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Islamic State takes control of half Iraqi town near Jordan-Syria border - sources

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State fighters expanded the area under their control in a remote western Iraqi town near the borders with Syria and Jordan from a third to about half, security sources said on Tuesday.

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Publish Date:25/October/2016 | 06:39

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

Church bells peal in town retaken by Iraqi troops from Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: The din of bullets, mortars and bombs in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella was replaced momentarily on Friday by a sound not heard there for more than two years: the peal of church bells.

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Publish Date:22/October/2016 | 08:33

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

Islamic State said to use human shields as coalition advances on Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Residents of Mosul said Islamic State was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the jihadists' stronghold.

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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 05:50

Iraq urges U.S.-led coalition to prevent Islamic State escape to Syria

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday it was the duty of the U.S.-led coalition to prevent Islamic State militants from escaping into nearby Syria from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 05:48

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

Syrian rebels seize 'doomsday' village where Islamic State promised final battle

EghtesadOnline: Syrian rebels said they captured the village of Dabiq from Islamic State on Sunday, forcing the jihadist group from a stronghold where it had promised to fight a final, apocalyptic battle with the West.

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Publish Date:17/October/2016 | 05:47

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

Syrian bombing suspect in Germany spoke to IS contact about attack plans: newspaper

EghtesadOnline: A Syrian refugee arrested on suspicion of planning a major attack in Berlin spoke to a member of Islamic State in Syria by telephone about a possible target a day before German police discovered explosives in his apartment, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

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Publish Date:16/October/2016 | 07:16

Obama meets with national security team on Syria, Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama met on Friday with his national security team to discuss the fight against Islamic State and the war in Syria, the White House said.

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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 07:10

IRGC deputy navy commander: Iran prevents Daesh to expand in region

EghtesadOnline: Deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Alireza Tangsiri announced that Iran’s wisdom and self-restraint prevented the spread of war by Daesh ( ISIS ) supporters to the Persian Gulf.

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Publish Date:11/October/2016 | 08:55

Captured Syrian refugee was Islamic State-inspired and poised to strike: Germany

EghtesadOnline: A Syrian refugee arrested in Germany on Monday was ready to strike imminently with attacks similar to those in Brussels and Paris, and was probably inspired by Islamic State, German officials said.

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Publish Date:10/October/2016 | 16:55

Bomb kills 25, mostly foreign-backed rebels in north Syria: witnesses

EghtesadOnline: A bomb claimed by Islamic State at a Syria-Turkey border crossing killed at least 25 people, most of them foreign-backed Syrian rebels, and wounded dozens more on Thursday, witnesses said.

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Publish Date:06/October/2016 | 09:44

Iraqi army says it reached center of key town south of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraq's military backed by air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition on Thursday seized the center of Shirqat, a northern town seen as a stepping stone in the campaign to recapture Mosul from Islamic State.

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Publish Date:22/September/2016 | 10:38

U.S. Forces Helping Turkey Clear Islamic State in Syria

EghtesadOnline: U.S. special operations troops joined Turkish soldiers and Syrian opposition groups to clear Islamic State fighters from northern Syria, the Pentagon said, the latest sign that the Obama administration is deepening its involvement in the 5 1/2-year civil war.

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Publish Date:17/September/2016 | 09:23