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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

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

Russia halted Syrian army, rebel clash in northern Syria: sources

EghtesadOnline: Russia intervened to halt a clash between Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in northern Syria, sources on both sides said on Friday, the first confrontation between them as both sides fight Islamic State in the area.
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Publish Date:10/February/2017 | 24:32

Trump Weighs Labeling Muslim Brotherhood a Terror Group

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump’s administration is weighing whether to list the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organizations, according to people familiar with the matter, as the White House seeks to zero in on groups it can label Islamic extremists.
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Publish Date:10/February/2017 | 11:51

UN: Daesh days numbered but tough fight ahead

EghtesadOnline: Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq Mr. Ján Kubiš briefed the UN Security Council on the situation in Iraq, foreseeing the inevitable demise of Daesh’s so-called caliphate.
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Publish Date:05/February/2017 | 10:02

Mosul hotel catered to elites: from Saddam allies to suicide bombers

EghtesadOnline: When Islamic State seized the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in east Mosul it replaced wealthy Iraqi patrons with another kind of elite -- foreign fighters and suicide bombers seen as the group's most prized members.
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Publish Date:02/February/2017 | 17:41

In parts of Mosul, a semblance of normality despite war

EghtesadOnline: In some parts of Mosul, you can almost forget that a war is being waged over the city between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants who still control more than half of it - at least momentarily.
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Publish Date:15/January/2017 | 07:38

Bombed Mosul bridge still lifeline for long-suffering civilians

EghtesadOnline: The rubble of a bridge blown up by Islamic State in Mosul to block advancing Iraqi forces has become a lifeline for civilians as more and more of the northern city breaks loose from the grip of the ultra-hardline militants.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 09:06

Iraqi forces close in on Tigris in IS stronghold Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces closed in on the Tigris river that runs through central Mosul on Saturday, advancing in parallel with other troops and forcing Islamic State to retreat in its last major stronghold in the country.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 15:17

U.S. general sees Islamic State's capability waning in east Mosul

EghtesadOnline: The declining effectiveness of Islamic State attacks against Iraqi forces in eastern Mosul suggests the militants are starting to run out of resources with the campaign in its third month, a U.S. general said.
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Publish Date:02/January/2017 | 17:37

Turkish, Russian aircraft destroy Islamic State targets in Syria: army

EghtesadOnline: Turkish warplanes and artillery have struck Islamic State targets in Syria, killing 22 of the group's militants, while Russian aircraft hit jihadists near the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab, Turkey's military said on Monday.
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Publish Date:02/January/2017 | 07:29

Islamic State attack near Najaf kills seven police: sources

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State militants attacked a police checkpoint near the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen and wounding 17 others including civilians, local police sources said.
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Publish Date:01/January/2017 | 24:02