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Iraqi in wheelchair makes risky escape from Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Abbas Ali wept as his wife slowly pushed him in his wheelchair out of their village in northern Iraq, a risky escape along a route where Islamic State snipers three days earlier had shot dead a couple seeking freedom from their rule.
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Publish Date:31/October/2016 | 18:29

Minister: Iran on frontline of fight against Daesh

EghtesadOnline: Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi said on Sunday that Iran has been on the frontline of fight against terrorist group of Daesh.
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Publish Date:31/October/2016 | 06:19

Iraqi police battle suicide bombers, get glimpse of life under IS

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi federal policemen stood over the corpse of an Islamic State suicide bomber covered by a curtain. The chain attached to his ankle was tied to a car that had dragged him through streets, they said, that were once part of a self-proclaimed jihadist caliphate.
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Publish Date:31/October/2016 | 04:44

In charred church near Mosul, Iraqi Christians pray once more

EghtesadOnline: Surrounded by charred walls and in front of a ruined altar, dozens of Iraqi Christians celebrated mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh on Sunday for the first time since it was recaptured from Islamic State.
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Publish Date:31/October/2016 | 04:26

Iraqi Shi'ite commander says Mosul battle 'no picnic' as troops advance

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi troops and security forces edged closer to Mosul on two southern fronts on Sunday but a leader of the Shi'ite militias newly participating in the offensive warned that the battle for Islamic State's Iraq stronghold would be long and grueling.
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Publish Date:30/October/2016 | 17:58

Iraqi Army Targets Site of IS Executions in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: The Iraqi Army was trying on Thursday to reach a town south of Mosul where the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group has reportedly executed dozens to deter the population against any attempt to support the US-led offensive in the last major city stronghold of IS in Iraq.
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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 15:47

Iran-backed Shi'ite militias to join assault near Mosul on new front

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Shi'ite militias backed by Iran said on Friday they would soon join the fight against Islamic State on a new front west of Mosul, a move which could block any retreat by the jihadists into Syria but might alarm Turkey and the United States.
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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 05:18

Clinton slams Trump for comments on offensive against Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slammed rival Donald Trump on Monday for saying that the week-old effort to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the control of Islamic State was going badly.
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Publish Date:25/October/2016 | 06:17

Iraqi Kurds claim capture of town in advance on Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists' last stronghold in Iraq.
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Publish Date:24/October/2016 | 08:41

Obama Expects ‘Difficult Fight’ for Islamic State-Held Mosul

EghtesadOnline: An offensive by Kurdish and Iraqi fighters to retake Mosul from Islamic State will be a “difficult fight” but will ultimately end in a victory for the Iraqi government, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 08:48

Trump and Clinton offer two kinds of Syria policy: bad and worse

EghtesadOnline: Hillary Clinton has a plan for defeating Islamic State in Syria. Donald Trump has one, too. With the conflict in Syria spreading beyond its borders, it’s essential to understand the new president’s strategies – and how they may need to be adjusted over the next four years.
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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 07:03

Iraq’s Mosul Offensive Risks 700,000 Residents Fleeing, UN Says

EghtesadOnline: Humanitarian-aid officials warned that as many as 700,000 of Mosul’s 1.2 million residents may flee the fighting after Iraq’s military began its long-promised offensive to retake Islamic State’s last major stronghold in the country.
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Publish Date:18/October/2016 | 06:14

Iraqi Troops Advance on Mosul to Take Islamic State Bastion

EghtesadOnline: Iraq has launched a long-awaited offensive to retake Islamic State’s last major stronghold in the country, amid mounting concern over the fate of 1.2 million trapped city residents.
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Publish Date:18/October/2016 | 06:09

For U.S. and Obama, Mosul campaign is calculated risk

EghtesadOnline: Iraq and the United States have launched a crucial battle to liberate the city of Mosul without determining how its volatile region will be governed once Islamic State militants are ejected, U.S. and other officials said.
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Publish Date:18/October/2016 | 05:39

Trump pledges strong U.S. ties with India if elected president

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged that the United States and India would be "best friends" if he is elected and that he would boost intelligence sharing with India in the battle against Islamic militants.
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Publish Date:16/October/2016 | 08:06