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IS Chief Reported Dead After Jihadists Lose Mosul

Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported dead on Tuesday, a day after Iraq declared it had driven...

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US Presses Idea of NATO Taking Over Training of Iraq Troops

The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops...

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Anti-IS Coalition Meets In Denmark To Assess Campaign

Key members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria meet in Copenhagen on Tuesday to...

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Turkey, Russia, US Military Chiefs Weigh Anti-IS Steps

The top generals of the Turkish, Russian and US military met Tuesday for talks likely to be dominated by next steps in...

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Turkey, Russia, US Military Chiefs Hold Talks In Turkey

Turkish, Russian and US military chiefs held talks on Tuesday in the southern Turkish city of Antalya to discuss...

International

Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 48

At least 48 people have been killed in Baghdad in the third blast in the Iraqi capital in three days, security and...

International

Baghdad Blast ‘kills 18’ In Shia District of Sadr City

At least 18 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a predominantly Shia suburb of the Iraqi capital Baghdad,...

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Shia Pilgrims Among More Than 80 Killed In IS Attack In Iraq

At least 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road stop in Iraq, a...

International

Islamic State Abducts More Than 200 Near Mosul

About 100 of the former ISF officers were taken at around midnight on Nov. 3 from Mawaly village Islamic State fighters...

International

IS Weakening but Still a Threat

US President Barack Obama says there have been gains against so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria but warned the...