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These are the weapons Islamic State fighters are using to terrify the Middle...
ISIS has been losing some territory recently, but the Islamist group is carrying out more attacks than ever before.One of the reasons that ISIS has been able to keep up its offensive operations is that...
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Israel says Islamic State could attack it and Jordan after suffering setbacks...
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Islamic State's battleground setbacks in Syria have increased the chance of an attack by the insurgents or their allies on Israel and Jordan, Israel's military chief said on...
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Western officials: Report that Russia is arming Hezbollah 'an awkward attempt...
Western officials rejected a report that Russia is sending heavy weaponry to the US-designated terror organization Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli news organization Y-Net reported last week."This...
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The world hasn't been this deadly since the end of the Cold War
The number of deaths due to armed conflicts is on the rise, and geopolitical violence hasn't been this bad in decades according to a new report.In an expansive, 70-page note on the geopolitical outlook...
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Syrian government forces have 'achieved major tactical gains on many fronts’...
Syrian peace talks due next week are looking increasingly moot as a string of recent battlefield victories by government troops have bolstered President Bashar Assad's hand and plunged the rebels into...
View ArticleThis eyewitness account of a Syrian boat rescue in Greece will change the way...
Each day, in the summer of 2015, 10-15 boats packed with men, women and children fleeing Syria floated ashore on the Greek island of Lesbos. For the locals, this became so routine that a rescue system...
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ISIS has freed 270 of the 400 people it kidnapped from Syria's Deir al-Zor
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State on Tuesday released 270 of an estimated 400 civilians, most of them women and children, kidnapped at the weekend when its fighters attacked Syrian government-held areas...
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ISIS fighters are reportedly getting a 50 percent pay cut
It can’t be easy being a fighter for the terror group ISIS these days, what with some of the world’ most powerful militaries raining bombs and missiles down on you on a daily basis. But until recently,...
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7 countries have entered the fight against ISIS
The US-led military coalition's fight against the Islamic State militant group entered a new phase on Wednesday, with defense ministers from the seven countries most heavily involved in the operation...
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Here are the US' grand strategic objectives in the fight against extremism
Upcoming report from the Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project – Al Qaeda and ISIS: Existential Threats to the US and EuropeIn this second excerpt from the upcoming report...
View ArticleEX-PENTAGON CHIEF: These are the 2 main reasons ISIS was born
Former Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert Gates recently stopped by Business Insider to talk about his new book "A Passion For Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform From Fifty Years of Public...
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US offers Turkey technology to block ISIS at Syria border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is accelerating efforts to help Turkey clamp down on its border with Syria, senior U.S. officials said, and for the first time will offer technologies to Ankara...
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Kerry: There will be no 'fundamental delay' in Syria talks
DAVOS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that internationally brokered talks between Syria's government and opposition groups this month may be delayed by a day or two, but...
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Denmark considers moving migrants and refugees to camps outside its cities
Denmark is considering moving migrants into camps outside its towns and cities, a tactic that the anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DF) hopes will shift the focus of government immigration policy...
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The Obama administration is 'trying to kick the can down the road' in Syria
The US and Russia want to begin negotiations over Syria's future next week in Geneva as originally planned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a news conference on Wednesday after meeting...
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The idea of an anti-ISIS grand coalition is a myth
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute conducted an intensive multi-week planning exercise to frame, design, and evaluate...
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The ISIS propaganda machine is more complex than we realized
The rise of Islamic State (IS) has reaffirmed what al-Qaeda and the Taliban proved last decade: strategic communications, particularly counter-propaganda efforts, remains one of the key weaknesses of...
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A Syrian suspected of kidnapping a UN peacekeeper in 2013 has been arrested...
Berlin (AFP) - A Syrian suspected of being among jihadists who kidnapped a UN peacekeeper in Damascus in 2013 has been arrested over the "war crime", Germany's federal prosecutor said Friday.The...
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Russia denies report that Putin asked Assad to step down last year
BEIRUT (Reuters) — The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition ruled out even indirect negotiations with Damascus before steps including a halt to Russian air strikes, contradicting U.S. Secretary of State John...
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Here's how the US is leading the fight against ISIS
On Wednesday, the US, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Australia and The Netherlands renewed pledges to support the US-led international coalition fight against ISIS.Established by US Central Command...
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