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Monday, 13 October 2014

Islamic State forces 180,000 to flee in Iraq

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(Reuters) - Fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province has forced up to 180,000 people to flee since the city of Hit fell to Islamic State earlier this month, the United Nations said on Monday. Islamic State fighters extended that advance by overrunning a military base that the...
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Sunday, 12 October 2014

US used attack helicopters near Baghdad

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(AP) — The top U.S. military officer says the U.S. called in Apache helicopters to prevent Iraqi forces from being overrun by Islamic State militants in a recent fight near Baghdad's airport. Gen. Martin Dempsey says the extremists were within about 15 miles and had they overrun...
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Saturday, 11 October 2014

Suicide bomber kills 11 in market north of Baghdad

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(Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in a market north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing 11 people and wounding 21 others, medical and police officials said. The attack took place about 28 km (17 miles) north of the capital, between the towns of Tarmiyah and...
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Monday, 6 October 2014

Islamic State raises flag in eastern Kobani, Kurds say town has not fallen

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(Reuters) - Islamic State raised its flag on a building on the outskirts of the Syrian frontier town of Kobani on Monday after an assault of almost three weeks, but the town's Kurdish defenders said its fighters had not reached the city centre. A black flag belonging to Islamic...
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Saturday, 4 October 2014

Obama envoy sees long road ahead in war with Islamic State

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(Reuters) - The U.S. envoy charged by President Barack Obama with building a coalition to fight the militant group Islamic State warned on Friday that the war against the jihadists was in its early stages. "The fight will not be easy. There will be ebb and flow on the battlefield,"...
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Wednesday, 1 October 2014

White House fence jumper pleads not guilty in September 19 breach

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(Reuters) - The Iraq war veteran accused in the September 19 breach of the White House pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in federal court. The court ordered a mental competency review for Omar Gonzalez, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, but defense lawyers opposed...
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Wave of attacks in Shi'ite parts of Baghdad kill 35

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(Reuters) - At least 35 people were killed in a wave of car bomb and mortar attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police and medical sources said. It was one of the most violent days the capital has witnessed since U.S.-led forces began bombing...
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Saturday, 27 September 2014

British fighter jets fly over Iraq, no air strikes yet

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(Reuters) - Two British fighter jets flew over Iraq on Saturday on their first mission since the UK parliament authorised bombing missions against Islamic State militants, but they did not carry out any air strikes, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) said. The Tornado jets left the...
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Friday, 26 September 2014

Islamic State tightens siege of Syria border town; more Europeans join alliance

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(Reuters) - Islamic State fighters tightened their siege of a town on Syria's border with Turkey on Friday despite U.S.-led air strikes aimed at defeating the militants in both Syria and Iraq, in a coalition which has now drawn widespread European support. Washington's closest ally...
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Thursday, 25 September 2014

French, U.S. planes strike Islamic State; Britain to join coalition

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(Reuters) - French fighter jets struck Islamic State targets in Iraq on Thursday and the United States hit them in Syria, as a U.S.-led coalition to fight the militants gained momentum with an announcement that Britain would join. The French strikes were a prompt answer to...
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France strikes Islamic State in Iraq after U.S.-led Syria raids

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(Reuters) - French fighter jets struck targets in Iraq on Thursday and the United States and its allies stepped up air raids in Syriaagainst Islamic State militants who have taken over large areas of both countries. France's strikes were its first since Sept. 19 when Paris...
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Tuesday, 23 September 2014

U.S., backed by Arabs, launches first strikes on fighters in Syria

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(Reuters) - The United States and Arab allies bombed Syria for the first time on Tuesday, killing dozens of Islamic State fighters and members of a separate al Qaeda-linked group, pursuing a campaign against militants into a war at the heart of the Middle East. "I can confirm...
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Sunday, 21 September 2014

POPE IN ALBANIA URGES MUSLIMS TO CONDEMN EXTREMISM

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Albania (AP) — Pope Francis called Sunday for Muslims and all religious leaders to condemn Islamic extremists who "pervert" religion to justify violence, as he visited Albania and held up the Balkan nation as a model for interfaith harmony for the rest of the world."To kill in the name...
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