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Europe on edge with at least one Paris attacker on the run

Europe on edge with at least one Paris attacker on the run
Fran Blandy | 11/18/2015 | Politics
FRANCE, Fran Blandy- Europe was on high alert Tuesday with at least one of the Paris attackers on the run, as France and Russia formed an unusual alliance against the Islamic State jihadists who have claimed the worst attacks in French history. In a sign of the nervousness after Friday's carnage in...
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US to Iraq: Time for 'final push' into Ramadi

US to Iraq: Time for 'final push' into Ramadi
AFP | 10/14/2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The US military is encouraging Iraqi forces to make a final push to recapture Ramadi from Islamic State jihadists who seized the Anbar provincial capital in May, a spokesman said Tuesday. Colonel Steve Warren, the Baghdad-based spokesman for the US-led coalition that has...
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Donations dry up for IS group: US spy chief

Donations dry up for IS group: US spy chief
AFP | 03/03/2015 | Politics
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Donations to Islamic State jihadists have dramatically declined in the wake of brutal executions by the group that have shocked public opinion in the Middle East, the chief of US intelligence said Monday. "I think there is change afoot in the Mideast," said James Clapper,...
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Top US general favors military advisers in western Iraq

Top US general favors military advisers in western Iraq
Dan De Luce | 10/31/2014 | News
WASHINGTON, US, Dan De Luce- The US military's top officer on Thursday called for deploying American advisers to Iraq's Anbar province to counter Islamic State jihadists, but said the Baghdad government must first arm local Sunni tribes. General Martin Dempsey's comments marked the first time the...
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Iraq fills top security posts as violence rages

Iraq fills top security posts as violence rages
W.G. Dunlop | 10/19/2014 | News
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, W.G. Dunlop- Iraqi lawmakers approved defence and interior ministers on Saturday, filling the key posts after weeks of delay as security forces battle Islamic State jihadists who hold swathes of the country. The international community hopes the government of Prime Minister Haidar...
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US says Baghdad is not under 'imminent threat' from IS

AFP | 10/17/2014 | News
WASHINGTON, US- The Iraqi capital Baghdad is not facing immediate danger from Islamic State jihadists despite battlefield gains by the group in the country's west and recent car bombings in the city, the US military said Thursday. Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby acknowledged several...
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Kurds thwart IS in Syria town but Iraq on back foot

Kurds thwart IS in Syria town but Iraq on back foot
Burak Akinci with Rana Moussaoui | 10/13/2014 | News
MURSITPINAR, TURKEY, Burak Akinci with Rana Moussaoui in Beirut- Attacking Islamic State jihadists met firm Kurdish resistance Sunday in the Syrian battleground town of Kobane, but in Iraq they put government forces under strong pressure. A roadside bomb killed the police chief in Anbar province,...
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Iraqi forces in 'tenuous' position in west: US official

Iraqi forces in 'tenuous' position in west: US official
AFP | 10/11/2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON, US- Iraqi government forces are in a "tenuous" position in the west of the country but are holding out for the moment against Islamic State jihadists, US defense officials said Friday. Iraq's army is under mounting pressure in Anbar province, even as the world's attention has been fixed...
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Saudi, UAE, US aircraft strike IS in Syria

Saudi, UAE, US aircraft strike IS in Syria
AFP | 10/04/2014 | News
WASHINGTON- Aircraft from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates joined US warplanes in a new wave of bombing raids Friday against Islamic State jihadists in Syria. Coalition fighter jets and robotic drone planes conducted six strikes in Syria on Thursday and Friday, hitting militant tanks, oil...
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