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October 6, 2019 at 11:04 am

Iraqi protests broaden; violent crackdown spirals

BAGHDAD - Offline and on edge, Iraq is spiraling deeper into violence.The country's troops, cracking down on anti-government protests, have turned their guns on the...

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July 30, 2019 at 9:34 am

Yazidi women raped as ISIS slaves face brutal homecoming choice: Give up their child or stay away VIEW

The mass enslavement of Yazidi women by the Islamic State in 2014 left many of the women who have since made it back with a...

March 23, 2019 at 3:20 am

The ‘caliphate’ is no more. But Islamic State isn’t finished yet.

The end of the caliphate won't mean the end of the Islamic State group, U.S. officials and analysts warn.

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July 3, 2018 at 1:22 pm

Syrian rebels in surrender talks for southwest as civilians flee toward closed borders

Backed by Russia and Iran, the long-heralded offensive has forced terrified families from place to place, trapping them in frontier towns as the violence creeps...

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An Israeli military ambulance drives past tanks in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2018. Israel says it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria overnight in response to a rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the Golan Heights. It was the biggest Israeli strike in Syria since the 1973 war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ASC105 ASC105

May 10, 2018 at 1:36 am

Israel launches massive military strike against Iranian targets in Syria

Israel and Iran have been on an increasingly inevitable collision course in Syria in recent months, as Israel has vowed not to let Iran build...

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In this picture taken on Thursday, March 29, 2018, U.S. troop’s humvee passes vehicles of fighters from the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council on a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, at Halawanji village, north of Manbij town, Syria. The front line has grown more tense in recent days as Turkey threatens to advance on the town to clear it of the U.S-backed fighters. U.S troops have increased their patrols in the area, local commanders say, to prevent an outbreak of fighting and to prevent Turkey from advancing on Manbij. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) XHM101 XHM101

March 30, 2018 at 3:06 am

American soldier dies in Syria as Trump promises to remove U.S. troops

The Pentagon declined to release the nationalities and identities of the two service members killed, but a U.S. military official confirmed that one was American....

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