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In northern Iraq, Yazidis risk all to flee Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: When shells began crashing around the town of Tal Afar as Shi'ite militias brought the fight to Islamic State in northern Iraq, Abu Faraj saw his chance to escape captivity.
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Publish Date:26/November/2016 | 21:13

New York using sand-filled trucks to protect Thanksgiving parade

EghtesadOnline: New York police will use sand-filled trucks, radiation detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs and heavily armed officers on Thursday to defend the 90th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which Islamic State has encouraged its followers to attack.
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Publish Date:24/November/2016 | 15:14

Civilians flee as Shi'ite groups close in on flashpoint town west of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shi'ite paramilitary groups close in the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group's self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
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Publish Date:23/November/2016 | 15:25

Iraq paramilitaries close to cutting Mosul supply route

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi were massing troops on Monday to cut remaining supply routes to Mosul, IS's (Daesh terrorist group) last major stronghold in Iraq, closing in on the road that links the Syrian and Iraqi parts of its self-declared caliphate.
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Publish Date:22/November/2016 | 16:00

U.S. strike destroys bridge, restricts Islamic State in Mosul: official

EghtesadOnline: U.S. forces backing Iraqi troops retaking Mosul from Islamic State carried out an air strike on a bridge spanning the Tigris river, restricting militant movements between western and eastern parts of the city, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:22/November/2016 | 13:05

Erdogan says Turkish-backed rebels close to taking Syria's al Bab

EghtesadOnline: Turkey-backed rebels are just 2 km (1.25 miles) from the northern Syrian city of al Bab and are expected to take it from Islamic State quickly despite some resistance, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:16/November/2016 | 10:46

Iraq troops aim to tighten noose on Islamic State in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi soldiers fighting just north of Mosul, within sight of city neighborhoods, said on Sunday they were ready to tighten the noose around Islamic State militants waging a brutal defense of their Iraqi stronghold.
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Publish Date:14/November/2016 | 05:42

Iraqi army says advances in Mosul, despite suicide bombers

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces backed by U.S. and Iraqi air power took control of two districts of eastern Mosul on Saturday after heavy fighting in which they destroyed at least 10 cars deployed by Islamic State as suicide bombs, the military said.
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Publish Date:13/November/2016 | 04:59

Iraqi Kurdish Forces Advance East of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with IS militants early on Monday as they advanced from two directions on a town held by the Islamic State group east of the city of Mosul.
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Publish Date:07/November/2016 | 11:08

Iraqi Forces Say Defenses, Civilians Hamper Mosul Advance

EghtesadOnline: Iraq's special forces struggled Sunday to clear areas retaken from the Islamic State group along Mosul's eastern edge, where the extremists have built up fortifications and ramparts in residential neighborhoods.
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Publish Date:06/November/2016 | 09:06

Islamic State Leader Rallies Fighters in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group has released a new message urging his followers to keep up the fight for Mosul as they defend the city against a major offensive aimed at routing the militants from their last urban stronghold in Iraq.
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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 05:53

Documents show Islamic State obsessions: beards and concubines

EghtesadOnline: After Islamic State conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its self-proclaimed caliphate, from beard length to alms to guidelines for taking women as sex slaves.
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Publish Date:02/November/2016 | 05:35