghtesadOnline: Many Islamic State leaders have fled Mosul with their families toward Syria ahead of a planned offensive by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on the city, Iraq's defense minister said on Saturday.

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Publish Date:31/July/2016 | 07:46

Afghanistan weighs Islamic State threat after Kabul attack

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State is threatening more attacks against Afghanistan's Hazara minority after Saturday's suicide blasts in Kabul that killed 80 people, pledging to retaliate against support by some in the mainly Shi'ite group for the Assad regime in Syria.

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Publish Date:26/July/2016 | 11:42