Islamic State
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Iraqis start voting in first election since defeating Islamic State
EghtesadOnline: Iraqis began voting in the first parliamentary election on Saturday since defeating Islamic State, but few people expect its new leaders to deliver the stability and economic…
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Syrian army, allies race to relieve Deir al-Zor
EghtesadOnline: Syria’s army and its allies raced towards their enclave in the Euphrates city of Deir al-Zor after a rapid advance on Sunday, seeking to relieve it after years of Islamic State…
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France’s Le Drian Says ‘Can’t Build Peace With Assad’ in Syria
EghtesadOnline: Islamic State will eventually be defeated in Syria and after that world powers will re-focus on seeking a political solution that must lead to the departure of Syrian leader Bashar…
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U.S. defense secretary arrives in Iraq on unannounced visit to meet Iraqi leaders
EghtesadOnline: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Iraq on Tuesday, just days after the start of an offensive to take back the city of Tal Afar, to speak with Iraqi leaders about the…
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Iraq starts offensive to take back Tal Afar from Islamic State
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi security forces launched on Sunday an offensive to take back the city of Tal Afar, their next objective in the U.S.-backed campaign to defeat Islamic State militants, Prime…
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Lebanese army, Hezbollah declare offensives on Islamic State at Syrian border
EghtesadOnline: The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with Syria as the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah announced an assault…
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Islamic State leader Baghdadi almost certainly alive - Kurdish security official
EghtesadOnline: A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official said on Monday he was 99 percent sure that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was alive and located south of the Syrian city of…
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Syrian army takes more oil fields from Islamic State in Raqqa and eastern desert
EghtesadOnline: The Syrian army backed by heavy Russian air strikes seized a string of oil wells in southwest Raqqa province on Saturday, as retreating Islamic State militants battle to defend…
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Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed: Pentagon
EghtesadOnline: The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Sayed, was killed in a strike on the group's headquarters in Kunar province earlier this week, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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U.S. Against Kurds Holding Referendum in September, Envoy Says
EghtesadOnline: A referendum on independence in Iraq’s semi-autonomous and oil-rich Kurdish region should not take place in September as planned because it would be destabilizing at time when…
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Clashes Shake West Mosul After Victory Over IS Declared
EghtesadOnline: Airstrikes, shelling and other heavy clashes shook a small sliver of western Mosul on Tuesday in renewed fighting, a day after the government declared victory over Islamic State…
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Syrian Observatory says has 'confirmed information' that Islamic State chief killed
EghtesadOnline: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had "confirmed information" that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed.
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Iraqi Government Declares Mosul Liberated From Islamic State
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi traveled to Mosul to declare it liberated from Islamic State, three years after the city’s abrupt fall to the jihadists alerted the world…
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Honking Horns Hail the Liberation of Mosul From Islamic State
EghtesadOnline: Three years after Mosul’s abrupt fall to jihadists alerted the world to Islamic State’s growing strength, territorial ambitions and barbarity, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi…
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Trump says he would consider alliance with Russia over Islamic State
EghtesadOnline: Republican nominee Donald Trump said on Monday that if elected U.S. president he would weigh an alliance with Russia against Islamic State militants but rejected any suggestion…