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Adrift after enslavement, Yazidi teen says she can’t go home
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Adrift after enslavement, Yazidi teen says she can’t go home

BARZAN, Syria (AP) — Roza Barakat’s tormentors have been defeated, but the horrors she endured still hold her captive. She…
IS names Baghdadi successor, threatens US: statement
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IS names Baghdadi successor, threatens US: statement

The Islamic State jihadist group confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a statement Thursday and named…
Timeline of the rise and fall of the Islamic State group
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Timeline of the rise and fall of the Islamic State group

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group erupted from the chaos of Syria and Iraq’s conflicts and swiftly did what…
From IS camp, Syrian family returns home to a hostile city
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From IS camp, Syrian family returns home to a hostile city

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — After two years on the run with the Islamic State group, Um Mahmoud just wanted to…
Find and return German children of IS adherents, rules Berlin court
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Find and return German children of IS adherents, rules Berlin court

Germany’s Foreign Ministry said late Thursday it was “examining” the Berlin Administrative Court’s ruling that three children and their mother,…
IS chief refers to Syria defeat in first video in five years
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IS chief refers to Syria defeat in first video in five years

The Islamic State group’s elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first purported appearance in five years in a propaganda…
Islamic State attacks Syrian army, allies, killing dozens: monitor
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Islamic State attacks Syrian army, allies, killing dozens: monitor

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State attacks on the Syrian army and allied militias in central Syria have killed 35 soldiers…
Starved infants, wounded women crowd Syrian hospitals after Islamic State defeat
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Starved infants, wounded women crowd Syrian hospitals after Islamic State defeat

HASAKA, Syria (Reuters) – The paramedics’ log at al-Hol camp in eastern Syria lists the injuries and ailments of infants…
A ‘tragic life’ for the displaced in Syria’s Al-Hol camp
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A ‘tragic life’ for the displaced in Syria’s Al-Hol camp

Malnourished children struck down by chronic diarrhea, mothers too weak to breastfeed — in northeastern Syria’s Al-Hol camp, a humanitarian…
IS ‘caliphate’ totally eliminated: Syria force
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IS ‘caliphate’ totally eliminated: Syria force

Kurdish-led forces pronounced the death of the Islamic State group’s nearly five-year-old “caliphate” Saturday after flushing out diehard jihadists from…
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