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Hopes for missing Yazidis dim as Islamic State defeat looms
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Hopes for missing Yazidis dim as Islamic State defeat looms

DAHUK, Iraq (AP) — Baseh Hammo was 38 when she was enslaved by militants of the Islamic State group along…
ISIS slips into Iraq from Syria to fight another day
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ISIS slips into Iraq from Syria to fight another day

BAGHDAD (AP) — ISIS fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing…
Syria force hit by ISIS attack as tries to free last civilians
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Syria force hit by ISIS attack as tries to free last civilians

A deadly car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group hit US-backed forces in eastern Syria on Thursday as they…
Dozens of civilians, fighters quit Syria jihadist holdout: SDF
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Dozens of civilians, fighters quit Syria jihadist holdout: SDF

US-backed forces said several jihadists and dozens of civilians quit the Islamic State group’s last patch of territory in Syria…
SDF demands ISIS jihadists surrender
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SDF demands ISIS jihadists surrender

ISIS jihadists defending their last scrap of territory in Syria have no choice but to surrender, a Kurdish-led force said…
ISIS taking last breath, hiding among civilians: SDF
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ISIS taking last breath, hiding among civilians: SDF

BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, ISIS has been…
Turkey can’t have safe zone without Assad’s consent: Russia
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Turkey can’t have safe zone without Assad’s consent: Russia

MOSCOW/SOCHI (Reuters) – Russia told Turkey on Thursday it had no right to create a “safe zone” inside Syria unless…
More than 200 ISIS fighters surrender in east Syria
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More than 200 ISIS fighters surrender in east Syria

ISIS militants, many of them foreigners, surrendered to US-backed fighters in eastern Syria on Wednesday, bringing the Kurdish-led force closer…
Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market
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Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris…
Iraqi Christians fear returning home, wary of Shiite militia
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Iraqi Christians fear returning home, wary of Shiite militia

BARTELLA, Iraq (AP) — In the main square in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella stands a large cross, one…
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