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Kabul Attack: Gun Battle and Suicide Bombing In Afghan Capital

Afghan security forces are battling gunmen following a suicide attack outside the Iraqi embassy in the capital, Kabul....

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Schoolgirls In Iraq’s Mosul Aim To Catch Up On Lost Years

Despite having fallen three years behind their peers elsewhere in Iraq, it's been mostly smiles all around for the...

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Syria Army At Gates of IS-Held Town On Road To East

The Syrian army has reached the last jihadist-held town on the road to its besieged garrison in the east, a monitoring...

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In the Ruins of Mosul, A Hunt For the Missing

In Mosul, the missing are everywhere, their families hunting through the ruined Iraqi city for traces of lost husbands...

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US-Trained Iraqi Unit Carried Out Mosul Executions

An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said...

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US-Backed Syria Force Ousts IS From Half of Raqa

A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said...

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Cardinal Hails ‘rebirth’ of Iraqi Christian Town

A French cardinal hailed the "rebirth" of Iraq's devastated main Christian town of Qaraqosh on Monday, where residents...

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US-Led Coalition Says More To Do In Syria After IS Loses Raqa

The US-led coalition will have "a great deal more" to do in Syria even after defeating the Islamic State in its...

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Martial Law Extended In Mindanao

Legislators in the Philippines have voted overwhelmingly to extend martial law to deal with an Islamist insurgency in...

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Trump Slams NY Times For ‘foiling’ Bid To Capture IS Chief

President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked The New York Times and its "sick agenda," alleging that one of the paper's...

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German Jihadi Girl Arrested In Iraq

A German 16-year-old girl suspected of joining the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq was arrested last week in Mosul, a...

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Philippines To Extend Martial Law In South Until Year End

The Philippine Congress on Saturday voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in the south...

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Philippine MPs To Vote On Martial Law Extension Bid

The Philippine Congress opened a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for an extension...

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Philippine MPs To Vote On Duterte Bid For Longer Martial Rule

The Philippine Congress sits in a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for longer...

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Pentagon Chief Says He Thinks IS Leader Baghdadi Is Alive

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday that he believes Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive,...

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Mosul’s Christians Face Dilemma After Islamic State

The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to...

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IS Falling ‘very Fast’

The Islamic State group is falling "very fast," US President Donald Trump said Thursday as he visited the Pentagon for...

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IS Families, Mosul Displaced Live Side-By-Side In Iraq Camp

Like hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis, Maha lives with her boys at a camp for the displaced near Mosul. But...

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Trump and His Campaign Promises

Donald Trump took office trailing a string of promises made during a bruising election campaign. Six months into his...