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US-Led Strike Kills Founder of IS Propaganda Agency

A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group's notorious Amaq...

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Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul

Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces...

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Syria War Takes Role In Ramadan Television Dramas

The sound of the blast in Syria's capital Damascus brought worried residents running, but rather than carnage they...

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Suicide Bomber Kills Eight At Baghdad Ice Cream Shop

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop, killing at least eight...

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IS Shelling Kills 14 Civilians In East Syria City

Fourteen civilians were killed late Monday when Islamic State group jihadists shelled a government-controlled...

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Final Evacuation From Rebel-Held Damascus District

More than 1,000 people quit a rebel-held district of Damascus Monday, its governor said, in the final phase of a deal...

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19 Dead As Troops Fight ISIL-Linked Groups

Fighters locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city on Mindanao island have...

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UN Braces For Up To 200,000 Iraqis To Flee Mosul

As many as 200,000 Iraqis may try in the coming days to flee areas of Mosul under the control of the Islamic State...

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Syria Army Takes Control of Damascus-Palmyra Road

The Syrian army is in full control of the highway from Damascus to ancient Palmyra for the first time since 2014 after...

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German Map Project To Aid Future Rebirth of Aleppo

With its battered facades, pulverised houses and skeletons of buildings, one of the world's oldest cities, Aleppo, has...

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US Probe Finds Over 100 Civilians Killed In Mosul Air Strike

Pentagon officials on Thursday said at least 105 civilians died in a strike targeting Islamic State fighters in the...

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Iraq Radio Show Finds Talent Amid Rubble of Mosul

It's a radio talent contest with a mission: showcasing the skills of Mosul's youth after years of jihadist rule and a...

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Five Dead In Syria Car Bomb Attacks Claimed By IS

Five people were killed on Tuesday in two car bomb attacks targeting minority neighbourhoods in Syria and claimed by...

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Deadliest Month For Syria Civilians In US-Led Strikes

US-led air strikes on Syria killed a total of 225 civilians over the past month, a monitor said on Tuesday, the highest...

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Car Bomb Kills Four In Syria’s Homs

A car bomb killed four people and wounded more than two dozen in Syria's third city Homs on Tuesday, state media said,...

International

Government Regains Full Control of Homs

The Syrian government says its forces have regained total control of the central city of Homs after rebels left the...

International

Blasts At Syrian Rebel Base Kill 14 Fighters

Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for the attack Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic...

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Syria Regime Regains Total Control of Homs City

The Syrian regime on Sunday regained total control of the central city of Homs with the evacuation of rebels from the...

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Syria Rebels Being Evacuated From Last Homs District

The last Syrian rebels and their families were being evacuated from the last opposition-held neighbourhood of the...