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Islamic State advances against jihadist foes in Aleppo
The jihadist group ejected the rival Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and allied jihadist groups from five towns and villages in Aleppo province.
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Disrupt ISIS’s Cash Flow in Iraq
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Exclusive: Islamic State militants seize wheat from state silos – Iraq Grain Board
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Islamic State seizes more territory in Syria: monitor
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In Turkey, a late crackdown on Islamist fighters
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Syrian Kurdish fighters rescue stranded Yazidis
US airstrikes have had ‘a very temporary effect’ on Islamic State
The Islamic State has “thus far shown the ability to attack on multiple axes,” General Mayville said. “This is not insignificant.”
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US military role in its 3rd Iraq conflict unlikely to accomplish much
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Iraq militants changing tactics, complicating US airstrike mission
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The US targeted an Islamic State mortar pit in an airstrike north of Sinjar. Nine Iraqis were killed in two bombings in Baghdad. The Iraqi military claimed it killed 89 Islamic State fighters in Diyala and 65 more in northern Hillah. The military also claimed it killed 14 more Islamic State fighters while clearing the […]
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Pentagon Says Airstrikes Have Slowed but Not Stopped Sunni Militants
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Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to denounce ISIS
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Aleppo’s forgotten Christians
Chechen-led jihadist group in Syria releases video of training camp
Jamaat Ahadun Ahad, or the Group of the One and Only, is led by a Chechen commander and its fighters include “many Chechens, Turks, Arabs, Europeans, and even several former members of the Taliban.”
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Meet Haider al-Abadi, the man named Iraq’s new prime minister
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President Masoum appointed Haidar al Abadi as the new prime minister. Former Prime Minister Maliki said the move is “unconstitutional” and vowed to fight the appointment. The US is sending weapons and munitions to the Kurds. The US launched airstrikes against an Islamic State convoy near Irbil. The Iraqi military said it killed an Islamic […]
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Power struggle on Baghdad streets as Maliki replaced but refuses to go
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US strike aircraft destroyed three Islamic State armored personnel carriers and a technical in four airstrikes in the Sinjar Mountains. The Peshmerga is said to have regained control of Gwair, Makhmour, and Zumar. The military claimed it killed 16 Islamic State fighters in Tikrit.
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US lawmakers mull ISIS action
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US removes some staff from consulate in northern Iraq
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Massive security deployment around Baghdad ‘green zone’: officials
US airstrikes against Islamic State continue in northern Iraq
The US launched four airstrikes on Aug. 9 and five more on Aug. 10 against the Islamic State in the Sinjar area, where the Yazidi minority is facing a humanitarian crisis, and near Irbil.
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US air support helps Kurdish forces expel Islamic State fighters from two Iraqi towns
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Exclusive: Iraq says Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive
Al Qaeda in Iraq
As ISIS Militants Exert Their Control, US Pursues a Military Middle Road
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Iraq Kurds say oil production unaffected by ISIL incursion
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Kurdish pleas for US weapons may finally be heard
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Videos show US airstrikes targeting ISIS in north Iraq
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US aids displaced Iraqis as airstrikes help Kurds