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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,"...
Read moreMonday, 29 September 2014
U.S. may keep secret prisoners in custody after Afghan war exit
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(Reuters) - The fate of a group of prisoners held in near-total secrecy by U.S. forces at a prison in Afghanistan is hanging in limbo, the facility's commander said, as Washington gropes for options after its legal right to hold them there expires in December.
The inmates -...
Read moreWednesday, 24 September 2014
Britain close to joining U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State
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(Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron may announce as early as this week that Britain is ready to join air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and that he plans to seek parliament's approval for such action, government sources said on Tuesday.
Cameron is due to set out...
Read moreTuesday, 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...
Read moreU.S. opposes linking Iran cooperation on Islamic State to nuclear talks
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(Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it would refuse to seek Iran's cooperation in fighting Islamic State forces by being more flexible in the negotiations of six world powers with Tehran on its nuclear program.
Senior Iranian officials told Reuters that Iran is ready to...
Read moreIslamic State urges attacks on U.S., French citizens, taunts Obama
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(Reuters) - Islamic State urged its followers on Monday to attack citizens of the United States, France and other countries which have joined a coalition to destroy the ultra-radical group.
Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani also taunted U.S. President Barack Obama...
Read moreFrench national taken in Algeria, group claims kidnapping
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(Reuters) - A French national was kidnapped in eastern Algeria on Sunday, France's foreign ministry said, and his kidnappers issued a video threatening to kill him if Paris did not halt its intervention in Iraq.
The Caliphate Soldiers, a group linked to Islamic State militants,...
Read moreMonday, 22 September 2014
SOME 130,000 SYRIANS REACH TURKEY, FLEEING IS
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(AP) — Some 130,000 Syrian refugees have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants, Turkey's deputy prime minister said Monday, warning that the number could rise further as the militants press ahead with an onslaught.
Numan Kurtulmus...
Read moreSunday, 21 September 2014
United States says role for Iran in tackling Islamic State
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(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Iran had a role to play in a global coalition to tackle Islamic State militants who have seized swaths of Iraq and Syria and proclaimed a caliphate in the heart of the Middle East."The coalition required to eliminate...
Read moreWife of Alan Henning, Briton held by Islamic State, pleads for his release
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(Reuters) - Alan Henning, a volunteer British aid worker being held by Islamic State (IS) militants, should be released unharmed, his wife said in a statement issued a week after his captors threatened to murder him.Henning, 47, was part of an aid convoy taking medical supplies to a...
Read moreTuesday, 16 September 2014
U.S. Congress pushes ahead with bid to arm Syrian rebels
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(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives began debating legislation on Tuesday to authorize President Barack Obama's plan to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants, and lawmakers said the measure would likely pass the full Congress by the end of this...
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