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Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria
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Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria

JALAWLA, Iraq, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown of…
Syria Kurdish forces close in on IS-controlled prison wing
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Syria Kurdish forces close in on IS-controlled prison wing

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters began closing in Monday on the last wing of a prison in northeastern…
New Syrian migrants seek Europe, driven by post-war misery
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New Syrian migrants seek Europe, driven by post-war misery

GIESSEN, Germany (AP) — She had already walked for 60 hours through the wet, dark forests of Poland, trying to…
Lack of jobs, crisis drive young Iraqi Kurds to migrate
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Lack of jobs, crisis drive young Iraqi Kurds to migrate

RANYA, Iraq (AP) — The specter of unemployment haunts both students and teachers at universities in northern Iraq. Many speak…
Syrian Kurds accuse Assad of policy of ‘oppression and violence’
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Syrian Kurds accuse Assad of policy of ‘oppression and violence’

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government’s threat to recover the Kurdish-led region of northern Syria through force unless it submits…
Father of UK teen who joined ISIS says don’t scrap citizenship
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Father of UK teen who joined ISIS says don’t scrap citizenship

SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) — The father of a British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group in…
ISIS militants remain organized and brutal to the bitter end
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ISIS militants remain organized and brutal to the bitter end

BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — As final defeat looms, militants of the Islamic State group have remained organized and ruthless to…
Hundreds of Iraqi ISIS child suspects arrested: HRW
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Hundreds of Iraqi ISIS child suspects arrested: HRW

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq and the Kurdish regional government have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged affiliation…
Revolutionary Guards’ Soleimani flexes political muscle
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Revolutionary Guards’ Soleimani flexes political muscle

(Reuters) – Qassem Soleimani’s role in a political crisis in Iran highlights the influence of the leader of the Revolutionary…
Defeat of ISIS looms as hundreds leave last area in Syria
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Defeat of ISIS looms as hundreds leave last area in Syria

OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of people left the last area held by ISIS in eastern Syria on Tuesday…
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