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After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home
Middle East
April 23, 2019
After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home
AL-HOL, Syria (AP) — They came from around the world, four women drawn to the Islamic State group’s “caliphate.” They…
IS ‘caliphate’ totally eliminated: Syria force
Middle East
March 23, 2019
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…
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
Middle East
October 19, 2017
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
The Middle East may have turned a page with the defeat of the Islamic State group in its self-declared capital…
Battle for Syria’s Al-Bab intensifies: Syrian Observatory
Middle East
December 21, 2016
Battle for Syria’s Al-Bab intensifies: Syrian Observatory
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, reported fierce clashes at the southwestern edges of Al-Bab, with some…
Kurdish forces launch major offensive to retake Iraq’s Sinjar from IS group
Middle East
November 12, 2015
Kurdish forces launch major offensive to retake Iraq’s Sinjar from IS group
Kurdish forces launched an offensive Thursday to retake the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran…
Kurdish forces free 7 villages in Iraq
Middle East
August 29, 2015
Kurdish forces free 7 villages in Iraq
Western-backed Kurdish fighters freed seven villages from the clasps of the Islamic State group in northern Iraq in recent days,…
Monitor: Kurds, Syrian army battle Islamic State in Syria’s Hasaka
Middle East
June 27, 2015
Monitor: Kurds, Syrian army battle Islamic State in Syria’s Hasaka
Kurdish forces and the Syrian army fought separate battles with Islamic State around Hasaka city in northeast Syria overnight as…
Syrian army regains ground against Islamic State in Hasaka city
Middle East
June 8, 2015
Syrian army regains ground against Islamic State in Hasaka city
The Syrian army said on Sunday it had repulsed a major offensive by Islamic State militants in the northeastern city…