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Islamic State
Syria declares new chemical weapons facilities
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Kurdistan Workers’ Party
YPG: The Kurdish Militia Battling IS Jihadists for Syria Town
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Iraq
Obama to commanders: US will keep making progress in Iraq, Syria
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Islamic State
US flip-flops on buffer zone as ISIS advances
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Syria
The Pentagon said coalition airstrikes have pushed some Islamic State fighters out of Kobane, but that the city, and other towns, may still fall to the terrorist organization, as the US does not yet have a “willing, capable” partner on the ground in Syria. Coalition airstrikes targeted the IS with six airstrikes near Kobane, two strikes in Raqqah, and one strike in Deir Izzour. Warplanes also carried out strikes in the southern Aleppo countryside; in Idlib; and in Deraa, near Deraa city and also near al Harrah Hill, which is held by the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front.…
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US-backed Hazm Movement, Muhajireen Army working together in Aleppo
The Hazm Movement, a US-backed opposition group in Syria, has used TOW anti-tank missiles in support of an operation conducted with a US-designated terrorist group.
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Islamic State
Turkish military unhappy with parliament’s lack of guidance
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Islamic State
Street fighting rages in Syrian town as Islamic State moves in
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Al Nusrah Front releases video, photos from battle against Hezbollah
The Al Nusrah Front reportedly launched attacks on a number of Hezbollah outposts yesterday. The group has released a video and pictures from one of its raids.
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Iraq
Pentagon yet to decide on Syrian rebel force central to offensive against Islamic State
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Islamic State
Secretly filming in the Islamic State-held city of Raqqah
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Islamic State
Kobane: Islamic State ‘may soon take Syria-Turkey border town’
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Iraq
Arab Leaders Attack Islamic State With Intel
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China
ISIS’ Ammunition Is Shown to Have Origins in US and China
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Syria
A female Kurdish YPG commander carried out a suicide bombing against an Islamic State position outside Kobane. Another female Kurdish fighter near Kobane killed herself with her last bullet to avoid being taken captive by the IS. Turkey has closed the border crossing at Kobane, while clashes continue and IS is using heavy weapons. Coalition airstrikes near an IS prison in Hasakah allowed as many as 16 inmates to escape. Coalition aircraft targeted the IS in Aleppo near Kobane; in Hama near Morek; in Idlib at Saraqeb and Khan Shekhon; and in Reef Dimashq in eastern Ghouta. The Al Nusrah…
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Islamic State
Drones spot ISIS slayer ‘Jihadi John’ in Syria
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Free Syrian Army continues to cooperate with the Al Nusrah Front, Islamic Front in southern Syria
Syrian rebels supplied by the United States continue to conduct joint operations with al Qaeda and their allies in Syria.
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Germany
Germany plans expanded engagement against Islamic State in Iraq
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Islamic State
Air strikes against Islamic State are not working, say Syrian Kurds
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Al Nusrah Front
In Golan, Imagined Risks Become All Too Real
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Pakistani Taliban group urges jihadists in Iraq and Syria ‘to reconcile’
Omar Khalid al Khorasani, a top leader in Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, offered to help mediate the dispute between the Islamic State and the Al Nusrah Front and other jihadist rivals.
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Syria
Coalition warplanes struck at targets in Deir Izzour, where the Islamic State is reportedly paying children to publicize the group; in Aleppo; in Hama near Morek, where regime forces are fighting the Islamic Front; in Hasakah, where 30 non-Syrian IS fighters were killed; in Idlib, reattacking Salma; in Latakia; and in Reef Dimashq. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front, joined by the Ansar al Din Front and rebels, clashed with regime forces in Aleppo; Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front also battled regime forces in Deraa; and the Islamic Front fought regime forces in Quneitra. Yesterday regime forces…
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Iraq
Kurds issue desperate call to arms as Islamic State closes in
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Al Nusrah Front
Opinion over jihadists divides hajj pilgrims
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Islamic State
Islamic State backs up force in Syria with threats
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Islamic State
New US raids hit extremists outside Syria Kurdish town
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Iraq
Vatican seeks Mideast Christians’ right of return
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Al Nusrah Front
Free Syrian Army set to unite rebels in southern Syria: official
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Iraq
UK Army chiefs tell Government: stop Gulf states funding terrorism
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Islamic State
US air strikes hit Islamic State near Syrian border town as fighting intensifies
