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3 maps that show why it won't be easy defeating ISIS
The United States, Turkey, and Russia have deployed forces to fight against the Islamic State in a run-up to the final battle for Raqqa. But no one has made a definitive move.We’ve touched on Syria...
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Russia summoned the Israeli ambassador over airstrike Syria says helped ISIS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Israel's Ambassador to Moscow to protest an Israeli military strike near the Syrian city of Palmyra, news agency Interfax quoted a ministry...
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Russia underreported its amount of casualties in the fight to recapture...
GELENDZHIK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's force in Syria has suffered losses since late January more than three times higher than the official toll, according to evidence gathered by Reuters, a tally...
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ISIS is going scorched earth as it loses ground in Iraq and Syria
CAIRO (Reuters) - As Islamic State loses ground in Iraq and Syria, the Sunni militant group which once held territory amounting to a third of those countries is turning to sabotage to ensure its...
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Tillerson urges US allies to do more in the fight against ISIS, create 'zones...
The United States on Wednesday urged coalition partners to step up efforts to defeat Islamic State militants as top officials from 68 nations gathered in Washington to assess the fight to retake Iraq's...
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US forces just went behind enemy lines in Syria to cut off ISIS’ only escape...
The offensive to destroy ISIS in Syria took a big step forward recently with US military advisers, helicopters, and artillery helping position a force of about 500 soldiers near a strategic damn...
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Pentagon: US troops are going to be in Iraq 'for years to come'
Top Pentagon leaders are warning that the long war is going to get even longer.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford told Senate leaders on Wednesday that even...
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The battle for ISIS' self-proclaimed capital city may start in the coming days
PARIS (Reuters) - A battle against Islamic State to recapture the Syrian city of Raqqa is likely to start in the coming days, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday."France has...
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'We're fleshing it out': Trump appears to be taking more aggressive approach...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The deepening U.S. military involvement against Islamic State militants in northern Syria indicates the Pentagon will likely send even more troops in coming weeks.Their mission won't...
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Syria threatens Scud missile strikes if Israeli airstrikes continue
After Syrian forces fired missiles at Israeli jets returning from airstrikes in the country's ISIS-held eastern side, Syria reportedly issued a stern warning to Israel through their Russian allies —...
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Iran says Russia can use military bases on 'case by case basis' to launch...
(Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Reuters on Tuesday that Russia could use Iranian military bases to fight terrorists in Syria on a "case by case basis."Zarif said that...
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ISIS is lashing out at the US-backed advance on its Syrian stronghold
Tabqa Dam (Syria) (AFP) - Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after the Islamic State group launched a counter-attack to fend off a US-backed advance near the jihadists'...
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Mattis had the perfect response when asked about the US bombing civilians in...
Recent reports out of ISIS's final Iraqi stronghold, Mosul, indicate at least 100 civilians died in airstrikes almost certainly carried out by the US-led coalition's air campaign against the terror...
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ISIS shelling scatters engineers trying to repair dam in Syria
TABQA DAM, Syria (Reuters) - Islamic State shelled positions held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of...
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Turkey is going to discuss extraditing US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen with...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will discuss Syria and the extradition of U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed for a failed coup last July, with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson when he...
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A famous Bitcoin anarchist is reportedly under investigation after fighting...
Bitcoin tends to attract anarchists and political radicals. But few are as committed to the cause as Amir Taaki — a prominent Bitcoin developer who is reportedly under investigation after joining an...
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Secretary of State Tillerson signals that Bashar al-Assad could remain in...
Ankara (AFP) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday the fate of President Bashar al-Assad was up to the people of Syria, in the clearest indication yet of the new administration's policy...
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UN: More than 5 million Syrians are now refugees
Beirut (AFP) - More than five million Syrians are now refugees, the UN said Thursday, as aid groups urged the international community to end the country's six-year war and provide more assistance.The...
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Syrian opposition: Assad's 'terrorist regime' refuses to discuss a transition...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's opposition said on Friday that the "terrorist regime" of President Bashar al-Assad had refused to discuss political transition during a round of U.N.-led talks, reiterating...
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The Pentagon is no longer going to tell the public how many troops are in...
The Pentagon is no longer going to disclose how many troops are in Iraq and Syria, a sharp departure from an Obama administration policy that kept the public abreast of increased troop deployments to...
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