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Pentagon chief visits Iraq amid anti-Daesh campaign in Mosul
Oct 22, 2016 13:34US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has arrived in Iraq from Turkey to assess the military campaign against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group amid a major military offensive to push them out of Mosul.
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Grand Ayatollah Sistani demands protection for civilians in Mosul
Oct 21, 2016 17:12Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani has called on army soldiers, fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization Units and Kurdish Peshmerga forces battling to retake the city of Mosul from Daesh State terrorists to protect civilians trapped there.
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At least 15 Iraqi women slain in US-led airstrike in Kirkuk province
Oct 21, 2016 17:01At least 15 women have lost their lives and scores of other civilians have sustained injuries when fighter jets operated by the so-called US-led coalition struck a mourning procession in Iraq’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk.
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Bangladesh says man linked to Dhaka café attack dead
Oct 21, 2016 12:01The head of a militant group blamed for the fatal July hostage-taking crisis in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka died in a police raid earlier this month, security officials say.
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Iraq to continue anti-Daesh fight until final victory: Abadi
Oct 21, 2016 11:43Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Iraq is poised to press ahead with its anti-terror war until its liberation from the Takfiri Daesh terror group.
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West trying to protect Nusra Front: Lavrov
Oct 21, 2016 11:41Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he thinks the West is trying to protect al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front terrorists and use them to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
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Foreign sponsors attempting to delay defeat of terrorists: Shamkhani
Oct 21, 2016 11:29Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Shamkhani on Friday says foreign patrons of Takfiri terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria have turned to politicking to save the outfits from a looming defeat in the Arab countries.
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Mysterious fire devours ISIL headquarters in Iraq's Mosul
Oct 20, 2016 09:53Iraqi media reported that mysterious fire devoured the empty headquarters of the ISIL terror group in the city of Mosul during the last 24 hours.
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Military source: Terrorists on verge of collapse in northern Hama
Oct 20, 2016 09:47The Syrian army's major advance in the northern parts of Hama that has so far ended up in winning back tens of kilometers of occupied territories has forced a large number of terrorists to flee the region, a military sources said on Thursday.
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Terrorists preventing comrades, people from fleeing eastern Aleppo
Oct 20, 2016 09:43A military source confirmed reports on Thursday that the terrorists stationed in the eastern parts of Aleppo city are blocking the path of the people and other militants who want to leave the region.