Euphrates river

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Syria Force Halts Push On IS-Held Dam For Repairs

US-backed Syrian fighters on Monday paused their offensive for a key dam held by the Islamic State group to allow a...

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US-Backed Fighters Battle IS Around North Syria Town

US-backed forces battled the Islamic State group around a key Syrian town Monday, hours after the capture of an airbase...

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US-Backed Fighters Battle IS Near North Syria Town

US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters around a key northern Syrian town on Monday, a monitor said,...

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Syria Fighters ‘take Control’ of IS-Held Airbase Near Raqqa

A US-backed force of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters say they have taken full control of a key airbase held by the...

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Syria Rebels ‘take Control’ of IS-Held Airbase Near Raqqa

US-backed Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a key airbase held by the Islamic State group near its...

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US Backed Forces Have Taken Back Control of Tabqa Airport From IS

United States-backed local forces gained important ground Sunday in the fight against the Islamic State in Syria....

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Fighting Puts Syria IS-Held Dam Out of Service

Fighting at a dam held by the Islamic State jihadist group in northern Syria put it out of service Sunday, risking...

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Iraq Forces Advance After Jihadists ‘trapped’ In Mosul

Iraqi forces said Monday they had taken more territory from the Islamic State group as they press an offensive that has...

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Iraqi Helicopter Fires At ISIS Targets In Besieged Mosul

An Iraqi Army helicopter fires a missile at ISIS positions as government forces seeking to retake Mosul said they had...

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IS Leader Baghdadi ‘flees Mosul’ As Iraqi Forces Advance

Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to...

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IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’

The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to cling to scraps of a...

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Syrian Farmers Fear IS To Flood Villages Near Euphrates

Syrian farmers near the Euphrates river are terrified the Islamic State group will literally open the floodgates to...

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IS Leaders Leaving Syria’s Raqa, Pentagon Says

Leaders of the Islamic State group are leaving their Syrian stronghold of Raqa, fleeing in the face of the Arab-Kurd...

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IS ‘loses 50,000 Fighters In Two Years’

IS has lost much territory since its gains in 2014 sent shockwaves around the world At least 50,000 militants from...