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700 French nationals living in Daesh-held Iraqi, Syrian regions: Official
Sep 30, 2017 07:56About 700 French nationals, among them 500 children, are living in the Daesh-controlled areas of Iraq and Syria, a French official says, as fears grow over the threat posed by European members of the Takfiri terrorist group on their return to their homelands.
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US-led coalition confirms killing 50 civilians in Iraq, Syria in August
Sep 30, 2017 02:06The US-led coalition has confirmed that it killed 50 civilians during its airstrikes against what it called Daesh positions in Iraq and Syria in August.
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Iraqi forces liberate nearly dozen villages in new push to free Hawijah
Sep 29, 2017 12:54Iraqi government forces, backed by allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, have established control over nearly a dozen villages around Hawijah after the launch of the second phase of offensive to dislodge Daesh Takfiri terrorists from their stronghold in the oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk.
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Iraqi forces launch second phase of Hawijah liberation operation
Sep 29, 2017 10:59Iraqi armed forces have launched the second phase of a military operation to liberate the northern town of al-Hawijah, one of the last remaining bastions of the Takfiri Daesh terror group in the country.
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Syria rejects reports of Daesh gains near Dayr al-Zawr
Sep 29, 2017 10:43The Syrian military dismisses claims that the Daesh terrorist group has cut off a strategic road connecting Dayr al-Zawr in the east and Palmyra in the central part of the country.
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US-led warplanes drop white phosphorus bombs in northeast Syria
Sep 27, 2017 14:22The US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has reportedly dropped internationally-banned white phosphorus bombs in Syria’s troubled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, leaving a number of civilians dead and injured.
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Iraqi forces thwart Daesh attack in Ramadi
Sep 27, 2017 11:23Iraq’s army, police, and Popular Mobilization forces have foiled a push by the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh to stage a comeback in Ramadi, the capital of the western Iraq Anbar Province.
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Russia says killed 5 senior Nusra commanders in air raid in Idlib
Sep 27, 2017 10:19Russia says it has killed five prominent field commanders of the al-Nusra Front terrorist group, who organized an attack against Russian forces in Syria’s western Hama Province earlier this month.
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Russian forces build bridge over Euphrates River in Syria's Deir Ezzur
Sep 26, 2017 11:33Russian military road service specialists have built a bridge over the Euphrates River a few kilometers from Deir Ezzur to transport military hardware and personnel to the Eastern bank.
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Iraqi parliament demands troops be deployed to areas disputed with Kurds
Sep 25, 2017 12:59Iraqi lawmakers have demanded deployment of government troops to areas disputed with Kurds amid rising tensions between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government over a controversial independence referendum.