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Russian warplane crashes into Mediterranean off Syria coast, pilot safe
Dec 05, 2016 16:56Russia says one of its twin-engine air superiority Sukhoi Su-33 fighter jets has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Syria, after it rolled off the deck while landing on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
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Lebanese army raids northern town after deadly attack
Dec 05, 2016 13:40The Lebanese army has launched a search operation in the northern parts of the country to find the gunmen who killed two soldiers a night before.
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Daesh retreats from major site in Mosul
Dec 05, 2016 13:39The Takfiri Daesh terrorist group has completely withdrawn from a major site they were using for logistical and housing purposes in the Iraqi city of Mosul after destroying all buildings there as security forces approached, a report says.
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Security Council to vote on Aleppo truce resolution: Diplomats
Dec 05, 2016 08:04The UN Security Council is reportedly set to vote on a resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in Syria’s Aleppo and humanitarian aid delivery to the embattled city.
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Aleppo back in government hands in weeks: Syrian military
Dec 05, 2016 03:22Syrian army helicopters have dropped leaflets on eastern Aleppo warning the militants to surrender while they still can as the military has said it expects to retake the divided city within weeks.
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Iraqi security forces uncover Daesh media center in southern Mosul
Dec 05, 2016 03:10A high-ranking Iraqi security official says government forces have managed to uncover and dismantle a media and information center run by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group south of Mosul as they try to flush the extremists out of their last urban stronghold in the country.
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Iraqi army troops seize back four villages north of Daesh-held Mosul
Dec 03, 2016 14:31Iraqi army soldiers have managed to liberate four villages north of the strategic city of Mosul as government forces, backed by fighters from Popular Mobilization Units and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, press ahead with an operation to expel Daesh terrorists from the area.
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Russia proposes corridors to allow aid into Aleppo: UN
Dec 01, 2016 17:00The United Nations says Russia has proposed setting up four humanitarian corridors to terrorist-held eastern Aleppo in a bid to let in aid and facilitate evacuations from the battered Syrian city.
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Putin urges US to join Russia in fight against global terrorism
Dec 01, 2016 11:00Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that Washington will join Moscow to counter international terrorism, stressing that bilateral cooperation is in the interest of the entire world.
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Daesh snipers kill 15 children in Mosul
Dec 01, 2016 10:56Daesh snipers have shot dead at least 15 children fleeing a terrorist-held neighborhood in Mosul which is besieged by the Iraqi army as part of a massive offensive to retake the city, a security source says.