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Differences between key nations over Islamic State foreign fighters

Differences between key nations over Islamic State foreign fighters
Shabtai Gold (dpa) | 11/15/2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON, Shabtai Gold (dpa)- There remain serious differences between major nations over how to handle foreign fighters from the Islamic State group who are being held by forces in the Middle East, a top US official conceded after a ministerial gathering. "These fighters remain a significant...
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Iraq forces battle IS in Mosul after PM fetes 'victory'

Iraq forces battle IS in Mosul after PM fetes 'victory'
Emmanuel Duparcq | 07/05/2017 | Politics
MOSUL, IRAQ, Emmanuel Duparcq- Iraqi forces battled the last Islamic State group holdouts in Mosul on Wednesday, a day after the country's premier feted the "major victory" over the jihadists in the northern city. In neighbouring Syria, US-backed forces gained ground after air strikes by the...
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IS using weaponised drones to defend Syria's Tabqa

IS using weaponised drones to defend Syria's Tabqa
AFP | 04/26/2017 | Politics
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State group is using weaponised drones to hold off US-backed forces advancing in a key Syrian town, a monitor said Wednesday, a tactic the jihadists have also used in neighbouring Iraq. With air cover from the US-led coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were...
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IS propaganda team killed in Iraq air strike: coalition

IS propaganda team killed in Iraq air strike: coalition
AFP | 03/31/2017 | Politics
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Thursday that it had killed a propaganda chief and associates in an air strike in the western Iraqi town of Al-Qaim. Ibrahim Al-Ansari was an "important ISIS leader," said Colonel Joseph Scrocca, a spokesman for...
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Many 'lone-wolf' attacks are coached from afar, study claims

Many 'lone-wolf' attacks are coached from afar, study claims
Paul Handley | 03/11/2017 | Politics
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Paul Handley- Increasingly unable to mount centrally planned, big-impact attacks, the Islamic State group now relies on "virtual entrepreneurs" who work independently from the jihadist leadership to cultivate smaller lone-wolf attacks, researchers say. According to...
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US-led anti-IS coalition helping Turkey find missing soldiers

US-led anti-IS coalition helping Turkey find missing soldiers
AFP | 12/01/2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group is helping Turkey find two of its soldiers that went missing in Syria, a British general said Wednesday. "Turkey is an important ally to us as a NATO partner and as a member of the coalition, and therefore we are...
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Wave of strikes as IS puts up tough defence of Mosul

Wave of strikes as IS puts up tough defence of Mosul
Sarah Benhaida with Laurent Barthelemy | 10/25/2016 | Politics
QARAQOSH, IRAQ, Sarah Benhaida with Laurent Barthelemy in Arbil- Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul faced stiff resistance on Monday from the Islamic State group despite an unprecedented wave of US-led coalition air strikes in support of the week-old offensive. Federal forces and Kurdish peshmerga...
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Islamic State confirms 'minister of information' killed

Islamic State confirms 'minister of information' killed
AFP | 10/11/2016 | Politics
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State group said Monday that a senior operative considered the group's information minister had been killed, confirming an earlier Pentagon report. An IS statement on social media affirmed the "martyrdom" of Abu Mohammad al-Furqan, the nom de guerre of Wa'il Adil Hasan...
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Strikes on IS group in Syria may have hit civilians: Pentagon

Strikes on IS group in Syria may have hit civilians: Pentagon
AFP | 09/14/2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The Pentagon said Tuesday it launched various strikes on Islamic State group forces in Syria over the past several days, including hits on some targets that "may have resulted in civilian casualties." The incidents took place September 7, September 10 and September 12,...
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