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Russia won’t support Western-backed UN motion on Syria: Putin
Feb 28, 2017 15:40Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced a draft United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that would impose sanctions on the Syrian government over its alleged use of chemical weapons, stressing that Moscow will not support fresh restrictive measures against Damascus.
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Iraqi troops make headway against Daesh in western Mosul
Feb 28, 2017 15:17Iraqi government soldiers and their allied forces have made more achievements in their push to take back the western flank of the strategic northern city of Mosul from Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
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Iraqi forces retake key bridge in western Mosul
Feb 27, 2017 15:03Iraqi security forces have managed to take control of a key bridge and a neighborhood as they push further into western Mosul, the last major urban stronghold of Daesh terrorists in the country.
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Putin hails Syria talks in Astana as foundation for Geneva
Feb 27, 2017 14:59Russia says the latest rounds of Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan created a “mechanism” to control the truce holding across the Arab state, and helped revive the United Nations-backed negotiations underway in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Largest mass grave with bodies of 4,000 people found in Iraq
Feb 26, 2017 20:06A mass grave believed to contain the bodies of thousands of Iraqi security personnel killed at the hands of the Daesh Takfiri militants has been discovered not far from the strategic northern city of Mosul, where government forces and their allies are engaged in the last phase of an operation to drive the extremists out of their last major stronghold in the country.
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Iraqi forces gain control of two more neighborhoods in western Mosul
Feb 26, 2017 17:33Iraqi government forces have regained control of two neighborhoods in the western part of Mosul in a new phase of joint operations with allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units to push Daesh Takfiri terrorists out of their last urban stronghold in the country.
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Syrian forces make fresh gains against Daesh near Aleppo: Monitor
Feb 26, 2017 17:26Syrian army soldiers and their allied fighters have reportedly managed to advance over the weekend into areas controlled by Daesh terrorists in the country’s northwest adjacent to the city of Aleppo.
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Iraqi jets strike Daesh positions in Syria: Premier Abadi
Feb 24, 2017 18:10Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi fighter jets have pounded the positions of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria.
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Bomb attack kills 35 civilians, 7 militants near al-Bab
Feb 24, 2017 14:25More than 40 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a bomb attack near the Syrian border city of al-Bab, which was recently taken by Turkish forces and allied militants from Daesh terrorists.
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Turkey says nearly in full control of Syria's al-Bab
Feb 23, 2017 20:17Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik says his country’s armed forces and allied militants are almost in full control of the Syrian city of al-Bab taking the city from the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.