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Route To Raqa Dotted With Discarded Veils, Burned Cars

Dozens of black veils dotted a freshly laid sand berm in northern Syria, ditched by women fleeing the Islamic State...

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‘Dozens Killed’ In ISIL Attack On Northeast Syria

At least 37 people, including dozens of civilians, have been killed in an attack by ISIL fighters targeting a crossing...

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IS Attack ‘kills 32 Near Syria Refugee Camp On Iraq Border’

At least 32 people were killed on Tuesday in an Islamic State group attack near a refugee camp on the Syrian side of...

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The FBI Translator Who Went Rogue and Married An ISIS Terrorist

The FBI translator who went rogue and married an ISIS terrorist Daniela Greene went rogue and married Denis Cuspert,...

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Turkey Threatens Further Strikes On US-Allied Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his government is 'seriously saddened' by television footage showing...

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US-Backed Syrian Rebels Advance On ISIS Raqqa Stronghold

A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing against the ISIS in the key town of Tabqa near the jihadist bastion of...

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US-Backed Syria Force Advances Against IS In Tabqa

A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing against the Islamic State group in the key town of Tabqa near the...

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Turkey, US Can Turn Raqa Into ‘graveyard’ For IS

Turkey and the United States can join forces to turn the Islamic State group's defacto capital of Raqa in Syria into a...

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Syria Kurds, Turks Clash In Wake of Deadly Air Raids

Fighting erupted on Wednesday along Syria's northeastern border between Turkish forces and Kurdish militiamen, as...

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Turkey Says US, Russia Informed of Strikes On Kurd Militia

Turkey informed the United States and Russia before launching strikes against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq, the...

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Death Toll In Turkish Raids On Syria Kurds Hits 28

The toll in Turkish air raids on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria rose to 28 killed, a monitor said Wednesday, a...

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Iraq Holding Qatar Hunting Party’s Ransom Money

Iraq is holding hundreds of millions of dollars Qatari negotiators had brought to Baghdad as ransom money for the...

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Turkish Strikes Kill Kurdish Fighters In Syria, Iraq

Turkish warplanes killed more than 20 Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key...

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A Strategic Prize

Syria's Tabqa, which US-backed forces entered Monday, is doubly strategic: it lies on the road to the Islamic State...

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US-Backed Forces Enter Major Jihadist-Held Syria Town

A US-backed alliance of Arab-Kurdish forces entered the key jihadist-held town of Tabqa on Monday as they pursued their...

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LafargeHolcim CEO To Step Down Over Syria Probe

French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim said Monday its chief executive Eric Olsen is stepping down following an...

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From Aspiring Stylist To Jihadist Widow

Islam Maytat thought marrying an Afghan-British businessman was her ticket to a new life as a fashionista in London....

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Syrians In Frantic Search For Their Children After Blast

Fatima Rashid was recovering in a Syrian hospital after a deadly suicide blast when she glanced at a teenager with a...

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US-Backed Forces Reach Edge of IS-Held Syria Town

US-backed fighters have reached the outskirts of a key jihadist-held town in northern Syria as part of an offensive...