ISIS. Syria
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Turkey says it will start sending home captured Islamic State fightersTurkey has long criticized its European allies for refusing to take back Islamic State fighters who are their citizens.WorldNov 8, 2019
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Trump says the Islamic State’s leader is dead. What will the group do next?ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly died in a U.S. special forces operation Saturday, but some experts are saying his death won't detract much from goal of creating a widespread Islamic caliphate.WorldOct 27, 2019
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Pentagon says U.S. is not abandoning Kurds facing Turkish attack“We have not abandoned the Kurds. Let me be clear about that,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters. "Nobody green-lighted this operation by Turkey — just the opposite. We pushed back very hard at all levels for the Turks not to commence this operation.”WorldOct 11, 2019
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U.S.-backed forces proclaim ‘destruction’ of Islamic State after seizing Syrian villageU.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria on Saturday.WorldMar 23, 2019
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ISIS has lost all its territory in Syria, White House saysU.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that U.S.-backed forces had dislodged the Islamic State militant group from its last holdout in Syria.WorldMar 22, 2019
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Sweden calls for international tribunal to prosecute ISIS fighters for war crimesSweden is calling for an international tribunal to try ISIS fighters for war crimes, such as rape, mass executions and beheadings.WorldMar 7, 2019
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‘My whole family died because of them’: Orphaned children emerge from ISIS enclaveSome of the children are foreigners whose parents brought them to be raised under Islamic State rule, or child fighters conscripted into what the group dubbed "cubs of the caliphate."WorldMar 2, 2019
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Trucks carrying women, children leave last ISIS pocket in SyriaTrucks loaded with civilians left the last Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria on Friday, as U.S.-backed forces waited to inflict final defeat on the surrounded jihadists.WorldFeb 22, 2019
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Alabama woman who joined Islamic State in Syria can’t return to U.S.: Pompeo“Ms. Hoda Muthana is not a U.S. citizen and will not be admitted into the United States,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.WorldFeb 20, 2019
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British teenager who joined Islamic State in Syria to lose U.K. citizenshipShamima Begum, a teenager who left London when she was aged 15 to join Islamic State in Syria, has had her British citizenship revoked, according to a letter sent to her family published by ITV News.WorldFeb 19, 2019
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