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Here's what the US needs to do to avoid getting hosed by Iran in nuclear...
If Iran and the P5+1 powers reach a nuclear accord this summer, members of Congress, presidential candidates, and the public will need to assess whether the deal is acceptable.This will require...
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Terrorist attacks worldwide surged in 2014
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Terrorist attacks worldwide surged by more than a third and fatalities soared by 81 percent in 2014, a year that also saw Islamic State eclipse al Qaeda as the leading jihadist...
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Meet the controversial American who's taking the fight to ISIS
If there were an award for the American with the longest rap sheet in the Middle East, Matthew VanDyke would be a top contender.By his own estimate, the 36-year-old from south Baltimore has been...
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ISIS beheaded an al-Qaeda leader in its de facto Syrian capital
The Islamic State militants have beheaded a senior leader of Syrian offshoot of Al Qaeda - Jabhat al-Nusra - in Raqqa.The slain Jabhat al-Nusra leader was identified as Abde Al-Bara Al Iraqi. The...
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The crippling contradiction in Obama's ISIS strategy is growing
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter recently told a Washington committee that the military was falling far short of its training goals in Iraq."Our training efforts in Iraq have thus far been slowed by...
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Financial trader explains why he left his job in London to fight ISIS
A financial trader from London recently explained to NPR why he left his desk job in the City to join the Kurdish YPG in their fight against ISIS in Syria.Macer Gifford (as he his known) had almost no...
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Something you won't see in ISIS propaganda
Here’s what you won’t see in ISIS propaganda: Syrian women and children standing in line with empty buckets for food in the Islamic State group’s self-declared capital, Raqqa. But that’s what two...
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The Kurds are pushing into Islamic State's Syria stronghold
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish-led forces advanced on Monday deep into territory in Syria held by Islamic State, showing new momentum after they unexpectedly swiftly seized a border crossing from the...
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Pentagon: US pays Syrian rebels up to $400 a month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syrian rebels receiving U.S. military training to battle Islamic State militants are being paid $250 to $400 per month, depending on their skills, performance and leadership...
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The UN says Assad's troops and rebel forces are targeting civilians in Syria
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian government forces have dropped barrel bombs on Aleppo nearly daily this year, amounting to the war crime of targeting civilians, and insurgent shelling has caused mass...
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REPORT: ISIS has started destroying parts of Palmyra, a major Roman-era...
BEIRUT – ISIS has destroyed two Palmyra shrines days after the group planted explosives in the UNESCO World Heritage Site as the Syrian army advances to the west of the city.The extremist group’s...
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Kurdish forces are moving in on ISIS' de facto capital in Syria
Islamic State fighters appear to be shoring up their defenses around their Syrian stronghold Raqqa city after losing ground to Kurdish-led forces this week, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia said...
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Iran is the major beneficiary of US policy in Iraq
US forces in Anbar province sharing a base with Iranian-directed militias? A few years ago, I would have been incredulous; after all, these are the same militias that killed hundreds of American...
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700 Germans are fighting for ISIS and the number of women joining keeps growing
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's domestic intelligence agency (BfV) fears a growing number of women have gone to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside Islamic State militants, its chief said on...
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ISIS is facing one of its most serious setbacks yet
ISIS is currently facing one of its greatest military challenges since the group proclaimed a caliphate following the seizure of Mosul and much of western Iran and eastern Syria last summer. According...
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ISIS bride reveals an unprecedented look inside the terrorist organization
Karen sat in a hotel room in Istanbul, grappling with a difficult decision.She had spent about $3,500 (£2,220) on the round trip to Turkey from her home in the US but, when she had bought the ticket,...
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6 things the US must do to actually beat back ISIS
The announcement this month that 450 additional U.S. trainers and support troops will deploy to Iraq represents a modest step forward in the fight against the Islamic State.But the move by itself will...
View ArticleThe Assad regime's #SummerinSyria campaign seriously backfired
This week, Syria's official news agency sent out a tweet encouraging Syrian Twitter users to post their favorite summer photos, tagging them with the hashtag #SummerinSyria.They must have been...
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ISIS is getting paranoid
The Islamic State rules over the areas it controls using fear tactics to terrify its populace into submission, and its leaders are proving themselves to be quite paranoid as the militant group loses...
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Syrian rebels are trying to capture the birthplace of the revolution
Syrian rebels launched an offensive Thursday to capture government-held neighborhoods in the southern city of Daraa, setting off fighting that killed dozens of people, including a man struck by a shell...
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