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Tillerson Says Turkey and U.S. Face Tough Choices Over Kurds

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. and Turkey face “difficult choices” over the best way to combat the Islamic State, highlighting their stark disagreements on whether Kurdish forces should play a role in the battle to retake the jihadists’ stronghold in Syria.

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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 17:58

U.S.-backed Syrian militias say pause operations near Tabqa dam

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed Syrian militias said they temporarily halted military operations near the hydroelectric Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates river on Monday to allow government engineers access to carry out work.

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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 13:37

U.S.-backed Syrian militias say pause operations near Tabqa dam

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed Syrian militias said they temporarily halted military operations near the hydroelectric Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates river on Monday to allow government engineers access to carry out work.

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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 13:37

U.S.-backed Syrian militia makes gains against Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: A Kurdish and Arab Syrian militia backed by the United States has captured the town of Karama as it prepares for an assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa that it expects to take place in early April, it said on Sunday.

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Publish Date:26/March/2017 | 24:42

U.S.-backed Syrian militia makes gains against Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: A Kurdish and Arab Syrian militia backed by the United States has captured the town of Karama as it prepares for an assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa that it expects to take place in early April, it said on Sunday.

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Publish Date:26/March/2017 | 24:42

Tillerson Asks Allies in Islamic State Battle to Boost Efforts

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged members of a 68-nation coalition fighting Islamic State to contribute more as the campaign evolves from a military operation to one focused on stabilizing areas freed from the terrorist group.

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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 07:52

Tillerson Asks Allies in Islamic State Battle to Boost Efforts

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged members of a 68-nation coalition fighting Islamic State to contribute more as the campaign evolves from a military operation to one focused on stabilizing areas freed from the terrorist group.

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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 07:52

Iraqi forces prepare new push, tactics in Mosul as civilians flee city

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces are preparing a fresh push against Islamic State using new tactics, but operations to drive the militants out of their last stronghold in the country are on hold, military officials said on Friday.

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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 24:11

Iraqi forces prepare new push, tactics in Mosul as civilians flee city

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces are preparing a fresh push against Islamic State using new tactics, but operations to drive the militants out of their last stronghold in the country are on hold, military officials said on Friday.

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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 24:11

Mosul's east begins to bustle but healing a long way off

EghtesadOnline: Eastern Mosul is coming back to life. In the few weeks since Iraqi forces drove Islamic State from this side of the city, markets have opened and bulldozers have begun to clear the debris left by battle.

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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 11:53

Mosul's east begins to bustle but healing a long way off

EghtesadOnline: Eastern Mosul is coming back to life. In the few weeks since Iraqi forces drove Islamic State from this side of the city, markets have opened and bulldozers have begun to clear the debris left by battle.

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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 11:53

Investigators considering whether UK attack was inspired by IS: European official says

EghtesadOnline: Investigators are considering the possibility that the attack on the British parliament was inspired by Islamic State propaganda, a European government official told Reuters.

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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 21:23

Investigators considering whether UK attack was inspired by IS: European official says

EghtesadOnline: Investigators are considering the possibility that the attack on the British parliament was inspired by Islamic State propaganda, a European government official told Reuters.

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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 21:23

As Iraqi forces fight to take Mosul, car bomb in Baghdad kills 23 people

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State militants captured an Iraqi police colonel and eight other officers on Monday after they ran out of ammunition during a skirmish in the battle for western Mosul, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 22:19

As Iraqi forces fight to take Mosul, car bomb in Baghdad kills 23 people

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State militants captured an Iraqi police colonel and eight other officers on Monday after they ran out of ammunition during a skirmish in the battle for western Mosul, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 22:19

Islamic State militants capture Iraqi police colonel, eight officers in west Mosul: official

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State militants captured an Iraqi police colonel and eight other officers in western Mosul after they ran out of ammunition during fierce clashes early Monday morning, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 21:56

Islamic State militants capture Iraqi police colonel, eight officers in west Mosul: official

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State militants captured an Iraqi police colonel and eight other officers in western Mosul after they ran out of ammunition during fierce clashes early Monday morning, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 21:56

Iraqi general says 30 percent of west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces have retaken around 30 percent of west Mosul from Islamic State militants, a commander of the elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) said on Sunday, as soldiers pushed further into the jihadists' territory.

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Publish Date:12/March/2017 | 15:18

Iraqi forces fight IS in Mosul as bomb blasts hit Tikrit wedding

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militants in their stronghold of Mosul on Wednesday and took control of the last major road leading west from the city, before bomb blasts ripped through a wedding party near Tikrit, killing more than 20 people.

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Publish Date:09/March/2017 | 08:13

IS Loses Ground in Iraq, Syria

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces on Thursday thrust into Mosul airport on the southern edge of the militant stronghold for the first time since the self-styled Islamic State group overran the region in 2014.

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Publish Date:25/February/2017 | 05:45